But Are Breaches Increasing, or Just Being Reported More Frequently? The number of reported U.S. data breaches hit an all-time high in 2016, increasing by 40 percent from what was a record-setting high in 2015, according to the Identity Theft Resource Center. In addition, more than half...
A core, not side, effect of technology is its ability to magnify power and multiply force—for both attackers and defenders. One side creates ceramic handguns, laser-guided missiles, and new-identity theft techniques, while the other side creates anti-missile defense systems, fingerprint databases, and automatic facial recognition...
Whether it was a billion compromised Yahoo accounts or state-sponsored Russian hackers muscling in on the US election, this past year saw hacks of unprecedented scale and temerity. And if history is any guide, next year should yield more of the same. It’s hard to know...
Poorly secured MongoDB installations deleted and held for ransom. More than 10,000 website databases have been taken hostage in recent days by attackers who are demanding hefty ransoms for the data to be restored, a security researcher said Friday. The affected data is created and stored by...
Get ready for more transparency, more informed consent and more rights for data subject In 2012 the European Commission argued on GDPR draft:”The Regulation is an essential step to strengthen citizens' fundamental rights in the digital age and facilitate business by simplifying rules for companies in...
Treat your passwords like your underwear: make them exotic, keep them to yourself, and change them from time to time. That’s the memorable approach that Cisco Chief Privacy Officer Michelle Dennedy takes to creating strong passwords. But sadly, most people do not put that much effort...
CEOs, board members need to bone up on cybersecurity and not leave those matters to CIOs, analyst says Major cyberattacks against organizations of all sizes seem to happen almost weekly. On Dec. 14, Yahoo announced the largest-ever data breach, involving more than 1 billion customer accounts. Despite...
It has recently come to light that more than 1 billion accounts were compromised in a hack of Yahoo that occurred in 2013. This new revelation, on top of the ever-deepening story about how Russian cyber operations possibly influenced the U.S. election results, further illustrates...
What to glean from the DNC and Yahoo hacks, the rise of ransomware Cyber security incidents dominated headlines this year, from Russia’s hacking of Democrat emails to internet cameras and DVRs launching DDoS attacks, leaving the impression among many that nothing should be entrusted to the...
When the botnet named Mirai first appeared in September, it announced its existence with dramatic flair. After flooding a prominent security journalist’s website with traffic from zombie Internet of Things devices, it managed to make much of the internet unavailable for millions of people by overwhelming...