A study conducted by Dimensional Research on behalf of Tripwire says 88 percent out of 200 state and local government information technology professionals interviewed believe a cyber attack on city infrastructure systems poses a threat to public safety. Tripwire said Thursday 78 percent … Read More
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Sad reality: It’s cheaper to get hacked than build strong IT defenses
PHBs are applying the Ford Pinto formula to your data Whenever mega-hacks like the Yahoo! fiasco hit the news, inevitably the question gets asked as to why the IT security systems weren’t good enough. The answer could be that it’s … Read More
Trade Secret Theft Trends: A Closer Look at the Perpetrators
American businesses lose an estimated $160 billion to $480 billion annually due to trade secret misappropriation. To combat this loss, over the past few years the law enforcement community has enhanced its strategies, Congress has passed legislation to expand trade … Read More
Unprecedented Opportunities and Vulnerabilities
Cyber threats pose a challenge to banks and firms operating in the financial sector, primarily due to the fact that “vulnerability really exists everywhere,” both on the technological side and the business side, says Michael Orozco, Managing Director in Accenture … Read More
Federal cyber incidents jump 1,300% in 10 years
For the naive who still think cyber data is safe with Uncle Sam, here is some information that demonstrates the harsh reality. The number of cyber incidents reported by federal agencies jumped more than 1,300 percent, from 5,503 to 77,183, … Read More
Simone Biles and Williams Sisters Latest Target of Russian Hackers
Russian hackers — possibly the same group that compromised the Democratic National Committee’s computer servers — have made top American athletes their latest target. Joining an intercontinental dispute over sports doping, the hackers penetrated the World Anti-Doping Agency’s athlete database … Read More
Hackers Stole Account Details for Over 60 Million Dropbox Users
Hackers have stolen over 60 million account details for online cloud storage platform Dropbox. Although the accounts were stolen during a previously disclosed breach, and Dropbox says it has already forced password resets, it was not known how many users … Read More
FBI director looks to 2017 for ‘adult’ encryption debate
FBI Director James Comey is welcoming the brief lull in the encryption debate, hoping that it will reemerge next year as a less passionate, more fact-based “adult conversation.” Comey seemed willing to accept the result of a sober conversation during … Read More
More Cybertheft Disclosures Coming Out Of SWIFT
More troubling revelations out of global financial messaging system SWIFT today, as disclosures are surfacing that yet more hack attacks have been discovered. These attacks have come as SWIFT has urged banks to comply with new security procedures put in place … Read More
Here’s what we know about the secretive company building terrifying tools to hack your iPhone
An Israeli company named NSO Group is reportedly behind the hacking tool for iPhones that forced Apple to issue a critical software update on Thursday. The tool was apparently discovered in a hacking attempt on a human rights activist in the United Arab … Read More