A patient lies in a hospital bed waiting for a medical professional to conduct a blood gas analysis. Little does the patient know that his personal information is also undergoing a procedure. The database that stores patient data was found unencrypted, default passwords were used, and the nature of the exploit was basic.
Ryan Francis |
10 Feb |
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Hackers revived what is largely perceived as a dormant social media site, stealing as many as 427 million customer records in 2016. Forrester reported that there was not another breach even close but it did say that 75 percent of customer records stolen belonged to just five incidents.
Ryan Francis |
08 Feb |
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Diligent recently surveyed 2,000 people to see who got caught hook, line and sinker for the phishing scam.
Ryan Francis |
02 Feb |
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In an era of constant likes and shares, where is the privacy line drawn? Are you someone who worries about being watched as you purchasing an item online? Or do you consider loss of privacy the price you pay for having the world at your fingertips. What category do you fit into?
Ryan Francis |
27 Jan |
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About three months ago, an instructor at Gurnick Academy, a California-based nursing school, had his biggest fear come alive. When he tried to access his lectures, the files were encrypted. The teacher was literally locked out of his classroom.
Ryan Francis |
26 Jan |
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Remember when all you had to worry about with your car is getting an oil change every 3,000 miles. Today’s connected cars are miles ahead technologically speaking of those “dumb” vehicles, but drivers could see a bumpy ride if thieves get a hold of the data the car possesses. See how things have changed.
Ryan Francis |
23 Jan |
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In November of 2015, First National Bank of South Africa received a typical ransom email from the Armada Collective, which was quickly followed by a teaser flood attack that the bank proactively mitigated. Sort of a shot across the bow to make sure the bank knew the criminals were serious.
Ryan Francis |
12 Jan |
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Experts offer differing opinions on where cloud security is headed.
Ryan Francis |
04 Jan |
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Security needs to be baked into IoT devices for there to be any chance of halting a DDoS attack, according to security experts.
Ryan Francis |
03 Jan |
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There are many options you have in how to respond to a ransomware threat. It all depends on your risk appetite.
Ryan Francis |
29 Dec |
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As if holding your data hostage and seeking cash payment weren’t harsh enough, security experts foresee the next stage of ransomware to be even worse.
Ryan Francis |
27 Dec |
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There is much uncertainty surrounding the security industry for 2017. Many of the trepidations of experts in the field are directly connected to what the nation’s next president will do. Find out what else worries them.
Ryan Francis |
19 Dec |
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A potential victim tries to turn the tables on a spear phisher.
Ryan Francis |
09 Dec |
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There are a million things to worry about but these chief security officers provide advice on how to start off on the right foot.
Ryan Francis |
04 Nov |
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It’s no longer about whether or not you’ll get attacked, it’s about knowing what the repercussions are and if you have the right controls to minimize or completely eliminate the fallout. In order to be able to do this effectively, you need be attuned with your network controls and architecture. VArmour CEO Tim Eades offers a few questions decision makers should be asking to ensure they keep their organizations from being the next Yahoo.
Ryan Francis |
17 Oct |
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