The recent high profile hack of The Onion webzine affords an ideal opportunity to examine what is both the most prolific and yet the most easily defeated cyber-attack method of all time: the phishing expedition. The subsequent data breach investigation revealed that it all started around May 3rd, when a member of the Syrian Electronic [...]
This week, Mandiant, a Virginia-based cybersecurity firm released an extensive report accusing a Chinese military unit of hundreds of attacks on American businesses in search of intellectual property. Some of the targets included The Associated Press, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Twitter, Facebook, and most recently, Apple. Each of these companies were [...]
Credit Card Fraud On The Rise According to annual Card Issuers’ Safety Scorecard Report released by Javelin Strategy and Research Organization, fraud prevention practices continue to decline, while fraud detection initiatives significantly increase. Javelin conducts an independent, third-party analysis of the top 23 US credit card issuers that examines consumer-facing security features related to fraud [...]
Being the victim of a data breach is one of every company’s worst nightmares (at least it should be, if you’re paying any attention to what’s happening in the world today). When the unthinkable happens and you are the victim of a breach, emotions will run high, decisions will be made, and plans will be [...]
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Dark Reading has a very informative article up regarding the rules surrounding breach notification. While all of their points are essential ones (and there is much more to the subject), the first step is, as usual, the most important. The first step in ensuring compliance with breach notification laws is knowing whose data you have. [...]
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