A new scam has surfaced that uses a combination of breached passwords and adult content to scare people into paying bitcoin. This latest extortion campaign sends emails to compromised recipients, demanding payment or supposed video of them using an adult site would be released. What Can You Do? Since the message [...]
These days data breaches have become almost commonplace. It's no longer "if you get breached" but rather "when you get breached". While prevention is still key, it is important to implement procedures to quickly detect breaches and contain the damage once confirmed. Likened to fire preparedness in an office building, [...]
There is a new hack in town that involves compromising large numbers of routers, switches, and other network devices belonging to governments, businesses, and critical-infrastructure providers. The Russian government-sponsored actors are using the compromised devices to perform man-in-the-middle attacks that extract passwords, intellectual property, and other sensitive information, and to [...]
Virtua Medical Group of South Jersey recently agreed to pay almost $418,000 as part of a settlement involving a breach of more than 1,600 medical patient files. These patient records became viewable online due to a server misconfiguration by a 3rd party vendor. As a heavily regulated industry, healthcare data [...]
A serious vulnerability found in Microsoft's Credential Security Support Provider protocol (CredSSP) could allow a hacker to gain control of a domain server and other systems in the network. CredSSP protocol has been designed to be used by RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) and Windows Remote Management (WinRM) that takes care [...]
A security flaw was recently identified in Fingerprint Manager Pro, an application developed by Lenovo that allows users to log into Windows machines and online websites by scanning one of their fingerprints using the fingerprint scanner embedded in selected Lenovo products. Sensitive data stored by Lenovo Fingerprint Manager Pro, including [...]
THREAT: Two security flaws have been discovered that affect nearly all microprocessors, the digital brains of the world’s computers. Dubbed Meltdown and Spectre, these major security flaws found in microprocessors are causing havoc amongst tech giants. Up against the clock, experts are working to create patches to fix this problem [...]
Microsoft revealed a critical vulnerability in its Malware Protection Engine (MPE) on Thursday (12/7) that allows an attacker to take full control of a target’s computer. Enabled by default, Microsoft Malware Protection provides the core cybersecurity capabilities for Microsoft anti-virus and anti-spyware programs in all of the company’s products. The vulnerability is [...]
THREAT: A new flaw has compromised the most widely used Wi-Fi Protocol (WPA2), allowing hackers to decrypt and view everything you are doing online. The exploit is called KRACK, short for Key Reinstallation Attacks. This breach can be used to steal sensitive information such as credit card numbers, passwords, chat messages, [...]
Target, Yahoo, Verizon – this is just a short list of companies that recently had client information compromised as a result of a data breach. Up 40% from 2015 to 2016, reported data breaches look to be on the rise. Of those victimized, one out of three will also [...]
Look out Phishing, here comes Smishing! There’s a new scam in town! Although the name may sound funny, becoming a victim is not joke. “Smishing” is an identity theft scheme that involves sending consumers text messages containing a link to a fraudulent website or phone number in an attempt to [...]
The challenges of cybersecurity are changing the business landscape. As the risks associated with a data breach continue to rise, businesses are taking a closer look at their existing protocols and implementing formal risk assessments, policies and standards. Proactive companies not only audit themselves, but also look at vendors [...]
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