After the announcement by Facebook of a recent breach exposing around 30 million user records from a security flaw, Facebook is looking at buying a cybersecurity company. An acquisition of this type would go a long way toward providing Facebook
Prison Inmates Hack Tablets to Steal Money
Prison Inmates Hack Tablets to Steal Money Over 300 prison inmates at the Idaho State Correctional Institution recently hacked the JPay tablets they have access to in jail to steal money. These tablets are normally used for things like accessing
Hackers Are Hitting High Value Targets Using Fake Profile
Alluring social media profiles of a fake photographer are attracting and tricking employees in North African and Middle Eastern industries like oil and gas, government, telecommunications, defense, and financial services. The spearphishing and social engineering attacks utilize a very well
Google Takes Steps To Help Protect Against Phishing Plugins
Today, Google announced that it is taking steps to add further protection from unverified and malicious apps. After an advanced phishing worm hit Google Drive users in May, the company made a commitment to help protect it’s users from
Free Vulnerability Scanner Reveals Many Exposed Servers
Innovation at Imperva Director, Elad Erez, creates free software to find ransomware vulnerabilities and reveals alarming number of exposed hosts. After the global outbreak of WannaCry and the renamed NotPetya ransomware, one would expect to find only a few brave
New Ransomware Outbreak GoldenEye/Petya Goes Global
A particularly violent outbreak of ransomware being called “GoldenEye/Petya” is disrupting networks across Europe with the Ukraine being the worst hit so far. According to Bitdefender Labs: “Bitdefender has identified a massive ransomware campaign that is currently unfolding worldwide. Preliminary information
Hacked! Netflix & Larson Studios – What We Can Learn
Larson studios has just broken their silence on being hacked and extorted earlier this year. Most people heard of Netflix being hacked and episodes of the popular show Orange Is The New Black being leaked, however with Larson Studios opening
New large-scale ransomware attack underway
The BBC is reporting a new worldwide ransomware attack is currently underway. Victims have thusfar been in reported at least 74 different countries. The UK’s National Health Services, Spain’s largest telecom provider, Telefónica, and FedEx have all reported being hit
Yahoo confirms huge security breach
Yahoo has confirmed that around 500 million accounts were stolen in a 2014 security breach. Stolen account information includes: Names Addresses Hashed passwords Dates of birth And possibly security questions and answers The company is working with law enforcement in
Google increases protection for Gmail
Google recently added official support for non-Latin and accented characters in Gmail. While this is obviously great for users of non-Latin languages (Chinese, Japanese, Hebrew, etc), it’s a plus for the rest of us in the English-speaking world as well.