The big news this week regarding cyber security is the massive breach to the private information of 143 million people connected with Equifax. The people affected by the data breach live in the United States, Canada and the UK. Their names, social security numbers, birth dates, and addresses were compromised sometime between May and July […]
Nine Strategies Used to Steal Identities
Having seen the 2013 movie Identity Thief directed by Seth Gordon, I began to truly understand how easy it is to steal identities. It is a huge problem in the world today (putting all the comedy aside). Identity theft in the United States is estimated to affect over 9 million people every year. It rose […]
A Quick Guide to Outsmarting Hackers
Outsmarting hackers isn’t easy. Many of them are masters in their field of expertise. They can either be your own, once-trusted team members or they unknown, malicious strangers. In the computing sector of this modern age, when a person hears the word ‘hacker’, it means trouble. It has become a negative word denoting someone who […]
5 Guidelines to Guarantee Cyber Security
Nobody wants their computer hacked or personal information compromised! So here are five guidelines to keep in mind to almost guarantee cyber security when browsing the web. Be wary of attachments With social media’s instant messaging capabilities and email’s attachment features, threats to your computer safety have just become more serious. Email attachments, most specifically, have […]
Hackers Hit Chipotle’s 2,250 POS Terminals
According to Yahoo Finance and Market Watch, hackers used malware to steal customer payment data from its POS Terminals. The hack affected roughly 2,250 of Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc’s restaurants over a span of three weeks. The now-completed probe involved leading cyber security firms, law enforcement, and payment card networks, the company said. “The investigation […]
Worldwide Cyber Attacks Hit More than 150 Countries
According to CNN.com, hospitals, major companies, and government offices around the world were trying to recover from what experts are calling one of the biggest cyber attacks ever. The victims, found in more than 150 countries all over the world, were hit by a virus that seeks to seize control of computers until a ransom […]
Hackers Targeted White House Staff
According to an article on KSL.com, “Dubai police have arrested foreign hackers who targeted five senior White House officials in a blackmail email scam.” Hackers are getting more aggressive than ever. Just last month a hacker wanted $100,000 from Apple as a ransom for data the hacker had involving 200 million iPhones. The hacker threatened to […]
Hacker Threatens to Wipe 200 Million Apple Devices
Hackers like those associated with the Turkish Crime Family are banking that people won’t protect their accounts and devices. Hackers know how critical it is to change their passwords often and to utilize two-factor authentication (2FA) whenever possible. But they make their money on people who, although they might know how important clever passwords and […]
Eight Things You Can Do to Protect Yourself from a DDoS Attack
Every day of our lives now there are twice as many websites that are hacked than babies that are born. According to an article from Rival Host, if your website goes down due to an overload of website traffic, you’re probably a victim of the notorious distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack. DDoS attacks have […]
PCI DSS Provides 12-Step Program for Cyber Security
John Kindervag is vice president and principal analyst at Forrester Research, and a former qualified security assessor (QSA). He says that business owners should start thinking about PCI compliance as something like a 12 step program. It’s not bulletproof, but it addresses the tendency of each website owner to see security as someone else’s problem. […]