Held for ransom: financial institutions hit hard by DDoS attacks In Margaret Atwood’s iconic dystopian bestseller, The Handmaid’s Tale, the very first sign of the horror to come occurs as the main character does the most mundane thing possible: buying a cup of coffee. In this near-future setting, everyone relies on “credit sticks” for purchases, […]
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 […]
Ignoring PCI Compliance Regulations is a Bad Idea
Letting an employee stay an employee just because you would feel bad firing him is a bad idea. Not changing your password to all your website’s areas of access after firing someone is a worse idea. But ignoring basic PCI compliance regulations could be the worst idea of all. With more than 510 million records […]
Online Consumers are Tired of Security Warnings
According to a study by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), online security threats are still an issue. Security fatigue, or simply being tired of online security warnings has made some people feel indifferent towards potential risks. The paper found that people feel “overwhelmed” with having to be on constant alert from cyber […]
Hijack of Nearly 1.5m Surveillance Cameras a Wake-Up Call for Security Industry
The security industry received a wake-up call recently. Nearly 1.5 million surveillance cameras were hijacked. The hackers harnessed two botnets (networks of devices infected with malware). Key Takeaways: Last week hackers managed to bring down a popular security website after hijacking more than a million and a half security cameras. KrebsOnSecurity.com, which is owned by […]
Google to Warn Consumers of Unsafe Websites
Chrome will explicitly mark web pages as unsafe if they use HTTP for transmitting sensitive data starting January 2017. Google has a goal to make the internet a safer place for everyone. It will soon start publicly shaming unsafe websites. Beware if you fail to use the HTTPS protocol for transmitting passwords and other sensitive data. […]