According to new research, hackers guess passwords too easily, causing a major threat to online security. The problem begins when hackers guess passwords and obtain access to private information. The problem continues when hackers access accounts by exploiting security shortfalls such as when the individual being hacked uses passwords that contain personal information. Then, the […]
Successful Businesses Create a Secure Culture
According to a blog post on the PCI DSS website, building a secure culture in your online business is essential. “As long as there’s money to be made, we can expect criminals to continue their attacks on businesses worldwide,” wrote Lindsay Goodspeed. She is a communications specialist for the Payment Card Industry (PCI). That’s the organization that […]
What is the Annual Cost of Cyber Crime?
Whether you want to acknowledge it or not, data breaches, security threats and cyber crime in general are a very real risk to your business. According to a recent report from Rackspace, some recent estimates put the annual cost of cyber crime at $500 billion or more — a number that quadrupled from 2013 to […]
Acer Data Breach: 34,500 Shoppers Affected
The shocking Acer data breach was caused by the company “inadvertently” storing consumer data in an unsecured format. The Acer data breach compromised the information of nearly 34,500 Acer online shoppers. This is what the company reportedly told PCWorld only days after Yahoo! announced the security breach of millions of records in 2014. As a result, a hacker […]