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It's Not Just You: Data Breaches Are Getting Sneakier
Symantec has released its 2014 Internet Security Threat Report, compiling data on trends in email security and cyber risk over the last two years. Here are some of the key findings:Malicious email...
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July Is Beach Season – And Breach Season (but Not Breech Season)
Symantec's study on data breaches, the 2014 Internet Security Threat Report, provides scores of useful and fascinating statistics on data breaches, including this shocker: July is peak season for data...
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Your Clients Want the Cloud? Make Sure They Know the Risks
So your clients want to move their applications or IT solutions to the cloud. Likely, they’ve heard about the many benefits touted by cloud services and products, which typically promise data...
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Cyber Crime Costing Almost as Much as Drug Crime
The Center for Strategic and International Studies has issued a report on the total cost of cyber crime, and what it found is astonishing. According to the Washington Post, this report (sponsored by...
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Google's "End-to-End" Like a Seatbelt for Email
For a long time, transportation safety advocates knew that seatbelts would save lives. However, it wasn't until the 1960s that manufacturers were required to install them in cars, and it wasn't until...
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Why Passwords Matter: The Tricky World of Cyber Insurance
The Columbus Dispatch reports that insurance companies don't yet have reliable models for calculating client cyber risk, so it's hard for them to write policies that cover all the exposures a client...
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Home-Grown Data Breaches: How the Internet of Things Is Increasing Your Exposure
The investment resource site MotleyFool reports that Apple announced it would produce software designed to work with the Internet of Things, joining its competitors Google, Microsoft, and Samsung in...
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Sharing Is Caring: The Future of Cyber Security
Insurance Journal reports on a potential cyber security law being discussed in Congress that could protect consumers and businesses from the risks of lost data.Of course, in Congress, nothing is ever...
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LinkedIn Lawsuit: Courts Catching Up with Tech
Insurance Journal reports that tech companies may be on the hook for more lawsuits as a federal judge ruled that LinkedIn can be sued for its email and data collection policies. A lawsuit against a...
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Do We Need a Miss Manners of Data Breaches?
At her peak, Judith Martin, aka Miss Manners, wrote a popular advice column that was featured in over 200 newspapers. She helped guide many hapless people through difficult social situations – and some...
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Yo App Hacked
The BBC reports that one of the silliest and least useful apps of all time – a messaging service called Yo – has major security flaws. That's not really accurate. To say that Yo has "security flaws" is...
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Need a Revenue Boost? Think Hedge Funds
According to Digital Journal, hedge funds – the high-profile investment firms – are the latest industry to recognize their cyber exposure and could be a great source of new clients for IT...
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Defense Against the Hacking Arts Requires CONSTANT VIGILANCE
According to ThreatPost, researchers have found a way to bypass PayPal's two-factor authentication an enhanced security feature recommended by many security experts. This proves – much like in the...
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Data Security Turbulence: New Attacks Target Airport Security
The security and risk management site CSO Online reports that 75 U.S. airports have been affected by cyber attacks, and four airports received "advanced persistent attacks" – a sign that hackers are...
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Terrifying New Android Malware Is Basically a Brain Parasite for Smartphones
It's easy to overreact about new cyber threats, but as ThreatPost reports, a piece of fledgling Android malware is pretty much a brain virus that might create an army of infected zombie smartphones...
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How Florida's New Data Breach Law Could Cost Tech Businesses
As the federal government hems and haws its way through new data breach legislation, states are springing into action to pass their own, tougher data breach laws – it’s just happened in Florida where...
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Hotel Hippo Closure Would Be a Wakeup Call for Small Businesses (If Anyone...
SCMagazine reports that hotelhippo.com, a hotel reservation site, has shuttered after poor security led to a data breach.Though the company was small and only 24 customers were affected, the data...
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Schnucks Settlement Breaks Down Why Data Breaches Are So Expensive
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that more than a year and a half after its customers were first affected, the Midwestern grocery store Schnucks has settled its data breach lawsuit and will pay...
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Survey: Business Owners Want Technology Professionals
IT contractors and consultants are used to ebbs and flows in their businesses. You've had busy months and long-term contracts, but you also know what it's like to have downtime. That's part of the...
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Is It Time to Start Preaching Data Breach Management, Not Prevention?
Infosecurity issues a statement guaranteed to shock many business owners: data breaches are inevitable. With breaches bound to happen, data security experts are beginning to offer a new take on IT risk...
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