New Report Shows 32 Percent Increase In Cyber Attacks
Positive Technologies has just released a new report that paints a grim picture for IT professionals. If your sense is that the number of cyberattacks are increasing, you're not wrong. In ...
Survey Shows Businesses Feel Prepared For A Data Breach
A majority of business owners from around the world (68 percent) feel that they're better prepared to ward off a cyberattack and prevent a data breach than their competitors. This is ...
World Cup Avoided Nearly 25 Million Cyber Attacks This Year
According to the Kremlin, Russia prevented almost twenty five million cyber-attacks during the World Cup this year. President Vladimir Putin praised the nation's digital security forces by saying the following: ...
Clinic Employee Learns That Traveling Increases Data Theft Risk
On May 14th, the Billings Clinic in Montana issued a breach notification statement, which explained that they detected unusual activity within one of its employee's email accounts. The employee in question was ...
Thermal Imaging Could Help Thieves Steal Your Passwords
As if there weren't enough ways for hackers to steal your passwords, now, there's thermal imaging. If that sounds like something straight out of a science fiction movie, think again. Researchers ...
Massive Breach Affects 21 Million Users Of Timehop App
Do you use Timehop? If you're not sure what that is, it's a popular, clever little app that reminds social media users about posts they've made in the past. It can ...
Malware Created Using Stolen Legitimate Security Certificate From D-Link
Researchers from the digital security firm ESET have recently spotted a new malware campaign with a nasty twist. It was created using a legitimate security certificate stolen from D-Link. The malware ...
Facebook Messenger Getting Feature To Help With Fake Accounts
It's no secret that there are legions of scammers and spammers haunting the virtual halls of Facebook. As the world's largest and most influential social networking site, it's a natural target, ...
Open Database Exposes Info Of 340 Million People
Internet security researcher Vinny Trola recently made a huge and disturbing discovery. A marketing firm called Exactis had left a massive database unsecured, allowing anyone who stumbled across it to access ...
Americans Want Local Governments To Spend More On Cyber Security
While a significant percentage of Americans are suspicious of government spending beyond the essentials, there's at least one notable exception, according to a recent survey conducted by SecurityFirst. A majority (74 ...
