Stayed at a Trump Hotel? Your Information May Be at Risk

April 14th, 2016

You’ve probably heard that last year, Trump Hotels were successfully breached, and an unknown number of customer credit cards compromised. In fact, what makes last year’s breach of Trump Hotels remarkable as compared to the breaches of a number of other hotel chains last year is the almost complete lack of information about the incident.

Is Your Firefox Extension Leaving You Open To Attack?

April 12th, 2016

Browser extensions are in the news lately, and not just for Firefox. Recently, hackers have corrupted several Google Chrome extensions, and are using them to display unwanted ads to unsuspecting users. For Firefox though, matters are a fair bit worse.

Would Your Employees Sell Company Passwords For Less Than $1000?

April 11th, 2016

Your employees are your biggest, most important, most valuable asset. Everybody who knows anything about business understand that. Unfortunately, your biggest asset is also your biggest liability, at least when it comes to data security. Recently, SailPoint conducted its annual Market Pulse Survey, a part of which explored various aspects and dimensions of enterprise data security, and the results weren’t pretty.

Email Subject Line Might Help Indicate Potential Hack

April 9th, 2016

Recently, internet security companies have been reporting increasing incidents of large numbers of emails being sent out with strange and distinctive subject lines. Typically they’re crafted as file names, and have image extensions like .tiff, .jpg and .png.

CNBC May Have Your Password and Shared It

April 8th, 2016

Recently, CNBC ran an article on password security. Embedded in the article was a tool they invited readers to use to test the strength and integrity of their passwords. The tool was supposed to estimate how long it would take a hacker to “crack” your password, and the tool was given with assurances that passwords would not be stored, and would not be sent to third parties.

New USB Thief Trojan is Virtually Undetectable

April 7th, 2016

There’s a new threat lurking just beyond the periphery of your network. It’s called USB Thief, and while it doesn’t quite measure up to the most sophisticated attacks currently making the rounds, it is definitely top-tier, and is raising eyebrows as security professionals attempt to analyze it.

Gmail Gets Better With Possible Threat Notifications

April 6th, 2016

It seems that Google never stops innovating and striving to improve the services it offers. Gmail, for instance, recently got some impressive upgrades that build on those rolled out previously, which aims to keep Gmail’s billion plus active users safer than ever before.

New Malware Can Hijack Your iPhone

April 5th, 2016

There’s another new attack vector to beware of if you own an iPhone. This new attack, called AceDeceiver MITM is quite possibly the most convoluted attack the hackers have come up with yet, and stands as an excellent example of just how far the hackers will go to get to your personal information.