We recently surveyed small businesses (SMBs) on their security perceptions and habits and found that three out of every 10 SMBs are not protecting against security risks. Whether your SMB is just starting up or has been around for ages, you can bet that cyber criminals are targeting SMBs for financial fraud, data theft and [...]
This week, online security has seen both ups and downs in the headlines. Online auction website, eBay, sent out a news release announcing that user passwords and personal information had been compromised by a cyber attack. On the other side of the coin, Facebook announced that in it’s latest round of updates, it has changed [...]
This week, The Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA) announced the launch of an intelligence center where retailers can exchange information about data breaches and threats to help protect against cybercrimes.According to the Associated Press, RILA’s president Sandy Kennedy said that retailers have a common goal: to protect their business against cyber threats.“It’s really in everyone’s [...]
Late last week, it was reported that a flaw in an online security technology could likely expose social media users personal information to malicious actors.Jodi Mardesich of ReadWrite, comments, “It's not the next Heartbleed, but a security flaw in social-login services gives you one more thing to watch out for in apps and on the [...]
We love data here at Experian, and one of the things we look forward to each year is Verizon’s annual Data Breach Investigations Report. This annual report takes a look at the past year’s cyber security incidents and identifies trends, statistics and provides analysis. This year’s report looked at over 63,000 global security incidents from [...]
Last week, Experian participated in the 3rd annual UT Center for Identity ID360 conference. The conference brought together some of the best and brightest minds in identity management to talk about problems, trends, and solutions related to protecting and securing PII.A number of topics were discussed during this year’s conference but there were a few [...]
While many dedicate their careers to spreading the word about cyber security, this week’s news about the Heartbleed vulnerability has put cyber security in the spotlight, giving the world a new found perspective on just how susceptible the Internet can be.Farhad Manjoo of The New York Times said “the bug known as Heartbleed... is a [...]
As companies and organizations continue to fall prey to cyber attacks, the financial sector is on high alert and hoping for changes that might alleviate their worst fears.John McCrank of the Chicago Tribune reported on how the current state of cyber security is impacting the world’s exchanges. McCrank quotes Magnus Bocker, chief executive of Singapore [...]
A few weeks ago, we shared the story of @N_is_stolen; where Naoki Hiroshima’s online accounts were attacked and held at ransom, in order to have access to his Hiroshima’s coveted “$50,000” Twitter handle. A recent update in his story arose: Twitter was able resolve the incident by restoring Naoki with his @N handle. Megan Guess [...]
This guest blog post comes from Rebecca Gray who writes for Backgroundchecks.org. As the world is flattened into cyber commerce, banking industry hackers have become progressively more dangerous. Ultimately, cyber criminals have tapped into over half of the world’s top 50 banking websites in the last eight years and are responsible for around $1 billion [...]
