According to USA Today contributor Steve Weisman, HealthCare.gov and Community Health Systems have experienced recent data breaches. Last week, officials said they learned that HeathCare.gov, the site that “hosts the federal insurance exchange on which millions of American have purchased health insurance,” was breached earlier in July, reported TIME’s Denver Nicks. During further investigation, it [...]
The story that filled this week's cyber security headlines involved a leak of nearly five million Gmail addresses and passwords. Alice Truong of Fast Company, described the leak saying, “A database reportedly containing 4.93 million Google usernames and passwords was uploaded late Tuesday to a Russian bitcoin forum, according to reports from Russian news outlets. [...]
Earlier this year, our friends at the Identity Theft Resource Center published their latest breach statistics, showing that the healthcare industry accounted for nearly 44 percent of all breaches. According to Fortune reporter Laura Shin, 2013 “was the first time that the medical industry surpassed all others, and stood in stark contrast to the financial [...]
In this week’s news, there has been a potential breach of multiple major financial institutions. Experts are analyzing the situation in an effort to provide consumers, businesses and other financial institutions with security solutions.Paula Mejia of Newsweek reported “hackers have stolen gigabytes of sensitive data from JPMorgan Chase and at least four other banks in [...]
More than 2,000 consumers were surveyed by Intercede and the results are in: many are sharing passwords with friends, family and colleagues. In fact, 51 percent of those surveyed admitted to sharing usernames and passwords with others, reported Help Net Security.In addition to sharing passwords, more than half of the respondents are in the good [...]
Government concerns about the nation’s cyber security have been making headlines recently. The latest? It lies in the energy sector, following a number of attacks.Alan Neuhauser of US News shared the growing concerns of the energy industry: “Cyber security leapt onto the list of the top five concerns for U.S. electric utilities this year, yet [...]
Mobile security will be a major focus during next week’s Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas. During the conference, Mathew Sonik, a 20-year-old security consultant at Accuvant, Inc., along with several others, will be presenting their mobile hacking techniques.According to Danny Yadron of The Wall Street Journal shared, Solnik and his associates “can take [...]
This week, Reuters released news that security experts Chris Valasek and Charlie Miller plan on displaying an "intrusion prevention device" in a prototype vehicle during August’s Black Hat hacking 2014 conference. This prototype will demonstrate ways to keep vehicles safe from cyber attacks.The automotive industry is finding that cyber criminals are using vehicles’ electronics to [...]
While credit card fraud and identity theft have been hot topics over the past year due to a spate of massive data breaches, experts warn that medical identity theft should not be overlooked. Politico’s David Pittman reports that the Identity Theft Resource Center has identified 353 breaches so far this year across different industries, and [...]
This week, the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence approved the Cyber Information Sharing Act (CISA). While some consider this bill to be a big step towards improving cyber security, others find it controversial.Gregory McNeal of Forbes explains, “the bill is intended to help companies and the government thwart hackers and other cyber-intrusions. The bill passed [...]
