data theft
63% of orgs believe they can’t stop data theft
Websense released the first report of the Ponemon Institute survey, “Exposing the Cybersecurity Cracks: A Global Perspective,” which gives new insight into why …
Only 1% of Q1 data breaches were “secure breaches”
Of the 254 data breaches that occurred during the first quarter of 2014, only 1 percent were “secure breaches,” i.e. breaches where strong encryption, key …
AOL breach confirmed, bigger than initially thought
Recent spam emails apparently sent from AOL email addresses and hawking diet products are a direct consequence of a breach of the company’s networks and systems, AOL has …
FBI informant Sabu directed hacking of foreign govt sites
Hector Xavier Monsegur (aka “Sabu”), the infamous hacker and leader of the Lulzsec hacktivist group, has directed his associates to attack and compromise the …
Iowa State University servers breached, made to mine Bitcoins
Iowa State University has revealed yesterday that five of its departmental servers on campus have been hacked, and that Social Security numbers of nearly 30,000 of its past …
3M payment cards compromised in Michaels Stores/Aaron Brothers breach
In the wake of the highly publicized Target and Neiman Marcus breaches, Texas-based arts and crafts store chain Michaels has stated in January that it has been targeted by …
Student arrested for Heartbleed-exploiting tax agency breach
A 19-year-old Canadian student has been arrested for breaching the systems of the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and extracting Social Insurance Numbers of some 900 taxpayers. It …
Hackers steal info of 480,000 people interested in cosmetic surgery
Hackers have targeted Harley Medical Group, one of the leading cosmetic surgery provider in the UK, and have apparently made off with personal information entered into the …
Hardware manufacturer LaCie suffered year-long data breach
French computer storage hardware manufacturer LaCie has suffered a data breach that affected a yet unconfirmed number of their customers. “On March 19, 2014, the FBI …
Whitehat hacker breaches UMD servers to jump-start security remediation
Daving Helkowski, a software architect/engineer working for software consultancy Canton Group, has made a serious mistake that has already cost him his job and might end up …
Breaches expose 552 million identities in 2013
After lurking in the shadows for the first ten months of 2013, cybercriminals unleashed the most damaging series of cyberattacks in history. Symantec’s Internet Security …
Universities are a rich target for hackers
In 2013, HALOCK Security Labs noted information security vulnerabilities at colleges and universities along with numerous challenges that plague these institutions across the …