data theft
Insider threat in financial services sector
When it comes to preventing insider fraud, financial organizations would do well to more closely monitor experienced, mid-level employees with years on the job, according to a …
Personal and financial information under attack
Cybercriminals have increased their focus in targeting individuals and organizations of all sizes to steal personal and financial information according to Trend Micro. Among …
Most users think content is more important than the device
A global F-Secure survey of broadband subscribers has identified security, privacy and issues relating to the storing and sharing of digital content as key concerns. The …
The state of document-centric security
The growing popularity of consumer-grade, browser-based file sharing applications, such as YouSendIt and Dropbox, has improved productivity within the enterprise, but at what …
8.2 million Gamigo passwords leaked
When German gaming website Gamigo was breached in February this year, they reacted by sharing the fact with their users, warning that user information such as usernames and …
Dropbox says there is no evidence of breach, continues investigating
Last week European Dropbox users began receiving spam emails advertising gambling websites, and given that many of them received it on unique email address created for the …
2.4 million Ontario voters’ private info compromised
Elections Ontario, an agency tasked with the organization and conduct of general elections and by-elections in Canada’s Ontario region, is warning voters about the loss …
Compromised online accounts for sale
The recently unearthed website of a service specializing in selling access to compromised email and social networking accounts of Russian and Ukrainian users offers a …
When employees leave so does your data
One in three (32%) employees have taken or forwarded confidential information out of the office on more than one occasion, according to Iron Mountain. When people change jobs, …
Spam for Dropbox users raises speculations about breach
European Dropbox users have been inundated with spam advertising gambling websites, prompting speculations about a possible breach of the company’s systems. The news …
Anonymous hacks oil giants, leaks employees’ passwords
In support of Greenpeace’s efforts to stop companies drilling for oil in the Arctic, Anonymous has leaked around 1,000 email addresses belonging to five of the biggest …
ASUS eStore allegedly hacked
Another day, another data breach, another password dump. Softpedia reports that NullCrew, a hacker group that claimed responsibility for the recent PBS and World Health …