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Gizmodo’s Twitter hijacked following hack of iCloud account
Followers of popular technology weblog Gizmodo have been faced with some very offensive tweets coming from the site’s Twitter account on Friday. Many have accurately …
Sensitive info of 8,000 people compromised in US EPA breach
5,100 current employees of the US Environmental Protection Agency and around 2,700 “other individuals” have been notified of a breach into the agency’s …
Dropbox confirms hack, announces 2-factor authentication
After weeks of investigating how it came about that a sizable number of its European users began receiving spam advertising gambling websites to dedicated (and not) email …
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, …
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