Many shrug and say privacy is dead. The good news is that privacy is not dead. Continue Reading →
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According to a June 2014 study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, the likely annual cost to the global economy from cybercrime could reach $575 Billion. It's a big number. Here are a five ways hackers will try to get you to contribute to it while you enthusiastically search for the best deals on Black Friday and Cyber Monday. Continue Reading →
We've shifted from public communication to private and (unwillingly) back to public. What's next? Continue Reading →
Kmart and Dairy Queen customers should check their credit- and debit-card statements for shady activity. That’s because the retailer and the fast-food chain have become the latest businesses to reveal that their payment systems were hacked. “Beginning in early September, the payment data systems at Kmart stores were purposely infected with a new form of Continue Reading →
In the last day, news has been circulating that a database of some 200,000 Snapchat photos is being leaked after a third-party app used to save people’s otherwise-disappearing pictures got hacked. While some people argue over which third-party app is responsible for the breach, and whether the whole thing is actually a hoax, Snapchat has Continue Reading →
Symantec announced plans to split itself into two publicly traded companies as it explores new strategies to spur growth, sending shares higher in after-hours trading. The Mountain View, California-based cyber security and storage provider said one firm will focus on cyber security and the other will concentrate on information management. It expects to complete the Continue Reading →
Do you use third-party apps like Outlook that access Apple’s iCloud but don’t support two-factor authentication? You’ll now be forced to enter a specific password for each one. Following a notorious celebrity hack, Apple updated iCloud with an extra security layer used to protect accounts by sending a four-digit code to your personal device. However, Continue Reading →
Hackers who breached JPMorgan Chase & Co’s computer network earlier this year also tried to infiltrate other financial institutions, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the investigation. Federal officials had asked financial institutions last month to check whether they had seen indications of cyberattack, the Journal said, citing the unnamed sources. An Continue Reading →
What can be done when it comes to cyber security? Continue Reading →
In case you missed it over the weekend, MacRumors reports that Apple has updated OS X’s built-in XProtect malware definitions list to include the Mac.BackDoor.iWorm malware we reported on late last week. The iWorm malware allegedly managed to infect more than 17,000 Macs worldwide, and it was apparently using a (now closed) Minecraftserverlists board on Continue Reading →