This year stands to shatter last year's record in terms of the number of successful hacks against businesses and government agencies. It seems that the hackers have a new favored tool: The ransomware attack. According to statistics gathered by Malwarebytes, attacks against government and business are up by a whopping 365 percent. IBM's … [Read more...] about Texas Government Gets Hit With Major Ransomware Attack
Hackers
Open Source Programs Continue To Get Attacked By Hackers
This year hasn't been good for users of Open Source software, which at one level or another, includes just about everybody. Unfortunately, a recent grim discovery makes it unlikely that we'll see the number of attacks decline any time soon. Not long ago, two new back doors were discovered in more than a dozen libraries that have been downloaded … [Read more...] about Open Source Programs Continue To Get Attacked By Hackers
Choice Hotel Data Breach Affects up To 700,000 Customers
Recently, an independent researcher named Bob Diachenko worked collaboratively with Comparitech. They discovered an unsecured database containing nearly 700,000 hotel records belonging to Choice Hotels. Unfortunately, although Diachenko reported his finding to the company, hackers had beaten him to the punch and had already downloaded the file. … [Read more...] about Choice Hotel Data Breach Affects up To 700,000 Customers
Study On Passwords Shows People Still Use Breached Passwords
Google recently released a large-scale password study that will probably give every IT manager in the country heartburn. The results of their study indicate that a disturbing percentage of users continue to use passwords after they've been warned that those passwords have been compromised. One of the most common tactics hackers employ is called … [Read more...] about Study On Passwords Shows People Still Use Breached Passwords
Capital One Data Breach Puts Millions At Risk
Another week, another massive data breach. In this case, Capital One was the target when an unknown individual gained access to the company's servers. The breach was detected by an independent security researcher who contacted Capital One on July 19th. Apparently, the hacker gained access via a server configuration vulnerability. Upon being made … [Read more...] about Capital One Data Breach Puts Millions At Risk
Update iPhone to Avoid Possible iMessage Bug
People like and tend to gravitate to Apple products because the company has gone to great lengths to make their products are highly secure. Sure, you pay more for them, but most people justify the added expense because a) they look better and are better designed than competing products, and b) they've got a reputation for being more … [Read more...] about Update iPhone to Avoid Possible iMessage Bug
