Jan 23, 2017 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
Kroll is reporting that 85% of executives say they were hit with a cyber incident in the past year in their 2016/2017 Kroll Annual Global Fraud and Risk Report. Malicious insiders post the biggest threat. 33% of survey respondents suffered one or more virus attacks...
Jan 23, 2017 | Data Breaches, General Security
U.S. data breaches tracked in 2016 hit an all-time record high of 1,093, according to a new report by the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) and CyberScout (formerly IDT911). “With support from CyberScout, the ITRC has been able to heighten its efforts in tracking...
Jan 17, 2017 | Cyber-Crime
Even tech-savvy Gmail users are falling victim to hackers who are stealing their login credentials as increasingly sophisticated phishing techniques are being employed. How does it work? The hacker first sends you an email, which includes an attachment. If you click...
Jan 14, 2017 | Cyber-Crime
By now you may have heard about a website called ‘FamilyTreeNow.com’ where anyone can track down your address, and former addresses. They can also see relatives and all sorts of personal details. This site is masquerading as a ‘free family...
Jan 12, 2017 | General Security
In the regular dance we like to call the ‘Update Dance’, Microsoft and Adobe each released security updates on Tuesday for software installed on hundreds of millions of computers. Adobe issued an update for both Flash Player and Acrobat/Reader. Microsoft...
