Nov 17, 2016 | Data Breaches
The financial repercussions of a data breach have been highlighted by the $1 million fine handed out to Adobe Systems for a 2013 security incident. Roy Cooper, attorney general of North Carolina, said that businesses and government “must do more” to protect sensitive...
Nov 16, 2016 | General Security
Yesterday we held the first of many CyberSecurity education events. We chose Big Beaver Brewing Company in Loveland as the location because Loveland sits well between the cities of Fort Collins, Windsor, Greeley, Johnstown, Berthoud and Longmont. In attendance we...
Nov 7, 2016 | Cyber-Crime
Liberia was hit by a massive DDoS attack, which succeeded in taking most of the country offline. It was revealed that the cause of this is the Mirai botnet, the same system that resulted in the largest DDoS attack yet on Dyn back in October and the attack on...
Nov 6, 2016 | General Security
China’s government approved a controversial and broad new cybersecurity law aimed at tightening and centralizing state control over the internet, including the role foreign companies play in Chinese cyberspace. The law, passed by the standing committee of China’s...
Nov 4, 2016 | Cyber-Crime
Blaming a computer virus outbreak, a hospital system comprising 3 separate hospitals in the United Kingdom was forced to cancel all planned operations and diverted major trauma cases to neighboring facilities this week. The CyberCrime incident came as U.K. leaders...
