Oct 22, 2016 | Cyber-Crime
On Friday (21 October), cyber-criminals mounted a global DDoS attacks on internet services firm Dyn. While it was not immediately clear who was responsible. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security and the Federal Bureau of Investigation were both said to be...
Oct 18, 2016 | Data Breaches, General Security
Netflix has found some of their customers’ username+password in data-dumps on the internet – when they found these re-used passwords, they reached out and recommended a password reset. This news was reported by AdWeek, where writer Steve Safran said on...
Oct 14, 2016 | Data Breaches
Vera Bradley, the maker of women’s handbags and accessories, said attackers compromised its payment processing system and were able to steal card data for customers who used cards in the company’s stores from the end of July through late September of this year. It...
Oct 13, 2016 | General Security
Creating a #CyberAware culture in the workplace… [View the story “Creating a #CyberAware culture in the workplace. ” on Storify]
Oct 13, 2016 | General Security
Staying safe online isn’t as difficult as you think… We’re often asked by friends and family, what are the top tips for computer safety – and we’ve distilled our advice down into 5 “top-tips for online safety” – these...
Oct 11, 2016 | General Security
Adobe and Microsoft today each issued updates to fix critical security flaws in their products. Microsoft’s patch bundle for October includes fixes for at least five separate “zero-day” vulnerabilities – dangerous flaws that attackers were already exploiting...
