Sep 13, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
The massive data breach at the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that exposed background investigations and fingerprint data on many millions of Americans was the result of a cascading series of cyber security mistakes by the agency’s senior leadership on down...
Sep 13, 2016 | General Security
WordPress has released an update for the commonly used Content Management System – WordPress 4.6.1 fixed two vulnerabilities detailed in WPScan Vulnerability Database. There are also 15 additional bugs fixed in the WordPress 4.6.1 release as detailed here:...
Sep 5, 2016 | Browser Security
The latest Google Chrome browser update comes with 33 vulnerability patches, including 13 that are high-severity. It’s all thanks to community contributors and bug fighters who submitted fixes for Chrome’s bug bounty program. Many of the vulnerabilities fixed in this...
Sep 2, 2016 | General Security, Malware and Exploits
A week ago, Apple pushed out a small but critical security patch for iOS. That update was iOS 9.3.5, and it fixed a trifecta of previously unknown vulnerabilities that had allegedly been combined to produce a megaexploit. (If you have an iDevice, go to Settings |...
Sep 2, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, General Security
By Mark James So, you’re minding your own business working through your day-to-day battle of never-ending emails and sorting through all the stuff you should have finished yesterday. Suddenly, an urgent email drops into your inbox from the boss, asking for an urgent...
Sep 1, 2016 | Cyber-Crime, Data Breaches
Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants has admitted that 60 of their 64 properties were hit by a Payment Card Terminal or Point of Sale Malware infection. The Kimpton Hotel Data Breach affected card processing servers within the Kimpton properties in 60 out of their total 64...
