My Apps Had Too Much Access I was looking through my computer settings, trying to figure out what would be most helpful for a “how-to” article for the week. As I looked through my privacy settings, I was drawn to a complete halt. Why do these apps have so many access rights?! Why on Earth […]
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Indiana Works to Pass Cyber Crime Bill We recently discussed the law enforcement’s actions towards cyber criminals, or lack thereof. Understandably, it is difficult to track down cyber criminals overseas. It is also understandable that it may be increasingly difficult due to the effort the hackers put into covering their tracks. However, they are still
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Select Restaurants Inc. Breached A little over a month ago, Select Restaurants Inc. was notified by their point-of-sales (PoS) system that there had been a breach. The breach compromised the credit and debit card data held by the company. Select Restaurants Inc. is not releasing the number of payment files that have been breached, nor
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Dun & Bradstreet Marketing Breached Dun & Bradstreet Marketing experienced a breach to one of their databases. The database was 52 GB, which included 33.6 million files. According to eCommerce Times, the database belonged to NetProspex. The information exposed is basic contact information, very similar to what you may find on a business card —
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Richmond Housing Agency Lost a Month’s Worth of Data The Richmond Housing Agency, in Indiana, was recently hit with a ransomware attack. The systems were infected in on February 27, 2017. The ransomware variant is believed to have ties back to India. After encrypting the housing agency’s systems, hackers demanded $8,000 to restore the company’s
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Metropolitan Urology Group Found Patient Information Leaked During Ransomware Attack In November, 2016, the Metropolitan Urology Group (MUG) was hit with a ransomware attack. Two months later, in January, 2017, MUG discovered the hackers obtained private, patient information during the attack. The patients impacted are those who rendered services between 2003 and 2010. The information exposed
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The Today Show featured another piece on cyber security today, this time discussing ransomware. During which, Tom Costello claimed the best way to protect yourself from a ransomware attack is to back up your data. This cannot be further from the truth. First of all, backups do not protect you from becoming a victim of ransomware. It can be
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Lithium Ion Batteries Continue to Cause Harm Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries have been a hot topic in the news for some time now. Most recently, Li-Ion powered headphones exploded mid-flight, which resulted in minor burns to the user on her hands and face. Within the last 12 months, there have been recalls from HP, Toshiba
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Twitter Hacked Leaving Nazism Messages Today, dozens of Twitter accounts were hacked impacting various individuals from the European Parliament, UNICEF USA and BBC North America. It is believed the attacks originated due to a diplomatic spat between Germany, Turkey and the Netherlands. According to MSN, the Germans and Dutch barred Turkish ministers from campaigning in
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Why Your Traditional AV Isn’t Working According to a recent study completed by KnowBe4, your traditional anti-virus alone is not effective in stopping today’s biggest cyber security threat, ransomware. Ransomware is a form of malware that locks your files or entire PCs and demands a payment to unlock them. In the study, KnowBe4 asked 500
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