Reports from Techcrunch a few days ago stated that an email breach occurred between January 1st and March 28th at Microsoft. The breach exposed email …
vxCrypter: Ransomware and Duplicate File Cleanup
vxCrypter Ransomware not only encrypts your computer, it also deletes duplicate files. According to Lawrence Abrams, creator and owner of BleepingComputer, the vxCrypter Ransomware could …
Unprotected Amazon Cloud Puts Half Billion Facebook Users at Risk
Third party Facebook app developers have caused yet another database leak. Unprotected Amazon cloud servers put more than half a billion Facebook user information at …
Wake County leaders trying to get out in front of wave of ransomware attacks
RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) – As hackers’ attacks impact local governments and other entities across the country, Wake County leaders took a closer look Monday at …
Your Best Defense: Training, Prevention and Cyber Insurance
Insurance companies are among the growing chorus of those who say it’s not a matter of if your law firm will get hacked, it’s a …
Repetitive Exposure to Phishing Improves Employee Click Rate
Like most things in life, practice makes perfect. Well, perhaps, better at least. KnowBe4 has reported that a “long-term phishing study involving 6 healthcare institutions …
Meditab Fax Server Leak
California-based Meditab, a leading software maker for healthcare electronic medical records, was leaking thousands of doctor’s notes, medical records, and prescriptions. The cause? A security …
North Carolina First in Flight Again: First UPS Drone Delivery
North Carolina proudly claims the slogan “First in flight” thanks to the first manned flight carried out by the Wright brothers in Kitty Hawk, North …
Time To Change Your Facebook Password (Again)
Hard on the heels of CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s lengthy Facebook post that the social network was doubling down on privacy and ensuring users’ data remains …
Identity Theft by the Numbers
Source: IDShield
Citrix Systems Attacked Again
Citrix Systems announced an apparent network penetration by hackers. The Fort Lauderdale, Florida technology business was appraised by a suspected problem last Wednesday by the …
Your Partner in Fighting Ransomware
Ransomware is here with a vengeance. Cybercriminals are seeing far too much reward for their efforts to stop now. Coverware recently released their 2018 Q4 …
Jackson County Pays $400k Ransom
Jackson County, Georgia finds its coffers down by $400,000 this week thanks to cybercriminal ransom. A ransomware infection blocked access to the county IT systems …
Verifications.io Breach Leaks Over 800 Million Records
Charlie Osborne at ZDNet has revealed a data breach of epic proportions. Bob Diachenko and Vinny Troia discovered over 809 million records in MongoDB. The …
Why You Need a Fractional CISO
Chief Information Security Officers play an essential part in the success of your business security, yet recent studies have found that only 13% of organizations …
Misconfigured Server Exposes Nearly 1 Million Patient Records
Over 974,000 people are being notified by The University of Washington Medicine. For a three-week period in December, their information was exposed on the internet. …
A Conversation With NCBA’s Privacy & Data Security Committee Chair
I sat down with Alex Pearce of Ellis & Winters LLP, the current chair of North Carolina Bar Association’s Privacy & Data Security Committee to …