Category: News
Paige Thompson Arrested in Capital One Server Hack
Posted July 30, 2019 in Data Breach, Cloud Security, Digital Forensics
Paige Thompson, a software engineer who formerly worked for Amazon Web Services, is accused of breaking into a...
Equifax Pays Dearly for Failed Patch
Posted July 26, 2019 in Compliance, Data Breach, Malware
Equifax has agreed to pay anywhere from $575 million to $700 million in its settlement with the Federal Trade...
New Scam Targets 1.5 Billion Gmail Calendar Users
Posted July 11, 2019 in Malware, Data Breach, Compliance
Scammers are using Google's Calendar app to trick users into clicking on phishing links that upload malware hidden in...
Firefox Critical Patch
Posted June 20, 2019 in Malware, Data Breach, Compliance
Mozilla released Firefox 67.0.3 and Firefox ESR 60.7.1 patches and you need to update ASAP. The patches repair a...
Ransomware Attacks Continue to Target US Cities
Posted May 17, 2019 in Ransomware, Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, Data Breach
So far in 2019, there have been 22 reported public-sector ransomware attacks on US cities, signaling a rise in...
Raised Stakes in Baltimore Ransomware Attack
Posted May 15, 2019 in Ransomware, Data Breach, Malware
The city of Baltimore was recently hit with a crippling ransomware attack, bringing most of the city's servers down...
Homeland Security Warning for VPN Security Flaws
Posted April 25, 2019 in Data Breach, Cloud Security, Malware
Companies use enterprise VPNs, or virtual private networks, to allow employees to work remotely. An alert from the...
Conflicting Information on Recent Microsoft Email Data Breach
Posted April 18, 2019 in Data Breach, Malware, Digital Forensics
Reports from Techcrunch a few days ago stated that an email breach occurred between January 1st and March 28th at...