Quest data breach

Quest Diagnostics Highlights Vendor Vulnerability

Quest Diagnostics, a leading American clinical laboratory company, announced today that 11.9 million patients may have been compromised in a vendor-related incident. A statement released...
Game of thrones

What Game of Thrones Can Teach You About Data Breaches

HBO's hit series Game of Thrones is now history, but it will live on in the hearts, minds and social media interactions of its...
First American Data Leak

Was Your Mortgage Deal One of Nearly 900 Million Recently Exposed?

First American Financial Corp. left hundreds of millions of sensitive financial documents unprotected on its website dating back as far as 2003. The security hole,...
Google glitch

Google Glitch Left Passwords Unprotected for 14 Years

Google announced a glitch that stored unencrypted passwords belonging to several business customers, a situation that had been exploitable since 2005. In a blog post...
Photo leak

Data Leak Exposes Instagram Influencers

A leaked database has compromised the personal information of more than 49 million Instagram users, including celebrities and “influencers.” The information was found on an...
Sim Card Swap

Feds Break Up Major SIM-Hijacking Ring

The U.S. Department of Justice announced that it has arrested and charged members of a major cybercriminal ring in connection with $2.4 million worth...
Whatsapp spyware

WhatsApp Compromised by Spyware

WhatsApp disclosed a major security vulnerability that allowed hackers to remotely install spyware on mobile devices. The vulnerability, discovered earlier this month, allowed third parties...
Email is a liability

Email Is the Biggest Threat to Business, So Why Is Everyone...

Microsoft's Outlook.com service suffered a major breach earlier this year. The compromise allowed hackers to potentially access user email accounts, and that was the case for...
Samsung Source Code Breach

Access and Source Code to Samsung Apps Left Unprotected on Public...

The source code and security keys associated with a number of Samsung apps and projects have been discovered on unprotected server. Samsung’s SmartThings home...
Cyberattack on the electrical grid

U.S. Energy Grid Experiences Possible Cyberattack

An apparent denial of service attack caused a disruption in a segment of the U.S. energy grid affecting Utah, Wyoming, and Southern California. Little is...
Putin censorship

Putin Signs Nationwide Internet Censorship Into Law

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a bill to create a separate Russian national internet. The legislation is primarily focused on establishing an autonomous national...
Adam Levin on TicToc

Adam Levin Discusses Mobile Banking and Security with TicToc

Adam Levin was featured on a short video on TicToc by Bloomberg, where he discussed the trade-offs between security and convenience for mobile banking...
GAO report on identity theft

The Government Claims a Private Sector Fail, But It Just Doesn’t...

The Government Accountability Office recently released a report that analyzed the results as well as the relative effectiveness of the identity theft services, including insurance, provided to...

What This Report on Cyber Risk Gets Wrong

The Marsh brokerage unit of Marsh and McLennan recently announced a new evaluation process called Cyber Catalyst designed to determine the usefulness of enterprise cyber...
Facebook Multibillion Dollar Fine

Facebook Braces for Multibillion Dollar Fine

Facebook announced that it was preparing for a massive fine from the Federal Trade Commission for its mishandling of user privacy. The fine could...

French Government App Shows Difficulties with Secure Communications

A messaging app released by the French government to secure internal communications has gotten off to a troubled start. Tchap was released in beta earlier...
EU Biometric database

EU To Build Massive Biometric Database

The European Union’s parliament voted to create a biometric database of over 350 million people. The Common Identity Repository, or CIR, will consolidate the data...
Facebook "upload"

Facebook Acknowledges “Unintentional” Harvesting of Email Contacts

Facebook announced that it “unintentionally” harvested the email contacts of 1.5 million of its users without their consent. The social media company automatically uploaded the...
NYCWiN

NYC Wireless Network Outage Raises Questions About Effectiveness, Transparency

A technical glitch took down a wireless network used by New York City’s municipal government, raising serious questions about security and reliability of operational...
Disney Fox Merger

The One Word No One Is Talking About in the Disney-Fox...

On March 20, The Walt Disney Company completed its purchase of 21st Century Fox. The acquisition added huge properties like The Simpsons and National...