Banking app holes

Report Shows Major Security Holes in Banking Apps

A security analysis of 30 major banking and financial apps has shown major security holes and a lax approach to protecting user data. The analysis...
CT scan

Malware Infected Medical Equipment Shows Fake Tumors

Israeli cybersecurity researchers have created malware capable of showing fake cancerous growths on CT and MRI scans. The malware, called CT-GAN, served as a...

Facebook May Have Gotten Hacked, and Maybe It’s Better We Don’t...

Unless you live under a bottle cap rusting on the bottom of Loon Lake, you know that if you're concerned about privacy, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is...
Toyota hack?

Possible Toyota Breach Affects Up to 3.1 Million Customers

Multiple sales subsidiaries of Toyota Motor Corp. were breached in an apparent cyberattack that may have leaked the personal information of up to 3.1...
GA Tech Data Breach

Georgia Tech Data Breach Exposes 1.3 Million People

The Georgia Institute of Technology disclosed a data breach that exposed the data of up to 1.3 million people, including current and former students,...
malware on USB drive

Secret Service Arrests Chinese Woman Carrying Malware at Mar-A-Lago

A woman carrying two Chinese passports and a thumb drive containing malware was arrested by Secret Service agents after gaining entry to President Trump’s...
Huawei 5G

British Government Report Confirms Huawei Cybersecurity Concerns

A report issued by the British government has concluded that products developed and manufactured by the Chinese telecommunications company Huawei present significant security risks. Assembled...
One billion emails

Nearly One Billion Emails Exposed in Data Breach

The email addresses and personal information of 982 million people were compromised in a leak from an unsecured database. The database belonged to Verifications.io, an...
Police stalking story

The Cybersecurity Lessons Your Company Can Learn From a Sensational Police...

Florida police officer Leonel Marines resigned after a police investigation revealed the 12-year veteran of the Bradenton Police Department had been using police databases like a...

FEMA Leaked Personal Data of 2.3 Million Disaster Victims

The Federal Emergency Management Agency failed to properly protect the personal information of 2.3 million survivors of natural disasters. A partially redacted memo issued...

DARPA Working on New Secure Election Technologies

The U.S. Defense Department Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, has announced that it is building a secure voting system. The $10 million voting system...
DNS

What Is DNS And Why Should Your Business Care?

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security issued an emergency directive in January 2019 giving government agencies ten days to verify that they weren't compromised by DNS hijacking. A few days...
Elasticsearch medical breach

Elasticsearch Server Exposes Trove of Patient Data

A health company’s unprotected server exposed over six million health records in the last 12 months. Meditlab, an electronic medical record company, left a server...
Employment scam

Employment Scams Increasingly Targeting Job Seekers

Employment fraud is currently the most prevalent scam targeting consumers, according to Better Business Bureau report. The scams primarily target job-seekers with promises of great...
IoT security

IoT Cybersecurity Bill Proposed to Congress

Congress proposed a bill to improve the security of internet-enabled devices called the Internet of Things (IoT) Cybersecurity Improvement Act of 2019. The bipartisan legislation...
Citrix

Citrix Hack Exposes Customer Data

Citrix, a major network software company, had its internal network compromised by what appears to be an international hacking campaign. The company was alerted to...
Adam Levin on CBS This Morning

Adam Levin Discusses Misuse of Federal Databases on CBS This Morning

Adam Levin was on a recent episode of CBS This Morning to discuss a police officer accused of using federal databases to prowl for...
eero / Amazon

Did Amazon Just Jump the Shark on Consumer Privacy?

The sitcom "Happy Days" was pretty much doomed when the Fonz, wearing swim trunks and a leather jacket, stepped into that waterski and jumped...

Adam Levin on Avoiding Tax Scams on ABC7NY

Adam Levin shared tips with ABC7NY on how to avoid phony IRS tax scams. Tax season is typically an active time for identity thieves...
NSA surveillance

NSA Halts Controversial Domestic Surveillance Program

The National Security Agency has stopped a controversial domestic surveillance program, according to a senior congressional aide. The program monitored the metadata of domestic calls...