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Facebook Discovers Iranian Social Media Campaign Aimed at U.S.
Facebook discovered dozens of pages, accounts and groups on Facebook and Instagram that were connected to an attempt to create friction over hot-button political...
Adult Websites Hacked; User Info Leaked
A network of eight connected adult websites was hacked, leaking IP address information, passwords, and 1.2 million email addresses.
The network of sites included...
Why Amazon Ads Could Be a Disaster Waiting to Happen
When investing, it's always a good idea to spread the wealth. Whether you invest only as much as can be insured, or you use...
Adam Levin Discusses 401(k) Scams on NBC Washington
Adam Levin was featured on NBC Washington discussing the risk of fraud and hacking of retirement accounts. "The reality is, this is not the...
Healthcare.gov Breach Affects 75,000
The personal information of roughly 75,000 people was leaked in a data breach of the Healthcare.gov system October 13.
The centers for Medicare and Medicaid...
Social Media Companies Tout “War Rooms” To Combat Election Interference
The social media companies Facebook and Reddit are publicizing “War Rooms” set up to closely monitor their network content for election tampering.
Facebook in...
CINRA Act Looks to Standardize Breach Notification
A bill seeking to standardize data breach notifications for the financial industry at the federal level was passed this week by the House Financial...
30k+ Pentagon Employees Compromised in Data Breach
The credit card data and travel records of roughly 30,000 employees of the U.S. Defense Department have been compromised in a data breach.
The...
Facebook Breach Leaked Extensive Personal Info of 14 Million
Today’s revelation from Facebook’s security blog was that the personal information of 14 million of the initial 50 million accounts hacked this month included...
Kanye West’s Thumb or his Zeros?
Kanye West and Donald Trump really are brothers from different mothers; both like making headlines--doesn’t much matter how or why, and they share the...
Facebook Patches Major WhatsApp Vulnerability
Facebook announced today that a security bug in its WhatsApp messaging service that allowed hackers to take control of users’ phones has been fixed....
Hackers Hold Instagram Influencers’ Accounts Hostage with Ransomware
High-profile Instagram accounts are being targeted by ransomware attacks and phishing schemes, with evidence suggesting that many account holders are paying the attackers.
According to...
Adam Levin Named in CIO Dive’s 10 Cybersecurity Experts to Follow...
Adam Levin was listed as #4 on CIO Dive's 10 cybersecurity experts to follow on Twitter in 2018. The article described his Twitter account...
Amazon Employee Fired for Leaking Customer Data, Exposing a Search Flaw...
Amazon revealed a breach of customer data last week, but it wasn’t a data breach of the usual variety. Rather than falling prey to...
Google Shuts Down Google+ Social Platform After Security Fail
Google announced that it will be shutting down consumer use of the long-ailing social platform Google+ after it was revealed that a security bug...
Chinese Hacking Spree Targets Cloud, IT
A China-linked hacking group is currently on the attack, targeting cloud service providers and managed service providers (MSP) in the U.S., warned the U.S....
iPhone Hack Allows Access to Contacts, Photos
Apple’s iOS 12 update includes a workaround that can allow a hacker to access a device’s photos and contacts without having the passcode to...
West Virginia Rolls Out Mobile App Voting
West Virginia has released a mobile app for voting in the 2018 midterm elections in a limited number of counties. The app utilizes blockchain...
Facebook Breach: 50 Million Users Affected
Facebook has had a hard year, and it just got worse. The company announced that it was compromised, and 50 million users were affected....
Did You Know Google Shares Your Email?
Correction: Google provides access to scan user email. I’m going to say it again: The search giant confirmed that third party apps that integrate...