Phishing Campaign Hits Credit Unions
A phishing campaign targeting credit unions and other financial institutions recently found its way into the email inboxes of anti-money laundering officers.Credit unions and banks are both required by...
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Can We Increase Victim Satisfaction with Law Enforcement?
By Eva Velasquez, President & CEO of the Identity Theft Resource CenterOver a period of many years the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) has conducted research regarding the aftermath of...
View ArticleIs Your Business at Risk From ‘Credential Stuffing’ Attacks?
Dailymotion is a Paris-based video-sharing rival of YouTube. The site gets about 300 million unique visitors a month who watch an estimated 3.5 billion videos. While that’s a fraction of YouTube’s...
View ArticleFacebook May Be Fined for Billions for Cambridge Analytica Scandal
Facebook’s long string of privacy scandals may (finally) have some meaningful repercussions by way of a multi-billion dollar fine from the Federal Trade Commission.The social media giant has been under...
View ArticleDHS De-Prioritizes Foreign Interference Ahead of 2020 Elections
A new report revealed that two federal task forces committed to securing the 2020 elections lost resources and personnel–both budgets drastically reduced by the Department of Homeland Security...
View Article“Digital Gangster” Facebook’s Faceplant in the EU and UK Markets
As Brexit looms, the UK and the EU can still agree that Facebook needs to be reined in.A report published earlier this month by the U.K. Digital, Culture, Media and Sport committee likened the social...
View ArticleTurboTax Hit By Credential Stuffing Attack
An undisclosed number of TurboTax customer accounts have been compromised in a credential stuffing attack.“Based on our investigation,” a notice told affected users, “…an unauthorized party may have...
View ArticleICANN Urges Greater Domain Name Security
The infrastructure at the core of the internet is vulnerable to attack from state-sponsored hackers, its governing body warned. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), charged...
View ArticleTikTok Fined Record Amount for Collecting Children’s Data
The Federal Trade Commission fined the popular social media and video sharing service TikTok a record $5.7 million for illegally collecting the personal data of children under 13.TikTok, known until...
View ArticleIt’s Your Tax Refund—Don’t Let Criminals Steal It
Are you anticipating a nice tax refund this year? Maybe you have plans for a new TV or a special vacation. But imagine someone beats you to your refund by filing a fraudulent tax return, putting your...
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Vermont Law Shines Light on Data Brokers
A newly enacted Vermont law offers a glimpse at companies engaged in the compiling and selling of individual user data.Under H.764 (Act 171), third-party data brokers (companies with no prior relation...
View ArticleWill Amazon Customers Pay to Increase their Attackable Surface?
The sitcom "Happy Days" was pretty much doomed when the Fonz, wearing swim trunks and a leather jacket, stepped into that waterski and jumped a shark. That episode now epitomizes the over-reach that...
View ArticleNSA 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 in bulk (including...
View ArticleCitrix 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 the cyberattack by the FBI earlier this...
View ArticleIoT 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 is aimed at...
View ArticleEmployment 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 job opportunities and...
View ArticleElasticsearch 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 for electronic faxes completely...
View ArticleWhat 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 later,...
View ArticleDARPA 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 project aims to secure voting machines...
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