The day before yesterday was an important day for the information security industry. Investigators announced exploitation of the first ever 0-day vulnerability for cars. The wireless attack was demonstrated on a Jeep Cherokee. Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek found the vulnerability in the onboard computer of the car. People have been talking for a long […]
Several sources in the financial industry say they are seeing a spike in fraud on customer cards used at ATMs in Mexico. The reason behind that apparent increase hopefully will be fodder for another story. In this post, we’ll take a closer look at a pair of ATM skimming devices that were found this month attached […]
Do you know where your corporate information on the cloud actually is? Although most companies already store a great part of their files on the internet (making them available from anywhere and without taking space up on office computers), not all are aware of the data’s journey, where it ends up or how it is […]
Big-three credit bureau Experian is the target of a class-action lawsuit just filed in California. The suit alleges that Experian negligently violated consumer protection laws when it failed to detect for nearly 10 months that a customer of its data broker subsidiary was a scammer who ran a criminal service that resold consumer data to identity thieves. […]
A recent report by the non-governmental organization HIMSS, focused on improvements made in the health sector due to the introduction of information technology, has revealed that the sector is extremely vulnerable to cyber-attacks. According to the report, two-thirds of those questioned (made up of industry professionals from around the world) confirmed that their organization had […]
After many attempts, we have finally gotten it into our heads that it is essential that we read the small print before we install any application on our devices. If it mentions anything that strays far from what the app is about (for example, a flashlight that tries to use your GPS) it’s best to […]
Large caches of data stolen from online cheating site AshleyMadison.com have been posted online by an individual or group that claims to have completely compromised the company’s user databases, financial records and other proprietary information. The still-unfolding leak could be quite damaging to some 37 million users of the hookup service, whose slogan is “Life […]