Facebook, Your Data, and Growing Cybercrime Economies
With GDPR implementation looming in Europe, Facebook picked an awkward time to have a major data incident. Nevertheless, previously planned changes to their platform are moving forward. European users are now starting to see these privacy policy updates for numerous services. Let’s just focus on Facebook for now, however. New consent flows and terms of… Read More
Data Heists From the Headlines
Isn’t there a new Ocean’s Eleven reboot in the works? I think we’ve just found the plot for the next one. I love everything about this story (aside from the breached data, of course). Hacking a casino through a thermostat in one of its fish tanks sounds like a perfect premise for Hollywood summer fluff,… Read More
2018 Cybersecurity Trends to Watch
We’ve often discussed how internal threats in the healthcare industry supersede outside attackers in causing data breaches. This remains true, according to Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigation Report (DBIR). What’s interesting, however, is how this is exclusive to this vertical, and reversed in others. In education, finance, etc., external actors pose the greater risk. The… Read More
Under Armour’s Low Key Mega Breach
As March Madness finishes up, with Villanova and Notre Dame both victorious, the eyes of sports fan turn back to the NBA, and its own approaching playoff season. One of the league’s biggest marketing partners, however, now finds itself a victim of one of the largest data breaches in history. Under Armour is sponsor of… Read More
Eroding Trust in Facebook
It has been a whirlwind couple of weeks for Facebook in the wake of the Cambridge Analytica scandal. I won’t rehash all the details, since it’s been covered ad nauseam, but new tremors continue to ripple through the tech giant. We covered last time the intended investigations by European legislators, but now, in the US,… Read More
Consumers look to have their say over data breaches
Major corporate entities will often, after failing to adequately protect countless records of personal information, seek to exonerate themselves as much as possible. While it’s natural to want to avoid penalties, it is nice when their feet are ultimately held to the fire. That’s exactly what US District Judge Lucy Koh did last Friday. Verizon,… Read More
Equifax’s data breach is the gift that keeps on taking
Every time we think we’re out, they pull us back in. Just when we’ve seemingly heard the last of the Equifax story, more damning updates come to light. This time, yet another additional set of people affected by last year’s data breach (2.4 million more) was announced recently, which brings the total number up to… Read More
Monitoring Your Data After a Breach
You might think younger generations would be the least likely to closely monitor their finances, but according to a recent survey from CreditCards.com, this isn’t the case. Checking your credit report and credit score following a data breach is important, and apparently millennials are the most likely generation to do so since the Equifax breach…. Read More
Rules and Rewards in Cybersecurity
This might be somewhat similar to my previous post, or at least cover some of the same ground, but it’s a crucial topic, and one I believe deserves emphasis. First, however, let me just say that with the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang are now in full swing, it is once more the time for viewers… Read More
Prioritizing Consumer Security: A Comparison
GDPR is steadily approaching. It is only a few months now until the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation comes into final effect, and European firms have continued a strong investment in data protection and data loss prevention (DLP). Both have been among top priorities for organizations; according to a Computer Weekly and TechTarget IT Priorities… Read More