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Tag Archives: 2016
Happy 25th Birthday to the World Wide Web
The very first webpage was put online 25 years ago today and it’s still available here! The creator is Tim Berners-Lee and his wiki page is impressive :) The Internet (which is the infrastructure on which the web and other … Continue reading
CEO Fired After Fake Email Loses Firm $47 Million
FACC, in May has let their CEO, Walter Stephan, go after a fake email made it’s way to the financial controllers office and €52.8 million ($58 million USD) was wired out of the company. It caused their stock to drop … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, BEC, Business Email Compromise, CEO, CFO, FBI, phishing, Security Awareness, spear phishing, spearphishing
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National Crime Agency in the UK
The National Crime Agency in the UK has published the National Crime Assessment, it is a fantastic read and can be found here. An interesting fact is that plain crime is at 47% total crimes committed, while computer misuse and … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, breach report, breaches, risk analysis, Security Awareness, UK
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1/3 of Wendy’s Locations Compromised
1,025 out of the 3,000 Wendy’s locations had malware on their Point-Of-Sale systems. Investigation has uncovered that infection and exfiltration of credit card information (names, numbers, expiration dates) going back to January of 2015. We believe this series of cybersecurity … Continue reading
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Tagged 2015, 2016, advanced persistent threat, APT, breach, credit card, cybercrime, hacked, malware, PCI Compliance, Security Awareness
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Top 5 CyberThreats of 2016 To Attack or Defend Against
Depending on what color hat you wear, here are the top cyberthreats that most companies face, according to research. 5. Cross Site Scripting or XSS Cross-site scripting (XSS) is a type of computer security vulnerability typically found in web applications. … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, advanced persistent threat, application security, APT, behavioral, cross site scripting, cyber risk, hackers, information security, insider threats, personnel risk assessment, pra, Security Awareness, social engineering, sql injection, top 5, xss
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Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit: Day 2
Keynote Speaker Colin Powell Biography link here
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Tagged #gartnersec, 2016, Gartner, risk, risk analysis, risk management, security, Security Awareness
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Gartner Security and Risk Management Summit: Day 1
We arrived into town (Alexandria VA) yesterday and I have been crazy busy since. I hadn’t realized how many friends and how much family I have on this side of the world! So with the already busy conference schedule, I … Continue reading
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Mark Zuckerberg’s Accounts Compromised
Facebook founder, Mark ‘Zuck’ had his Twitter and Pinterest accounts compromised after the LinkedIn data breach that happened back in 2012, through the recent sale of the emerged data. It’s proof positive that one must diversify usernames and passwords, close … Continue reading
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Tagged 2016, breach, hacked, information security, linkedin, passwords, Zuckerberg
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