Spring is here, which means it’s time for spring cleaning. This year, in addition to tidying up the office and sprucing up your operations, make sure you keep digital spring cleaning in mind. After all, a data breach can not…
Enterprise VPN applications developed by Palo Alto Networks, Pulse Secure, Cisco, and F5 Networks are storing authentication and session cookies insecurely according to a DHS/CISA alert and a vulnerability note issued by CERT/CC, potentially allowing attackers to bypass authentication. As…
Before we begin, let’s take a second to explore the world of ‘watermarking’. Most people are familiar with watermarks— they show up on banknotes, checks, stamps. Others are familiar with the ones that appear in pictures or music. These are…
In what the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has acknowledged is a “major privacy incident,” nearly 2.5 million U.S. disaster survivors had their personal information shared with a third-party contractor responsible for setting up temporary housing. This data breach represents…
The Town of Salem (video game) was hit with a massive data breach last week that exposed the information on more than 7 million users. The breach was discovered by the cybersecurity research Dehashed on December 28 when he received…
Prosecutors accuse two people of hacking in conjunction with the Chinese government. They are accused of stealing information from at least 45 U.S. tech companies and government agencies. The two also allegedly targeted defense industrial companies and managed service providers…
The potential scenario of this cybersecurity flaw being exploited is not as severe, as say, the plot from the movie Wargames, but several major holes have been found in defense facilities housing technical information on the nation’s ballistic missile defense systems…
Review of cyber vulnerability is ordered after intruders gain access to information about military technology Chinese hackers are breaching Navy contractors to steal everything from ship-maintenance data to missile plans, officials and experts said, triggering a top-to-bottom review of…
The deputy chief of Japan's cybersecurity strategy office told parliament this week that he doesn't use computers. “Since the age of 25, I have instructed my employees and secretaries, so I don’t use computers myself,” 68-year-old Yoshitaka Sakurada said, according…
Senators demand answers after government report finds that only 11 percent of the Department of State's devices use multi-factor authentication. Five US senators have sent a letter to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo requesting answers why the State Department has…