Security theater is a phrase that gets tossed around a lot these days. Whether the topic is the TSA, PCI or receipt checks at the local wholesale club, there’s a general feeling that security has become about check boxes and feeling secure rather than genuinely securing something. The lethargy isn’t limited to just the security [...]
16
Nov
No Such Thing as a Small Breach for Businesses
Businesses are learning the hard way when it comes to data breaches these days. Many breaches are caused by lack of implementing strict internal policies and security. It can be as simple as an employee stumbling upon a file they should not have access to and the consequences can become a financial nightmare. Holy Cross [...]
10
Nov
Statistics of Hospital Breaches – Ponemon Institute Study
The Ponemon Institute released a recent study in which they contacted 67 health care organizations to gather more detailed information about the costs of data breaches to hospitals. Below are some of the findings: -U.S. hospitals experience $6 billion a year in data leaks -$1 million per hospital per year is the average cost of [...]
04
Oct
$70 Million Stolen From U.S. Banks With Zeus Trojan
The FBI has discovered a highly organized criminal network responsible for stealing approximately $70 million dollars from various U.S. banks and over $10 million from foreign bank accounts to date. The malicious Zeus Trojan was deployed to thousands of computers accessing personal log in information to bank accounts, enabling them to transfer money to criminal [...]
16
Sep
Trojan Linked to 2008 Spanair Plane Crash
Authorities investigating the recent 2008 plane crash of Spanair flight 5022 discovered that there is a probability that the central computer system that’s used to monitor technical issues with the plane was infected with malware. The plane, a McDonnell Douglass MD-82, held 172 passengers and crew, crashed upon takeoff rolling to the right and split [...]
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