Picture this: A short video features a bundled baby, snoring gently, who flashes a couple of involuntary, sleepy smiles as someone sings a lullaby.
Unfortunately, that video is one of what appear to be thousands of baby videos and images that are being left unsecured and exposed to the internet by Peekaboo Moments, a mobile app. BankInfoSecurity - Jeremy Kirk | January 14, 2020
Las Vegas's computer network took a devastating cyberattack theorized to have originated from a malicious email earlier this month.
Immediately following the attack, Las Vegas took down its computer network to investigate the threat.
The specific breed of ransomware that infected Las Vegas' servers hasn't been shared, nor were its demands. Due to the swift action of Las Vegas city IT staff, no information was taken. Screen Rant - Chazz Rair | January 13, 2020
The prevalence of migration to the cloud highlights the catch-22 of cybersecurity: the security vs. convenience tradeoff.
According to the Ponemon Institute, 47% of lines of business respondents admit they select and use cloud applications without permission from IT.
And because business users don't require IT involvement to spin up new applications, often, they forget to notify the technical personnel of new cloud apps they are using. Security Boulevard - Avi Shua | January 12, 2020
It wasn't that long ago that my mother finally started using Amazon.com to make purchases.
She was afraid someone would steal her credit card and other valuable information.
Trust and confidence are a big part of the customer experience. You want your customers to feel comfortable and confident about doing business with you. Forbes - Shep Hyken | January 12, 2020
You should not panic if you observe a breach of data in your computer network systems.
You should instead look forward to taking necessary defenses and actions against the offense, but before that, you must ask six questions to yourself. Entrepreneur India - Remesh Ramachandran | January 8, 2020
In the early hours of Tuesday morning, city officials in Las Vegas were alerted that their computer network had suffered a security breach.
If it is a ransomware attack that has hit Las Vegas then the cybercriminals may be out of luck if they're hoping that the city will pay up.
In July last year, Las Vegas's mayor was a driving force behind a resolution from the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM), agreeing to "stand united against paying ransoms in the event of an IT security breach." Graham Cluley | January 8, 2020
Smart home security systems have been problematic for some time now.
The most notable attack occurred when these devices along with other internet of things (IoT) gadgets were used to conduct a number of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks on the internet, crippling several websites including PayPal, Twitter, Amazon, Netflix, Spotify, Reddit and more. Electronics 360 - Peter Brown | January 8, 2020
In light of cyberattacks globally and across industries, Specops Software released a report with a breakdown of how the nature of cybercrime can change across industries.
One method is clickjacking--a malicious technique that tricks users into clicking an invisible or disguised element on the website to perform unintended acts. This form of hacking accounts for 66 percent of attacks in the education domain. TechHQ - Jia Jen Low | January 7, 2020
Iranian leaders have vowed to retaliate against the US, with the US Department of Homeland Security warning that previous Iranian plans have included "cyber-enabled" attacks against a range of US targets.
One of the Iranian groups, known as APT33, has spent years developing sophisticated payloads with Powershell implants exploits, which could allow them to potentially meddle with critical infrastructure like financial systems or industrial control systems. ZDNet - Steve Ranger | January 7, 2020
