Tag Archives: 2015

Survey Says 80% of Security Risks are Users

Posted on February 18, 2015 by Carmelo

Bromium surveyed 100 security professionals to see what they thought their biggest security risk was. Through my own research, I have found that the best way to give security awareness training, is NOT this way, with one time security awareness … Continue reading →

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Digital Home Privacy Invasion

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Carmelo

According to HP’s report on the Internet of Things, there will be 25 billion connected things (that’s a technical term) by the year 2020. On the way to the year 2020, as we walk this crazy road, we keep finding … Continue reading →

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White House Summit on Cybersecurity and Consumer Protection

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Carmelo

That’s not an Illuminati hand sign, it’s the CIA Triad! On February 12th, President Obama signed an Executive Order to encourage and promote sharing of cybersecurity threat information within the private sector and between the private sector and government. Rapid … Continue reading →

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Phishing Anthem

Posted on February 14, 2015 by Carmelo

Since my original posting about the Anthem Health Insurance Breach… Investigators believe the cyber crooks compromised the logins from 5 different tech workers, possibly through a phishing scheme that could have tricked them into unknowingly revealing a password or downloading … Continue reading →

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HSBC Breach In November Reveals…

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Carmelo

HSBC Holdings plc, a British multinational banking and financial services company head-quartered in London, United Kingdom is the world’s second largest bank. Last November, they were breached. HSBC claimed that it “stopped the cyber-attack”, but not before attackers accessed payment … Continue reading →

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Convenience Traded for Privacy: Samsung Televisions

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Carmelo

Cool new technologies like the Samsung voice controlled television, are a great convenience. They are also a huge window for the Samsung company to get into your homes. When you enable voice control, all noises are transmitted to Samsung and … Continue reading →

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Intuit’s Turbo Tax

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Carmelo

Was shut down to investigate if there was a breach as many had logged in to find that their refunds were already claimed. It was found that no breach occurred. According to Brian Krebs, both Turbo Tax and H&RBlock credentials … Continue reading →

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Anthem Health Insurance Breach

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Carmelo

Anthem was the target of a very sophisticated external cyber attack. Based on what they know at this time, there is no evidence that credit card or medical information were targeted or compromised, just the other information that makes it … Continue reading →

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From Russia with Love Letters

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Carmelo

A Russian team allegedly breached the Sony entertainment company’s network by sending spear phishing emails containing a remote access Trojan (RAT) to Sony employees in India, Russia and other Asian countries. Once they had access to the computers of these … Continue reading →

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Sony Remediation Cost Totals $35 Million

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Carmelo

While Sony Pictures Entertainment said in an earnings report that the hack would cost $15 million “in investigation and remediation costs” for the quarter to Dec. 31, senior general manager Kazuhiko Takeda said Wednesday that the figure would be $35 … Continue reading →

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