Tag Archives: Third Party Assessments

CVS Photo – Data Breach

Posted on September 14, 2015 by Carmelo

Credit card information collected by the independent vendor who manages and hosts CVSPhoto.com may have been compromised, and customer registrations related to online photo processing and CVSPhoto.com are completely separate from CVS.com and the pharmacies. Financial transactions on CVS.com and … Continue reading →

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Third U.S. Federal Circuit Court Allows FTC to Sue You

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Carmelo

If you have poor infosecurity practices and you know it, the FTC now (as of 8/25/2015) has the power to sue you. Wyndham Wordwide, whom have licensed their brand name through 90 independently owned hotels, has been hacked and had … Continue reading →

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How Social Engineering Affected Tesla

Posted on May 2, 2015 by Carmelo

In totally uncool moves, two Tesla owned accounts were hijacked via social engineering: A bad guy called AT&T customer support and pretended to be a Tesla employee. This person then demanded all phone calls to the company be forwarded to a … Continue reading →

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Bad Contractors

Posted on July 29, 2014 by Carmelo

Even more of a reason to have a solid Third Party Assessment program within your organization. Not one, or two, but three Israeli defense contractors who built the Iron Dome missile defense system were compromised by hackers. How were they … Continue reading →

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