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Data Theft: It’s Not the Only Danger Hackers Wreak
By manipulating or changing data, hackers can alter medical or financial records and put enterprises -- or even lives -- in danger. Tools like threat modeling allay these concerns, ...Full Article
Data Surveillance: Because “Data is Where the Money Is”
Infamous felon Willie Sutton robbed his first bank in 1927 and went on to make illegitimate withdrawals of millions of dollars from some dozens of banks over two decades. Sutton ...Full Article
NSCI Increases HPC Privacy & Security Stakes
As the National Strategic Computer Initiative broadens interest in high performance computing, it is imperative that advocates and adopters recognize increased visibility likely will raise the cybersecurity stakes, cautioned ...Full Article
OPM Breach Impacts 5.6M, Not 1.1M, Fingerprints
The Office of Personnel Management disclosed today that 5.6 million fingerprints, not 1.1 million, were stolen when the federal agency was breached in July. At that time, 21.5 million ...Full Article
Hacking Team Sets New Attack Vectors
The Hacking Team breach occurred over the summer, but enterprises should continue learning new lessons in cybersecurity and threats. Here, a malware analyst explores how some of the firm's software works ...Full Article
From Hacker to IoT Security Hero? Red Balloon Floats New Solution
The same person who once hacked HP printers and other telecommunications products to demonstrate the vulnerability of embedded devices has now developed a platform-independent real-time host-based intrusion defense system designed ...Full Article
Tools Reveal Enterprises’ Dirty Little Cybersecurity Secrets
By leveraging publicly available information, companies like BitSight and SecurityScorecard rate most businesses' cybersecurity profiles, information third parties like CISOs, CSOs, CIOs, insurers, investors, financiers, employees and, perhaps, cyber ...Full Article
3 Steps to Boost Healthcare Data Security
Security breaches are on the rise, and it’s become not a question of if, but when, an organization will be hacked. According to the U.S. Department of Health and ...Full Article
How to Mitigate Third-Party Data Breach Risks
University of Pittsburg Medical Center (UPMC) is one of the latest healthcare organizations to have sensitive records exposed. This breach should trigger a wake-up call for healthcare organizations -- ...Full Article
Valerie Plame: The Spy Who Came in to the Code
Since her cover was famously blown, former covert CIA operative Valerie Plame is more openly protecting the country's digital assets. In May, the author and anti-nuclear activist joined the ...Full Article
