Dunkin’ Donuts becomes the latest victim of credential stuffing cyber attack The company was informed about the attack by one of its security vendors. Following the discovery of the attack, the firm enforced password resets to protect the DD Perks account holders’ accounts. Dunkin’ Donuts was hit by hackers recently Read more…
Internet Citizen – Internet Privacy Early this year, the U.S. Congress rolled back Internet privacy rules, giving service providers free reign to track, store and sell browsing data. In July, the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) issued a warrant to DreamHost, asking for a list of everyone who visited DisruptJ20.org— a site Read more…
VPNs come under scrutiny amid privacy fears VPNs, or virtual private networks, are among the most searched-for apps in the world because they provide users with an encrypted internet connection, but their integrity has come into question following new research into their links with China. Top10VPN.com, which describes itself Read more…
What Is The Best Type of VPN Service for Security Professionals and Everyday Users? VPN is a Virtual Private Network that allows a user to connect to a private network over the Internet securely and privately. A VPN creates an encrypted connection, known as VPN tunnel, and all Internet Read more…
Experts Fear These Cyber Security “9/11” Like Scenarios Power outages, bank runs, changed financial data: Here are the ‘cyber 9/11’ scenarios that really worry the experts: It may be impossible to hedge against the next major cyberattack, but there are some lessons from recent history and some clues from the Read more…
What the Skills Shortage Means for Existing Cyber Security Practitioners Ed Moyle, Director of Thought Leadership and Research, ISACA (Credit) By now, most practitioners have heard (probably from a few different sources) that organizations struggle when it comes to finding, hiring and retaining the right resources for information security and/or Read more…
Cyber Security – What are the Differences Between Red Teams and Blue Teams. New entrants into cyber security often are not aware of exactly what these team designations mean, here they are in short order: Red Team These are external people/entities that test the effectiveness of a security Read more…
Is Gmail Secure? What About Yahoo Email? The short answer is yes. However, if you are using Yahoo, it is definitely less secure in my experience. Here is why I say this, when doing a cross comparison between both Gmail and Yahoo email accounts, I noticed that Gmail completely masks Read more…
October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. For the past 15 years, the goal of this annual initiative is to raise awareness about the importance of cyber security. In recent years, cyber risk has come out of the server rooms and into the boardrooms. That is a good thing. Cyber Read more…
Federal agencies surge to combat ever-growing cyber security threats—but is it enough? This year has brought major changes to government cyber security, including a new Homeland Security office authorized to tackle long-range cyber challenges and new initiatives to shore up the cyber security of government supply chains and expel risky Read more…