Data Protection December 7, 2016

Stranger Than Fiction? The Six Weirdest 2016 Data Breaches

4 min read - The list of notable 2016 data breaches is long and wacky. Cybercriminals compromised food delivery apps, FBI databases and seemingly everything in between.

Threat Intelligence July 5, 2016

Account Takeovers: They Can Happen to Anyone

4 min read - Social media account takeovers have recently impacted some high-profile individuals and groups, but a few simple measures can greatly reduce this risk.

Data Protection October 16, 2015

Passwords Are Secure, We’re Just Using Them Wrong

3 min read - The best way to prevent the hacking of passwords — and secure the information these passwords protect — may be to upgrade the servers that house them.

Advanced Threats August 5, 2015

Attacker Demands $15,000 Ransom for Stolen Customer Credentials

2 min read - A cybercriminal going by the name DetoxRansome claims to have stolen user credentials from Bitdefender and is now holding the information for ransom.

Banking & Finance August 29, 2014

Russian Email Data Breach: Top Ways the Data Could Be Used

4 min read - In the wake of a reported data breach by hackers in Russia, individuals and companies should be on the lookout for these types of malicious attacks.

Endpoint August 13, 2014

Stolen Password? How to Not Be the Next Victim of Corporate Password Theft

3 min read - Although many organizations have a policy that prohibits reusing corporate credentials on third-party sites, these password rules are hard to enforce.

Data Protection December 3, 2013

3 Ways to Steal Corporate Credentials

3 min read - Between key-logging malware, phishing schemes and e-commerce sites, there are many ways cyber criminals can steal corporate credentials and commit fraud.

Data Protection July 3, 2013

FBI Warns of Increase in Spear-Phishing Attacks

2 min read - Last week, the FBI issued a warning about an increase in spear-phishing attacks targeting multiple industry sectors.

Fraud Protection April 17, 2013

Behavioral Profiling: Finding the Man Who Wasn’t There

4 min read - Behavioral profiling can help catch cyber criminals, but criminals have developed many tactics to dodge these efforts.

Banking & Finance February 7, 2013

Back to Basics: Malware Authors Downgrade Tactics to Stay Under the Radar

7 min read - Malware authors have created variants to monitor Web sessions between a customer and their bank in order to change data in real time and steal information.