PCI Standards & Compliance looking out for you
The reason PCI (Payment Card Industry) has set up the organization is to officially create a place for all users of the system to look up how to secure their…
Hackers set 2015 with iCloud hack
Hacker news story: http://thehackernews.com/2015/01/iDict-icloud-password-hacking-tool.html It looks like the hacker “Pr0x13” has released a password hacking tool at GitHub that allows hackers to break into any iCloud account – thus giving…
New – or is it Old Threats?
I want to focus on a couple of Bruce Schneier posts today. Jan 1 Doxing as an Attack https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2015/01/doxing_as_an_at.html As Bruce mentions the old attack Doxing where all your information…
How Can Hackers Steal Your Data?
How can hackers steal data without anyone knowing? It has been shown that it takes months before a breach is found, let’s assume one of your users clicked on a…
Sony Hack Analysis
Wall Street Journal has a very good detailed story of what happened during the hack. http://www.wsj.com/articles/behind-the-scenes-at-sony-as-hacking-crisis-unfolded-1419985719?mod=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsThird (May have to have a subscription to see the whole article) Besides the improvisation…