Please change your linkedin passwords now. I mean right now.

LI confirms that “some of the passwords that were compromised correspond to LinkedIn accounts.” Please change your linkedin passwords now. …

Does HIPAA / HITECH Require Strong Passwords? No, But It’s Expected.

This is a very succinct summary of what HIPAA/HITECH require in terms of passwords and encryption from AlertBoot Endpoint Security. Does HIPAA …

FBI reminds you to be wary of online fraud this holiday season

Scammers use many techniques to fool potential victims…

Latest Infosec Controversy Highlights the Real Issue: We are Getting Hacked.

And yet the controversy only highlights the real issue: we are getting hacked every day in attacks that span the entire spectrum of sophistication.

What version of TLS are your servers using?

A new hacking tool called BEAST cracks TLS 1.0/ SSL in under 10 minutes. The attack is very specific and …

Do you know what Phone Phishing (or Vishing) is? Beware of the Debit Card Vishing Scam!

The technology may be new, but the scams still play upon the same age-old weakness in human nature: our trust.

Next breach victim: citibank.

https://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE7580TM20110609?irpc=932

Researcher finds new security flaws in SCADA PLC systems, decides not to expose them at TakeDownCon.

In a blog post today at nsslabs.com, NSS CEO Rick Moy lauded the infosec acumen of researcher Dillon Beresford, saying …

You can’t make this stuff up. It really would be interesting to know who’s behind the Sony Breach.

Seriously.  Could you even make these stories up? Sony comes clean.  They admit that 77 million records were compromised. In …

Decrease in hacked records points to craftier attacks, not better security

Decrease in hacked records points to craftier attacks, not better security

An InfoWorld article summarizes the Verizon 2011 Data Breach Investigations Report(DBIR) and shows that – surprise! – the attackers are …