Each year on January 28, the United States, Canada, Israel and 47 European countries observe Data Privacy Day. The purpose of Data Privacy Day is to inspire dialogue on the importance of online privacy. These discussions also seek to inspire individuals and businesses to take action in an effort to respect privacy, safeguard data and enable trust.In observan

As you have probably heard already, hackers might be holding 1.5 terabytes of HBO proprietary information. No one knows what kind of information they have managed to steal, but one is for sure, the Game of Thrones script for season 7 has been reported as leaked. On Sunday afternoon reporters received an anonymous email saying: “Hi to all mankind. The greates

By Thomas KilbrideNot that long ago, motorized hoverboards were in the news – according to widespread reports, they had a tendency to catch on fire and even explode. Hoverboards were so dangerous that the National Association of State Fire Marshals (NASFM) issued a statement recommending consumers “look for indications of acceptance by reco

You probably remember the massive iCloud breach in 2014 that resulted in compromised celebrity photos spreading through the internet like wildfire. That egregious invasion of privacy caused great embarrassment and damage to the reputations of nearly 100 A-list stars.Fortunately, these bad deeds did not go unpunished. In 2016, two men were brought to justice

A new scam is capitalizing on reports of ‘Celebgate 2.0′ by making off with users’ personal information and posting spam on Twitter.According to several media outlets, hackers have published the private photos of multiple female actresses including Emma Watson, Amanda Seyfried, Dylan Penn, and others. Some are calling these leaks “Cel

Attackers hacked a third-party service and used their unauthorized access to push out Nazi-themed tweets from high-profile Twitter accounts.On 14 March, prominent companies, publishers, and personalities tweeted out messages containing swastikas and the hashtags #NaziGermany and #NaziHollan written in Turkish. It’s thought that supporters of Turkey sen

One of the unpleasant realities of having a ubiquitous and very public online profile through social media is the risk of attracting an unwanted “follower” or “friend” who turns into an online-troll or stalker. Over the past few weeks, I’ve been contacted by a number of folks on “what to do” when bad things start happening online.Whether you suspect your com

Police have charged Gordon Ramsay’s father-in-law and three of his family members with hacking the celebrity chef’s emails.On 21 February, the Metropolitan Police announced charges against Chris Hutcherson, 68, along with Adam Hutcheson, Orlanda Butland, and Chris Hutcheson, 37. The four individuals are accused of having violated the Criminal Law

National police have notified Norway’s Labour Party parliamentary group that a foreign intelligence agency targeted its members.On 2 February, the Norwegian Police Security Service (PST) notified the Labour Party that hackers had targeted the group in autumn 2016. Labor, which is the biggest party in Norway’s Parliament, subsequently sent out a l

The digital world is riddled with threat actors of which we know very little. Some of these mysterious agents launch one or two modest attacks and peter out soon after crawling their way into existence. Others last a bit longer, raising hubbub and gaining notoriety in the process.Not a lot of actors make it into the latter category without the security commu

The Russian hacking fiasco we’ve been following over the past weeks – hysteria, which is due to the flawed Grizzly Steppe report and subsequent haphazard news reporting – has done a grave disservice to the serious issue of national cybersecurity.If the world is going to ever turn the corner from its current state of rampant cyber(in)security, it needs

I am going to put the spoiler warning right here in the first sentence: I am going to be talking about season two of Mr. Robot, and I’m not holding anything back. Read on if you have already watched it. If you haven’t watched it, keep reading to see how life imitates art. And if not art, then at least a cable TV show.Those of you here at The Stat

In the course of working with our clients to improve their security posture, I have come across several common themes that often limit a business’s ability to assess and mitigate cyber security risk. Let’s take a look at some of these themes and real-world examples of how they apply. You can’t secure it if…You Don’t Know It̵

According to the 2015 SANS Institute Healthcare Cyberthreat Report, a whopping 94 percent of healthcare organizations have been victims of cyberattacks. But surprisingly, only 38 percent of patients said they would “…be wary of using a hospital associated with a hacked device.”Perhaps if the other 62 percent of patients understood the potential of such

A former IT technician at Expedia pleaded guilty to insider trading charges on Monday after allegedly hacking the firm’s senior executives and illegally trading on company secrets.According to prosecutors, Jonathan Ly, 28, accessed the emails of Expedia’s chief financial officer and head of investor relations, obtaining inside information on upcoming quarter