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13 Apr Law Firms – Next Wave of Cyber Attacks?

April 13, 2016 by Bill Bosen

The recent data breach of the Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca, or the so called “Panama Papers” leak, has captured a lot of headlines lately. The 11.5 million records, emails, databases, and images that were stolen apparently contained very damaging data on a number of high profile politicians and public figures. Last week, we also saw two other law firms disclose...

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Security breaches

21 Mar Security Breaches Often Underestimated

March 21, 2016 by Bill Bosen

About a year ago the IRS reported that they’d been hacked. I remember it well, wondering if I was one of the 114,000 victims. The investigation found that the hackers had access to the entire tax returns of those compromised, including their social security numbers, home address, incomes, and every other sensitive bit of data included on their returns. I...

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AceDeceiver

17 Mar AceDeceiver iOS malware. Insidiously clever.

March 17, 2016 by Bev Robb

A brand new malware strain was recently discovered by security researchers at Palo Alto Networks dubbed “AceDeceiver.” This new strain of iOS malware can successfully infect non-jailbroken devices and jailbroken devices alike. Security researcher and engineer, Claud Xiao writes at the Pala Alto Research Centr blog: "What makes AceDeceiver different from previous iOS malware is that instead of abusing enterprise certificates as...

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SWIFT bank heist FE

15 Mar Bank heist steals SWIFT credentials

March 15, 2016 by Bev Robb

In a recent interview with Bangladesh Bank spokesman, Subhankar Saha, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported that about $100 million was taken out of its account with the Federal Reserve Bank of New York early in February using an interbank messaging system known as SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunications). It appears that the hackers stole Bangladesh Bank’s credentials for the SWIFT messaging system, which...

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Shady Network

17 Feb Compromised by Visits to Shady Network Neighborhoods

February 17, 2016 by Bill Bosen

I just read yet another set of reports that show how easy it is these days for a user’s PC or device to get infected with malware, which in turn can result in your organization experiencing a data breach or security compromise. Research from Menlo Security reveals that 90 percent of malware infections come from basic Internet browsing. All it...

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