by Schehrezade Davidson | Nov 27, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Phishing, Vulnerabilities
Taxpayers expect their data to be kept confidential and safe when using government systems. In fact, they often assume that the government’s systems will be protected more effectively than commercial systems. Residents of South Carolina were taken by surprise...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Aug 14, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Phishing, Usability, Vulnerabilities
6% of all phishing attempts in the first quarter of the year targeted social network accounts. That isn’t surprising, since so many people use social media, so many users have identical login information for their social networks and their ecommerce accounts,...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jul 30, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Trends, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Fingerprints, iris scans – in the movies they’re super secure. So secure that fictional crooks will kidnap or maim biometric “key holders” for the use of their fingerprint or eye. Ah, yes, if it’s in a Bond movie or it gives Jason Bourne...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 29, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Passwords, Usability, Vulnerabilities
The “inactive” hacker group LulzSec has apparently returned in what some are calling an effort to restore confidence in the group after its leader, Sabu, helped the FBI identify and arrest former teammates. A military dating website was recently hacked by...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 17, 2012 | Cyberthieves, Phishing, Retail, Usability, Vulnerabilities
Scanning Twitter for responses to the Zappos breach, we have a few favourites that are awfully telling: From @jjmartucci: I bet 99% of the stolen Zappos passwords were “shoes”. // Fact: most passwords are frighteningly easy to guess. We bet that those...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Jan 16, 2012 | Banking, Cyberthieves, Phishing, Retail, Vulnerabilities
Zappos has remained tight-lipped about the nature of their data breach this week. As many as 24 million consumer accounts may have been accessed through an attack on their server in Kentucky. That is as detailed as they’re willing to go. Full credit card numbers...
