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...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Dec 9, 2011 | Phishing, Trends, Vulnerabilities
These days it seems that while hackers evolve with trends in technology, the general computer user is no more identity savvy than he was before Facebook made identities a virtual open book. Data breaches, hacks, and attempted hacks are in the news regularly, and yet...
by Schehrezade Davidson | Mar 9, 2010 | Banking, Phishing, Vulnerabilities
Several researchers the University of Michigan have succeeded in cracking the RSA security technology which protects all ecommerce and online banking transactions. The university scientists found that they could deduce tiny pieces of a private key by injecting slight...