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Daily Security News from @trustpath - Sep 16, 2017
Daily Security news from @trustpath.
No end in sight for huge data breaches
By now about 143 million Americans know, or ought to know, that their most sensitive personal financial information is in the hands of bad guys. Where … more.
Instagram Hacked: What to Do to Protect Yourself in an Age of Data Breaches
It seems like we hear about a new data breach every week. Thanks to one of the most recent breaches, you could be only ten dollars away from … more.
The Biggest Health Care Data Breaches in 2017
According to HDM, approximately 200 data breaches affecting more than 500 individuals have been reported to the OCR at the time the list was … more.
Two foreigners held for stealing credit card credentials
The duo would share the data with their gang to monetise the stolen credentials,” Reddy explained. He said the accused intended to compromise a … more.
Shipping has ‘collective blindness’ and must improve its cyber security
Figures from 2015 show breach detection time the time it takes to discover malware is 146 days, and that is if it is found at all. Those same stats … more.
Jim Hood Joins 31 Other AG’s In Equifax Investigation
JACKSON, Miss. (PRESS RELEASE)- Today, Attorney General Jim Hood joined 31 attorneys general in requesting credit reporting firm Equifax … more.
Equifax Executives’ Stock Sales Raise ‘Fundamental Questions’ Tied to
Law.com (subscription) … a move that would avoid the price plummet that followed the credit bureau’s public disclosure of one of the largest data breaches in U.S. history. more.
Yahoo legally responsible for data breaches
States court has decided that lawsuits against Yahoo regarding two major … more.
Equifax warns 400000 Britons over data breach
… and the Information Commissioner’s Office have been called in to scrutinise what could be one of the biggest data breaches on record in Britain. more.
Proposal would force quick notification of data breaches
companies to notify customers in 48 hours if their personal information is … more.
Proposal would force quick notification of data breaches
State Sen. David Carlucci is proposing legislation that would force companies to notify customers in 48 hours if their personal information is … more.
Exchanges Cite Hacking Risk of SEC’s Planned Market Data Repository
… regulators detect market manipulation faces hacking risks, one week after Equifax Inc. disclosed one of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history. more.
Canada’s privacy commissioner launches investigation into Equifax data
Financial Post Some consumers have expressed concern about the lack of information and communication about the breach, one of the largest online data breaches … more.
Equifax is different kind of breach – here’s what you need to do
Jon Steiger, the ?Regional Director at the Federal Trade Commission in Cleveland offers his insights on the troubling Equifax breach. (Source: WOIO) … more.
Slate - Future Tense: We Need a Law Requiring Faster Disclosure of Data
http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2017/09/15/rep_ted_lieu_on_the_mass ive_equifax_data_breach.html. more.
No end in sight for huge data breaches
Bank tech trends can make your head spin. So regularly longtime Tech Exchange Editor John Ginovsky does his best to make sense of it all. By now … more.
Biometric Audit Trails Can Thwart Data Center Insider Attacks: BioConnect
… Shannon notes that somewhere between 9 and 18 percent of all colocation center data breaches are accidental, costing the data center industry … more.
Mississippi AG joins multi-state investigation into Equifax data breach
… by sending out fake notices. For more information about data breaches, identity theft or other consumer issues, click here or call (800) 281-4418. more.
Apache Struts vulnerability blamed for Equifax data breach
Michael Patterson, CEO of Plixer International Inc., a network traffic analysis company based in Kennebunk, Maine, said it was “completely … more.
Researcher says Equifax executives used ‘alarmingly simplistic’ passwords
An audit of 10 million stolen credentials by Keeper Security Inc. last year found that 17 percent of users safeguard their accounts with the password … more.
Small Businesses Most At Risk In Cyberattacks
Security breaches have increased 65 per cent since the first quarter of 2017 with a number of high-profile outbreaks infecting millions of computers … more.
Privacy commissioner launches investigation into Equifax data breach
… have expressed concern about pace of communication and lack of information about the breach, one of the largest online data breaches in history. more.
Scammers are trying to cash in on Equifax Data Breach
Jesse knows scammers will try to cash in on major events, like data breaches. Now that the Equifax hack is everywhere in the news scammers are … more.
Will the Equifax breach affect your Social Security benefits?
One of the worst data breaches of all time may be getting even worse. You’ve heard that as many as 143 million Americans were impacted by a … more.
With breach after breach, why are our Social Security numbers tied to
Marketplace.org Security experts say companies are willing to weather data breaches knowing that it will eventually pass. And that there will be another one … more.
Data breaches in the Equifax credit agency are threatening 143 million
TechnoExaminer Equifax, one of the leading credit reporting agencies and hence has a large cache of sensitive private information that has been recently dropped, has … more.
Fears of Cybersecurity Threats Increase Projected to Ignite the Market
The need for better security services have been responded by companies to create new products such as endpoint detection and response (EDR), … more.
News Highlights: Top Global Markets News of the Day
… to help regulators detect market manipulation faces hacking risks, one week after Equifax disclosed one of the biggest data breaches in U.S. history. more.
Here’s What to Do If Your Identity Is Stolen
Millions of people have their information compromised in data breaches, and in many cases, no identity theft ever occurs. However, it’s important to be … more.
CrowdStrike Expands Operations and Leadership Team in India and SAARC
CrowdStrike Inc., the leader in cloud-delivered endpoint protection, announced the further expansion of its operations in India. CrowdStrike is setting … more.
Mobile vulnerabilities on the rise, according to new report
Mobile security is becoming increasingly important in an era of mass hacks and data breaches. Mobile hacks and exploits are becoming increasingly … more.
Keep Your Business Fraud-Free With These 3 Steps
These misunderstandings aren’t limited to data breaches, however. Many leaders are under the delusion that debit cards are safer than credit cards, … more.
Equifax was aware of the breach 6 weeks prior, Pennsylvania AG says
Equifax ranks fifth in the largest U.S. data breaches and the company is one of three major credit-reporting agencies. The Pennsylvania Attorney … more.
What It Might Take To Stop The Data Breaches
NPR’s Scott Simon talks to technology writer and professor Zeynep Tufekci about what she describes as Equifax’s unaccountability after a massive … more.
Why the Equifax Breach Might Make It Harder to Buy a Homeand What You Can
Realtor.com News And now, one of the largest and potentially most damaging data breaches ever has occurred, at the credit-reporting company Equifax. The company … more.
It will be easy for businesses to comply with GDPR, UK’s digital minister
BetaNews He said that the maximum fines will only be used for “the most serious data breaches.” He also said that “as long as organizations can ensure they are … more.
After Equifax disaster, we must demand credit reporting reform
But unlike the companies in most other data breaches, Equifax is not a firm with which any of us choose to interact. We cannot opt out of using Equifax … more.
What It Might Take To Stop The Data Breaches
on Google+ Email Listen Download. Sep 16, 2017. Copyright 2017 … more.
Our view: Erie pride on display on West 12th St.
Unacceptable: Though it seems like consumer data breaches are becoming a norm, that does not mean they should be shrugged off. The most recent … more.
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