UPS – 51 retail stores breached by malware

Wednesday, August 20th, 2014

The UPS Store, Inc. recently received a government bulletin regarding a broad-based malware intrusion targeting retailers in the United States. The UPS Store takes seriously its responsibility to protect customer information and immediately launched an internal review, implemented system enhancements and engaged an IT security firm. An assessment by The UPS ...

Successful strategies to avoid frequent password changes

Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

1.2 billion passwords reportedly stolen by Russian hackers. Before that it was Heartbleed. After a widespread, nonspecific data breach, the conventional wisdom is that people should change all their passwords. But, there’s a better way. With the right password management habits, you won’t need to change all your passwords ...

4.5 Million Patient IDs Compromised in Hospital Hack

Tuesday, August 19th, 2014

One of the country's biggest hospital operators, Community Health Systems, on Monday announced that its computer network was the "target of an external, criminal cyber attack" which saw the compromise of patient identification data for "approximately 4.5 million individuals." The attacker or attackers are believed to have originated in China, according ...

Yes, Google Maps is tracking you. Here’s how to stop it

Sunday, August 17th, 2014

Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps. Want to see what kind of data it has on you? Check out Google’s own location history map, which lets you see the path you’ve traced for any given day that your smartphone has been running Google Maps. In the ...

NSA-Proof “Blackphone” Gets Rooted Within 5 Minutes

Monday, August 11th, 2014

The ultra secure NSA-Proof Blackphone titled as, “world’s first Smartphone which places privacy and control directly in the hands of its users,” has been rooted within 5 minutes at the BlackHat security conference in Las Vegas this weekend. Blackphone, a joint venture between encrypted communications firm Silent Circle and Spanish Smartphone ...