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Man Sentenced for Hacking Ex-Employer Causing $800k in Damage
The Atlanta Journal Constitution reports that a disgruntled employee was recently sentenced to a year and a half in prison and three years of supervised release after he was found guilty for hacking his former employer, costing the company more than $800,000 in...
The Risk of Insider Threats
Code42 recently released their 2020 Data Exposure Report and surveyed 4,505 knowledge workers in the US and Europe detailing the damage caused by insider threats. With immense amounts of data being shared every day through emails, AirDrops, messaging, and mobile...
Cybercriminals Focus Sophisticated Attacks on Cloud Computing
Cloud computing has seen rapid growth over the past several years, and experts estimate that the cloud computing market will more than double its value over the next few years. As cloud computing is widely adopted, cybercrime threats to cloud services is also on the...
Thunderbolt Port Bug Leaves Computers Vulnerable to Hackers
Security experts are warning of a major computer bug called “Thunderspy” that allows hackers to access protected files through Thunderbolt ports. Thunderspy takes advantage of an issue in the Thunderbolt port used in many modern electronic devices. In order for the...
Cybercriminals Use Fake Zoom Meetings to Launch Phishing Attacks
While the coronavirus continues to wreak havoc on the economy and unemployment rates, cybercriminals have been exploiting workers’ fears to steal passwords using fake Zoom meeting invites. The invitations often use threatening language and scare tactics to lure their...
FBI Releases 2019 Internet Crime Report
The FBI recently released their 2019 Internet Crime Report, providing the public with an accurate review of the year and offering insight into the motives behind cyber criminals’ activity. Since 2015, complaints coming into the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center...
Ultra Dairy Defrauded $1.8 Million
Ultra Dairy, a food processing company headquartered in East Syracuse, NY, is expanding its plant in nearby DeWitt, NY. Due to a fraudulent wire transfer scheme, Ultra Dairy lost $1.8 million in September 2019. Now the company is suing a Canadian man alleged to be...
Ransomware and Data Breaches Tied to Increases in Fatal Heart Attacks
According to a study in October’s issue of Health Services Research, hospitals that experienced a data breach had an increase in death rates among heart attack patients that lasted for years after the cyber attack. Researchers at Vanderbilt University studied over...
A Staggering Number of Companies ignoring DMARC Protocol
A standard email authentication to protect users from potential spoofing and phishing is being ignored. Upwards of 80 percent of company web domains are operating without DMARC. Having a DMARC is an industry standard that helps prevent malicious email coming from...
Massive Security Breach at Dominion National
Over 122,000 members of Providence Health Plan may have been exposed in a security breach that dates back more than nine years. Dominion National, a Virginia-based insurer and administrator of dental and vision benefits working with Providence, brought it to...
