Gender Inequality Runs Rampant in Cybersecurity
Every key market on the globe suffers from a lack of women in the workforce, severe wage gaps and a dearth of female executives.
Month: March 2017
Third-Party App Hack Results in Hijack of Thousands of Twitter Accounts
Accounts belonging to BBC, Amnesty and security expert Graham Cluley among those used to send pro-Turkey messages
Wikileaks begins helping companies exploited in Vault 7
Wikileaks has begun reaching out to the tech companies affected in their release of…
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PetrWrap, the “Almost Flawless” Ransomware
Cyber-criminals are stealing from their peers in the latest ransomware family example, dubbed PetrWrap.
Home Depot to Pay $27.25m in Latest Data Breach Settlement
The two-and-a-half-year-old data breach is ultimately going to cost the DIY purveyor as much as $179 million, possibly much more.
LinkedIn Breach: Weak Passwords Are the Norm
About 35% of the leaked LinkedIn passwords were already known from previous password dictionaries.
GCHQ Warns Over Russia Threat to UK Elections
Russian hacking of US election could happen here, spy agency boss warns UK politicians
OUTSMARTING THIEVES: 8 Ways to Send Burglars the Other Direction
You can dramatically lower your risk of being the the victim of a home burglary by “hardening the target.”
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New Ransomware Demands Political Statement, Not Money
Discovery by Palo Alto researchers appears to suggest ransomware authors have shifted tactics from financial to political motivation