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Why Chip and Pin Isn’t the Answer to Retailers’ Problems
I’ve been covering the latest data breach news for SecureState, since details of the Target breach first broke. Last week, in the days following news that Target’s compromise was much larger than...
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An Important Message from Target…
Dear Target Guest, As you may have heard or read, Target learned in mid-December that criminals forced their way into our systems and took guest information, including debit and credit card data. Late...
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Why Target’s 100-Million Dollar Cyber Liability Policy is Worthless
On Tuesday, January 14, BusinessInsurance.com reported that, Target Corp., which last month had a massive data breach that exposed the credit and debit card information of some 70 million customers,...
View ArticleScanning Tool Effective in Finding Malware Responsible for Massive Retail...
In response to recent breaches of several major retailers, SecureState, has developed a custom scanning tool that retailers can run on their systems to detect BlackPOS malware. BlackPOS is the reported...
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Stolen Vendor Credentials? What You Should Do Now
A little more than a month after Target announced it suffered one of the largest data breaches in history, we now know that stolen vendor credentials were the keys to the kingdom. So what does this...
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Why Your Investment may not be Secured:
If you follow the start-up industry, specifically crowd-funding, you may have noticed that Kickstarter.com was breached. In a letter sent out to their customers, Kickstarter stated, “While no credit...
View ArticleeBay Hacked, Change your eBay Account Password Immediately
Social media is abuzz today about eBay’s massive account breach. From news reports and press releases, this breach potentially affects 145 million of its customers which means many of you reading this...
View ArticleP.F. Chang’s Breach and the List of Unanswered Questions
Nearly two months ago, security blogger Brian Krebs broke the news about a credit card data breach at the chain restaurant P.F. Chang’s. This week the company’s CEO has posted an update regarding the...
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1.5 Billion Passwords Compromised! Is It Time to Panic?
According to a recent article in the New York Times, the security firm Hold Security announced that a Russian gang compromised over a billion username and password combinations and more than 500...
View ArticleBeware: Backoff Malware Not to Be Taken Lightly
The government has been issuing warnings for a month now, and finally organizations are beginning to listen. On Friday, The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) published a release encouraging...
View ArticleHigh Turnover Equals Increased Risk
After the revelation that over 76 million users and 7 million businesses were affected by the recent JP Morgan Chase & Co. (JPM) data breach, many observers are wondering what lessons can be...
View ArticleAnthem Breached in the Largest Healthcare Breach Ever
This morning, health insurer Anthem announced that it was the victim of a massive data breach, affecting nearly 80 million customers. According to Anthem, the breach was initially detected on January...
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Are You Handing Them the Key?
SplashData recently announced its annual list of the 25 most commonly used “worst” passwords. Passwords like 12345, password, 123456, and michael show that, if given the choice, users will continue to...
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Information Security Economics
In a free market, supply and demand should ideally self-regulate, maximizing value. The market (often in the form of consumers) responds to negative corporate events such as faulty products or warranty...
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Cyber Threat Intelligence: Is Sharing the New Defense?
What’s the saying, “If you can’t beat ‘em, join ‘em.”? Sure. Something like that. Doesn’t really work in the world of cybersecurity, though. Staying ahead of the curve does. I guess you can say Target...
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