Mar 23, 2019 | Radio Show
Ransomware Forces Aluminum Manufacturing Giant To Shut Down Network Worldwide Hackers forced one of the largest producers of aluminum to shut down its network worldwide, switching to manual operations, and using only tablets and cellphones for their internal...
Mar 23, 2019 | Radio Show
Massive Database Leak Gives Us A Window Into China’s Digital Surveillance State Earlier this month, security researcher Victor Gevers found and disclosed an exposed database live-tracking the locations of about 2.6 million residents of Xinjiang, China, offering a...
Mar 23, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: Indane Gas # of Accounts Breached: Could reach 6.7 million customers When it happened: February 19, 2019 What happened: Insecure website and app code allowed data to leak from IndaneGas. How it happened: This time, India’s state-owned gas company Indane left...
Mar 23, 2019 | Business, Internet, Radio Show, Security, Technology
I’m always asked about which computer to buy. Which is the cheapest? The most secure? The easiest to use? Well, I have a question for you? What do you know about Chromebooks? *There are links on this site that can be defined as “affiliate links”. This...
Mar 22, 2019 | Radio Show
Life Insurers Can Use Social Media Posts To Determine Premiums, As Long As They Don’t Discriminate New York’s Department of Financial Services (NYFS) has released new guidelines that will allow life insurance companies to use data from customers’ social...
Mar 22, 2019 | Radio Show
2 ‘Virtual Kidnap’ Scams Within 24 Hours Have Laguna Beach Police On Alert Two “virtual kidnap” cases within 24 hours in this seaside community have led police to alert all local schools. The incidents were similar: Phone calls were made to potential victims, with the...
Mar 22, 2019 | Radio Show
Michael Cohen Investigation Involved Secretive “Triggerfish” Tracking Device The FBI wanted Michael Cohen’s cellphones, but knew they couldn’t be found at his home. The problem: Cohen and his family had moved into a hotel while renovating their...
Mar 22, 2019 | Radio Show
‘Delete Facebook Now’: WhatsApp Co-Founder Accuses Mark Zuckerberg Of Trading Privacy For Revenue After Allowing Ads On The Platform WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton urged people to ‘delete’ their Facebook accounts now, during an address made to students....
Mar 22, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: Melbourne Heart Group at the Cabrini Hospital # of Accounts Breached: 15,000 patients When it happened: February 20, 2019 What happened: Ransomware Attack How it happened: A ransomware attack recently hit the cardiology unit at the private Cabrini Hospital in...
Mar 22, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: Toyota Australia # of Accounts Breached: When it happened: February 21, 2019 What happened: Toyota’s Australian subsidiary has been hit by a cyber attack, leaving employees without access to their email messages for days. How it happened: Car maker Toyota...