Mar 25, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: The New Zealand Transport Agency How Many Records: 900 Date: 4 Feb 2019 What Happened: Private email addresses were accidentally released in a mass email. How did it happen: In a case of human error private email addresses were accidentally released in a mass...
Mar 24, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: Stanford University How Many Records: 81 Date: January 28-29, 2019 What Happened: Stanford students who requested to view their own documents including Common Applications and high school transcripts were allowed to view other students application documents. How...
Mar 24, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: Coffee Meets Bagel How Many Records: Undisclosed Date: February 14, 2019 What Happened: An unauthorized party gained access to user data. How did it happen: The company learned on Monday about unauthorized access to a partial list of user data, representing...
Mar 23, 2019 | Radio Show
HR Departments Turn To AI-Enabled Recruiting In Race For Talent Artificial intelligence is helping companies across industries answer human resources-related questions, automate some HR tasks and suggest jobs to prospective candidates. In the future, the technology...
Mar 23, 2019 | 2019, Breaches, February
Who: Radius Disability Services # of Accounts Breached: When it happened: February 6, 2019 What happened: Disability Office Closed in 2016, not all records moved How it happened: This week, records found strewn across the floor of the abandoned Radius Disability...
Mar 23, 2019 | Business, Radio Show, Security
Bizarre Malware Is Disabling Safety Systems At Industrial Plants The world has grown accustomed to malware that steals your credit card information or demands bitcoin to access your files. But a new hacker tool is targeting the safety systems at industrial plants...
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...