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HR Departments Turn To Ai-Enabled Recruiting In Race For Talent
HR Departments Turn To AI-Enabled Recruiting In Race For TalentArtificial 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...
Private Data Records Still Present at Closed Australian Disability Office
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...
Bizarre Malware Is Disabling Safety Systems At Industrial Plants
Bizarre Malware Is Disabling Safety Systems At Industrial PlantsThe 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...
Ransomware Forces Aluminum Manufacturing Giant To Shut Down Network Worldwide
Ransomware Forces Aluminum Manufacturing Giant To Shut Down Network WorldwideHackers 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...
Massive Database Leak Gives Us A Window Into China’s Digital Surveillance State
Massive Database Leak Gives Us A Window Into China’s Digital Surveillance StateEarlier 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...
Poor Website and App Security Responsible for Data Leak at Indane Gas
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...
What’s a Good Alternative to Windows PCs?
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 means that I...
Life Insurers Can Use Social Media Posts To Determine Premiums, As Long As They Don’t Discriminate
Life Insurers Can Use Social Media Posts To Determine Premiums, As Long As They Don't DiscriminateNew York’s Department of Financial Services (NYFS) has released new guidelines that will allow life insurance companies to use data from customers' social media posts to...
2 ‘Virtual Kidnap’ Scams Within 24 Hours Have Laguna Beach Police On Alert
2 ‘Virtual Kidnap’ Scams Within 24 Hours Have Laguna Beach Police On AlertTwo “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...
Michael Cohen Investigation Involved Secretive “Triggerfish” Tracking Device
Michael Cohen Investigation Involved Secretive "Triggerfish" Tracking DeviceThe 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 apartment. The solution,...
‘DELETE FACEBOOK NOW’: WHATSAPP CO-FOUNDER ACCUSES MARK ZUCKERBERG OF TRADING PRIVACY FOR REVENUE AFTER ALLOWING ADS ON THE PLATFORM
‘Delete Facebook Now’: WhatsApp Co-Founder Accuses Mark Zuckerberg Of Trading Privacy For Revenue After Allowing Ads On The PlatformWhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton urged people to 'delete' their Facebook accounts now, during an address made to students. Mr Acton, now...
Ransomware encrypts Patient Records at Australian Heart Clinic
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...
Cyber Attack takes down Toyota Australia
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...
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Dangers Of Smart Remotes – GPS Y2K: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [03-20-19]
Dangers Of Smart Remotes - GPS Y2K: AS HEARD ON WGAN: [03-20-19]On This Episode... Craig is on the WGAN Morning News with Ken and Matt. They talked about the Y2K-like bug that would strike GPS systems on April 6th, the hackable smart alarms, and Craig's stern warning...
Poorly Designed Health Insurance Scheme leaves Clientele Vulnerable
Who: MySalam Health Insurance Scheme # of Accounts that could be breached: 3.69 million When it happened: January 24, 2019 What happened: Design flaw of Scheme May Expose clientele How it happened: The government-run health insurance scheme for the bottom 40 percent...
Phishing Email Responsible for Exposes School District Employees Tax Information
Who: Centinela Valley Union High School District # of Accounts Breached: Around 600+ employees When it happened: January 31, 2019 What happened: Phishing Email from what appeared to be another employee How it happened: On January 31, 2019, an employee received a...
Malware Attack exposes Patient Data at Infertility Clinic
Who: Reproductive Medicine and Infertility Associates # of Accounts Breached: Undetermined When it happened: December 5, 2018 What happened: A malware attack from an Email opened in December may have exposed the personal information of its clients. How it happened: An...
Website Vulnerability Allows Open Access to Medical Records
Who: University of Washington Medicine # of Accounts Breached: 974,000 When it Occurred: Dec. 4, 2018 What Happened: A vulnerability on a website server that made protected internal files available and visible by a search on the internet How it happened: UW Medicine...
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Major Problems With GPS – Car Security Systems Hackable: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [03-19-19]
Major Problems With GPS - Car Security Systems Hackable: AS HEARD ON: WTAG: [03-19-19]On This Episode... Craig is on with Danny Farrantino once more on the Jim Polito show. They talked about the GPS security flaw that is worse than the Y2K bug which could cause havoc...
Good Backups Save Eye Clinic from falling victim to Ransomware Attack
Who: Dr. DeLuca & Dr. Marciano Eye # of Accounts Breached: 23, 578 patients When it happened: November 29, 2018 What Happened: Ransomware Attack How it happened: Twenty-five of the clinic's computer monitors went unresponsive the morning of Nov. 29 due to a...
Bank Security Chief Exploits ATM Flaw to Steal 1 Million US from Employer
Who: Huaxia Bank # of Records: Undetermined - Over 7 million Yuan When it occurred: November 2016 until January 2018 What Happened: Chinese bank’s software chief was jailed after finding way to withdraw US $1m in ‘free’ cash from ATMs How it Happened: 43-year-old Qin...
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Technology Behind Beta Orourke Campaign on NH Today WGIR-AM: [03/18/2019]
Technology Behind Beta Orourke Campaign on NH Today WGIR-AM: [03/18/2019]On This Episode... Craig is with Jack Heath this morning talking about the tech side of Beta O'Rourke's campaign.Share This EpisodeFor Questions, Call or Text:855-385-5553Below is a rush...
Improper Data Security Allowed Viewing of Private Messages from Gay Dating App
Who: Online Buddies Jack’d App # of Records: Undetermined >>> User base of 1 Million When it occurred: Open for over a year — Closed February 7, 2019 What Happened: Jack'd, a "gay dating and chat" application failed to adequately secure their S3 data stores...
Convincing Phishing Email led to PII Exposure at Valley Health Care
Who: Valley Professionals Health Care # of Records: 12,000 Patients When it occurred: October 26 to November 27, 2018 What Happened: A data breach affected all seven of its health care locations, including their mobile site. Additionally, personal information from...
Mississippi Hospital falls victim to Phishing Email
Who: Gulfport Memorial Hospital # of Records: 30,000 Patients When it occurred: December 6, 2018 What Happened: Email phishing incident How it Happened: An unauthorized third party gained access to an employee’s email account giving them access to patients names,...
Stolen Data from Ontario HealthCare Provider being held Ransom
Who: CarePartners # of Records: 80,000 Patients When it occurred: Breach happened in June 2018 — Extortion request February 4, 2019 What Happened: Hackers are attempting to extort the Ontario-based Care Partners provider for about $18,000 (5 bitcoins) to prevent the...
Banks Cut Ties After Australian Title Valuation Company Breached
Who: LandMark White # of Records: 100,000 customers When it occurred: January 23, 2019 What Happened: A massive data breach at valuation company LandMark White How it Happened: In a complex attack on LandMark White, 100,000 customers had personal information including...
UK Labour Party Databases Locked Down After Unauthorized Access
Who: Breakaway MPs accused of making off with Labour Party data without Authorization # of Records: Undetermined When it Occurred: February 21, 2019 What Happened: The Labour party learned of a number of attempts to access personal data by individuals who are not, or...
Iphone Crushes Androids On Resale Value
iPhone Crushes Androids On Resale ValueAlthough Apple makes some of the most expensive smartphones, these devices also depreciate in value far less than their rivals. In other words, iPhones cost more to buy but much less to use.
Google Has Quietly Added Duckduckgo As A Search Engine Option For Chrome Users – Privacy
Google Has Quietly Added Duckduckgo As A Search Engine Option For Chrome Users - Privacy In an update to the chromium engine, which underpins Google’s popular Chrome browser, the search giant has quietly updated the lists of default search engines it offers per...