Kroll Advisory Identifies Four Cybersecurity Problems for 2013; Alan Brill Comments
According to its 2013 Cybersecurity Forecast, there will be four unexpected cyber issues that need to be addressed by the industry, Kroll Advisory Solutions has announced. Alan Brill, Kroll Advisory senior managing director, said the report tackles “issues organizations aren’t talking about, but should be.” The cyber issues found by Kroll include “vampire data” where organizations don’t [...]
Following a recent spike in cyber attacks against critical U.S. infrastructures, agencies across the federal government will be flocking this week to Las Vegas to attend the Defcon hacker convention to seek out and recruit the most talented members of the hacker community. The convention attracts seasoned computer experts, and this year’s event is expected [...]
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This was no crime of fashion. A former network engineer for Gucci was charged in New York this week in a 50-count indictment for illegally invading Gucci’s computer system, deleting emails, files, several virtual servers and shutting down a storage area network. According to documents filed in court, Sam Chihlung Yin accessed the system by [...]
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A hacker identifying himself as TheSlayer compromised the El Paso Independent School District website late Tuesday night, causing the site to go off-line for 12 hours. El Paso Times reported the culprit posted “a vulgar” animated picture and a message on the district’s homepage saying “Owned by TheSlayer.” Officials said someone hacked into one of [...]
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Police in Spain have arrested a man for allegedly stealing personal data from thousands of Nintendo users by hacking into Nintendo Corp.’s online user database, the BBC reported. The alleged hacker got his hands on data of 4,000 gamers, according to Spain’s Interior Ministry. The suspect allegedly threatened to contact the country’s data protection agency, [...]
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Better Business Bureau serving eastern North Carolina warns that hackers are taking advantage of travelers this holiday season by setting up fake Wi-Fi connections designed to steal personal information. When searching for wireless connections, consumers may find an unsecured network connection available. However, that network may be a scam, and the consumer could be be [...]
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An Ohio man has given the term black hat new meaning: According to The Smoking Gun reports, fashion-obsessed Ross Ulrich hacked into a Condé Nast computer system to snatch photos and pages from several upcoming issues of fashion magazines to later post them on his blog FashionZag. The 22-year-old graphic design student said he fessed [...]
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It can be costly to clean up after a security breach, just ask Ohio State University. After hackers broke into a school server that housed students’ names, Social Security numbers and other personal data, officials spent $4 million to pay for the forensic investigation and credit-protection services for those affected by the compromise. In October, [...]
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A woman who worked as an IT technician in Floria has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for breaking into her former employer’s computers and causing damage of at least $17,000. Patricia Marie Fowler was found guilty Sept. 2, 2010, of computer intrusions causing damage of more than $5,000 to SCHC, a nonprofit federally [...]
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