The Next Generation of Business Data Breach: IP Theft
What is IP theft? It's the stealing of intellectual property, designs, patents, code, and other intangible assets. IT theft is becoming more and more common and costly – and even small IT firms can end...
View ArticleNew Security Flaws in Oracle Products Prove IT Contractors Are Always at Risk
According to an article on Kaspersky’s Threatpost.com, security researchers became upset with Oracle's slow efforts to update major security flaws in its Java cloud services and decided to publicly...
View ArticlePersonal Data Theft Up 82% in the Last 6 Months
According to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in January, nearly one in five Americans reported that they have had private information (such as such as social security and credit card numbers)...
View ArticleWeb Host Liabilities: How Hackers Can Shut Down Your Clients’ Website
Many of your clients use web hosts and kits (like those offered with WordPress), which could expose your clients to data breaches and downtime – and ultimately lead to a lawsuit filed against your...
View ArticleOpenSSL Made Less Than a Part-Time Fast Food Worker
If there's an upside to the whole Heartbleed debacle, it's that the media drew attention to an incredible disparity: the group that works on OpenSSL gets less than $2,000 dollars a year to maintain the...
View ArticleDDoS Attack Shuts Down Salesforce, Exposes IT Department to Liability
In the last two weeks, we've read about a number of high-profile DDoS attacks.A blog at the IT performance solution company ThousandEyes profiles how a recent DDoS attack brought down a few of...
View ArticleNet Neutrality Update: Time to Weigh In on FCC Rules
An NPR report details how the FCC's recent efforts to please consumers, businesses, and ISPs may leave no one happy. The FCC has proposed new rules for Internet service providers (ISPs), but the rules...
View ArticleTried and True: Phishing Scams Still Cause Data Breaches
Phishing attacks can strike organizations of any size. They are especially frustrating for IT professionals because they exploit a weakness that all organizations have: user error.Phishing attacks...
View ArticleeBay Data Breach Shows Danger of Phishing Attacks on Small Businesses
The Internet is abuzz with news that eBay is the victim of the latest data breach, and it's a big one. Business Insider reports that millions of users' logins, addresses, and personal information might...
View Articlehttp://www.techinsurance.com/blog/cloud-security/antivirus-software-is-dead/S...
Security company Symantec declared in a recent Wall Street Journal article that antivirus software – one of its main products – is "dead," implying it is practically useless at deterring cyber attacks....
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