Cyber-espionage has put a new application to an old technique: malvertising. Reports have been given regarding “Operation Deathclick,†an advanced persistent threat targeting the United States Defense industry. Using malvertising, the attackers objective appears to be intellectual property threat and not the usual ad fraud that is usually associated with malvertising. For more details on this story and a full report, click here.
Hackers Already Got Your Credit Card, Don’t Let Them Get Your Medical Records
Over the past year, many retailers have suffered from hackers obtaining the credit card information of several customers. In fact, the hackers have done so well that the black market on credit care info has become inflated. Miscreants are paying LESS MONEY to other miscreants for credit card information than ever before.
So where do they go next? Probably your doctor’s office. Medical information is some of the most private material a person can have (which also includes your address, birthdate, social security number, etc.) and most hospitals still use machines and software that are several generations old. That older software cannot protect itself from modern day hacker techniques.
So what’s the solution? While HIPAA regulations and other organizations are doing what they can, their security is still at risk. Write to your congressmen, contact local hospitals to see what you can organize, find out where to donate funding for newer computers and securer software. Read more about this issue and other solutions here.
Play Videos and Keep Building Apps: ColdFusion and Flash Player Flaws Fixed
This past Tuesday, Adobe provided updates for Flash Player and ColdFusion in order to tweak some bugs and should be able to automatically install in Chrome, IE, and IE 10. There are also “hot fixes†available for ColdFusion versions 9.0 through 11 that prevents unauthorized local users to bypass IP address access control restrictions. Read more about these updates here.
Paying Extra to Prevent Data Breaching Saves Money and Prevents Regret
When it comes down to it, dollars and cents are what matter to businesses. Money spent on helping any business usually show tangible results. Because of that mindset, many business owners tend to scale back on software and services that protect their business from data breaching. Now, many of them wished they had invested more in it.
The cost of repairing and plugging a data breach has jumped 23% since this past year. Large organizations pay up to $20,000 per day in order to fully recover from a cyberattack. Many cyberattacks usually take up to a month to recover and become secure again. $20,000 per day for 31 days? I’ll let you do the math. Bottom line, pay more now so you won’t risk paying world’s more later. You can read more about this here.