Wednesday, October 29th, 2014
A White House official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said that suspicious activity has been identified on the Executive Office of the President (EOP) network.
The official, speaking to Reuters, said that mitigation efforts were ongoing, but declined to identify the exact nature of the problem.
"In the course of assessing ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2014
Dell SecureWorks has updated its figures on the number of PCs infected by the awful CryptoWall ransom malware and the news isn’t good – the number of systems has spiked suddenly to 830,000.
The firm’s last statistic in late August was 625,000, itself a large number of infected systems, which means ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
Federal officials warned companies Monday that hackers have stolen more than 500 million financial records over the past 12 months, essentially breaking into banks without ever entering a building.
"We're in a day when a person can commit about 15,000 bank robberies sitting in their basement," said Robert Anderson, executive assistant ...
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Tuesday, October 21st, 2014
2-Step Verification offers a strong extra layer of protection for Google Accounts. Once enabled, you’re asked for a verification code from your phone in addition to your password, to prove that it’s really you signing in from an unfamiliar device. Hackers usually work from afar, so this second factor makes ...
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Monday, October 20th, 2014
Multiple banks say they have identified a pattern of credit and debit card fraud suggesting that several Staples Inc. office supply locations in the Northeastern United States are currently dealing with a data breach. Staples says it is investigating “a potential issue” and has contacted law enforcement.
According to more than a half-dozen sources at banks operating on ...
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