Usernames and passwords are being stolen by ‘bad actors’ every day. Via human engineering exploits, the ‘bad actor’ lures legitimate users into unwittingly surrendering their usernames and passwords. One of the more popular exploits is the well-crafted e-mail messages that warns of service interruption for the recipient’s e-mail service – just click the link and
WE ARE COMFORTABLY NUMB, AND THE DATA AGGREGATORS KNOW IT…. Who knew Pink Floyd’s classic rock hit could be the theme song to the current state of data breaches. Given the lack of any lasting public outrage for data breaches and leaks of personal data, I find myself wondering if the masses really care? Meaning,
Cybersecurity and marketing analytics go hand-in-hand because at the end of the day it’s still about keeping data about your customer and prospects safe and out of the hands of cyber criminals. You certainly do not want the theft of sensitive information to be the next news headline! In this first of six video blogs,
I recently wrote a blog about my thoughts on the Equifax breach and predicted that, once the cause of the breach was revealed, it would be attributed to human error and could have been completely preventable. As it turns out, I was right. While perusing one of my favorites IT websites, The Register, I came
Like many of us who heard about the Equifax data breach last week, I went to their website over the weekend to check if my data was one of 143 million accounts that may have been compromised. Sure enough, it was. Fabulous. I was promptly directed to another Equifax webpage and notified I was eligible
On Sept 7, 2017, Equifax announced they were hacked sometime between May and July of this year. The incident potentially impacts around 143 million U.S. consumers, exposing names, Social Security numbers, birth dates and more. All the ingredients identity thieves need to cook up some misery. Obviously, we all have reason to be concerned by this breach
On March 1st, 2017, the New York State Department of Financial Services put into effect new cyber security requirements of its ‘covered entities’. Those entities include banks, trusts, budget planners, check cashers, credit unions, money transmitters, licensed lenders, mortgage brokers or bankers, and insurance companies that do business in New York. Here is a quick
I recently read about a Ransomware attacker who’s offering to unlock infected computers if the victim assists in infecting other people they know. Wow, how insidious is that? Think about this in a corporate setting. Do you think any of your colleagues would hang you, or the company, out to dry to save their wedding
But the CEO told me to wire $60K to the Caymans! We’ve seen a recent rash of e-mail exploits that blend “social engineering” with e-mail technology. These exploits use e-mail to impersonate respected leaders and authorities of an enterprise giving direction to subordinates or delivering malware payloads and links in what looks like a trusted
As the Founder and CEO of a technology consulting firm, there are many proprietary data concerns that we must consider and protect, not the least of which is our client information. While our firm, Corporate Technologies, Inc (CTI). may not be directly subject to data security regulations, providing services to many of our clients obligates
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