New Social Security Scam Spoofs Government Badges
Social Security Administration officials warn there is a new scam making the rounds that involves fake government identification badges. Gail S. Ennis, inspector general for the Social Security Administration (SSA), issued a fraud alert this week that describes the new tactic. Imposters use images of the fake badges in phone scams to deceive people into…
Airbus CyberSecurity Subsidiary Stormshield Discloses Data Breach
Stormshield provides network security, endpoint security and data security solutions. The company describes itself as a “European leader in digital infrastructure security” and claims to have a presence in more than 40 countries. In a security incident notice posted on its website, Stormshield said it recently detected unauthorized access to a technical portal used by…
Attacks on Individuals Fall as Cybercrime Shifts Tactics
The nonprofit, which supports victims of identity crime, found that the number of U.S. data breaches fell 19% in 2020 to 1,108. But the number of individual victims of such cybercrimes fell 66% compared with the year prior. Ransomware and phishing attacks are now the preferred form of data theft because they require less effort…
Improving privacy of a global genomic data sharing network
A Case Western Reserve University computer and data sciences researcher is working to shore up privacy protections for people whose genomic information is stored in a vast global collection of vital, personal data. Erman Ayday pursued novel methods for identifying and analyzing privacy vulnerabilities in the genomic data sharing network known commonly as “the Beacons.”…
6 Ransomware Trends You Should Watch for in 2020
A ransomware infection can have a significant financial impact on an organization. American digital security and data backup firm Datto found that ransomware is costing businesses more than $75 billion a year. Part of that financial impact results from downtime costs. Govtech also revealed that businesses lost an average of $8,500 per hour as the…
How to Secure Wi-Fi and Improve Personal and Enterprise Security From Home
Technology enables employees to work from the office, from home, during their daily commute and pretty much everywhere in between. Companies, however, have little control over security between the home and the office. Employees may choose to work from unsecured Wi-Fi networks in public places or when working remotely, for example, when we all know…
Secure IT: Individual Responsibility and Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity is everyone’s responsibility. In a world where the cyberthreat landscape continues growing rapidly in size and sophistication, that’s the key message driving the focus of 2019’s National Cybersecurity Awareness Month (NCSAM) this October. Held every October, NCSAM is a collaborative effort between government and the private sector to promote cybersecurity awareness and the need…
How many adults trust companies with their personal data?
More than one third (36%) of adults aged 16–75 trust companies and organizations with their personal data more since GDPR came into effect one year ago, according to TrustArc. There are positive sentiments toward enforcement activity, and half (47%) of respondents have exercised some of their GDPR privacy rights. 57% of respondents are also more…
Consumers trust banks most with their personal data, 68% still fear identity theft
People trust banks and other financial entities to safeguard their personal data more than other organizations. New nCipher Security research also illustrates how easily that trust can be eroded, along with Americans’ personal data protection concerns relative to banking and digital payments. Consumers trust banks most The survey results show that people trust the financial…
Report: Over 59,000 GDPR data breach notifications, but only 91 fines
Since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into effect in May last year, EU organizations have reported almost 60,000 data breaches, but so far fewer than 100 fines have been issued by regulators. According to a new report by multinational law firm DLA Piper, the European Commission’s official statistics show 41,502 data…