In late December 2019, fuel and convenience store chain Wawa Inc. said a nine-month-long breach of its payment card processing systems may have led to the theft of card data from customers who visited any of its 850 locations nationwide. Now, fraud experts say the first batch of card data stolen from Wawa customers is being […]
Begin with one application, then give your tech team some time to learn. Question: Container security and Kubernetes are buzzing right now. What’s a common-sense approach to getting started? Michelle McLean, vice president of marketing at StackRox: Businesses are hearing a lot about containers and Kubernetes these days and for good reason: Developing in this […]
IBM revealed two new additions to its IBM Food Trust network at CES 2020 in Las Vegas earlier this month: Farmer Connect and Terra Delyssa olive oil tracking. Both new announcements are another step forward for a prevalent and pressing issue; establishing a trust system for food items. With labour, fraud, waste, ethical, and even […]
The league and scores of teams were caught off-guard by the re-emergence of an infamous hacking group Fifteen National Football League (NFL) teams, including this year’s Super Bowl contenders the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs, have had their social media accounts hacked. To add insult to injury, the NFL’s official account on Twitter […]
Aleksei Burkov, an ultra-connected Russian hacker once described as “an asset of supreme importance” to Moscow, has pleaded guilty in a U.S. court to running a site that sold stolen payment card data and to administering a highly secretive crime forum that counted among its members some of the most elite Russian cybercrooks. Aleksei Burkov, […]
Cybercriminals are putting a new twist on an old trick Scammers are combining spoofed company websites and fake job ads to trick unsuspecting job seekers into surrendering their sensitive information and paying fraudulent fees. According to a recent public service announcement by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), fraudsters increasingly post job openings on […]
A multi-million dollar Ontario construction firm that has worked on major federal and provincial projects including facilities for national defence and police stations has been hit by a ransomware attack. According to CBC News, Bird Construction of Mississauga, Ont., acknowledged that it was recently victimized, but didn’t give any details. “Bird Construction responded to a […]
Privacy-mature companies complete sales more quickly, have fewer and less serious breaches, and recover from incidents faster, according to Cisco’s annual survey. Companies that invest in privacy see an average return of 270% on their investments, with seven out of 10 companies seeing significant benefits from their privacy expenditures, according to an annual survey published […]
The growing global concern over data privacy took centre stage this week as Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella shared his thoughts on the digital economy at the World Economic Forum in Davos. “Data, and privacy around data, is a human right that has to be protected and you have to be transparent,” he said during a […]
The DEF CON Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest inspired a new event aimed at teaching both security and non-security professionals on the fine art of hacking human behavior. Chris Hadnagy, founder and chief human hacker for the firm that created the famed Social Engineering Capture the Flag contest at DEF CON, next month will […]