I know Clinton’s use of a private server has become a political issue, but it’s still also an infosec issue for our government. Jack Gillum and Stephen Braun of AP provide the latest revelations: Clinton’s server, which handled her personal and State Department correspondence, appeared to allow users to connect openly over the Internet to control it remotely, according…
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Study sounds the alarm on real estate website scraping and data theft
Andrea V. Brambila reports: Agent and broker website vendors and MLSs have had more than a decade to figure out how to protect one of the industry’s most valuable assets from theft online, but most haven’t risen to the challenge. Therefore, it’s time to mandate scraping protections, according to a white paper from real estate consulting…
What you sound like after a data breach
Mark Stockley writes: Hopefully you’ve never had anything stolen in a data breach, but if you have I hope you’ve been spared the salted wound of the non-apology. There are notable exceptions of course but as data leaks and network breaches get larger, more common and more damaging, a humble sorry seems to be the hardest word. Read more…
Privacy Policies Matter… Whether You Read Them Or Not
Mark McGreary writes: New innovations come hand in hand with new privacy issues. Privacy policies may seem like a last minute add-on to some app developers but they are actually an important aspect of an app. Data breaches are an imminent risk and a business’s first defense to potential problems is a privacy policy. Fordham…
Clinton e-mails were vulnerable to hackers, tech firm warned
Tom Hamburger and Rosalind S. Helderman report: A technology subcontractor that has worked on Hillary Rodham Clinton’s e-mail setup expressed concerns over the summer that the system was inadequately protected and vulnerable to hackers, a company official said Wednesday. But the concerns were rebuffed by the company managing the Clinton account, Platte River Networks, which…
New EMV-chipped credit cards still vulnerable to fraudsters – FBI
A public service announcement from the FBI: By October 2015, many U.S. banks will have replaced millions of traditional credit cards, which rely on data stored on magnetic strips, with new credit cards containing a microchip known as an EMV chip. While EMV cards offer enhanced security, the FBI is warning law enforcement, merchants, and…