I generally avoid re-posting press releases as they tend to be self-serving, but some contain interesting data. From ThreatTrack: ThreatTrack Security today published a study that reveals mounting cybersecurity challenges within U.S. enterprises. Nearly 6 in 10 malware analysts reported they have investigated or addressed a data breach that was never disclosed by their company….
Follow-up: NYPD Detective Pleads Guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to Computer Hacking
An update to a hacking case involving an NYPD detective that was previously noted on this blog (here). Edwin Vargas, a detective with the New York City Police Department (NYPD), pled guilty to computer hacking crimes. Specifically, Vargas paid others to hack into e-mail accounts, including e-mail accounts belonging to other NYPD officers and employees, and…
College Students, Artists Drawn Into Mongo HQ Breach Via Application Manager
I knew the MongoHQ breach affected Sunrise Calendar users, but Jeanne Price just alerted me to Buffer and DecisionDesk users also being notified: News of a data breach at web hosting company Mongo HQ broke last week and shortly thereafter, unauthorized access to Buffer, a social media scheduling site, was unearthed and linked to Mongo’s snafu. Still the connection…
Update: Baltimore County finds additional personal info on contents stolen from hard drive
An update to the breach reported in this blog entry. As if the breach wasn’t bad enough already, further investigation revealed: … individual checking and bank routing numbers were also stolen. Those particular files of 6,633 employees were also improperly copied from a County employee’s work computer on May 9, 2012. In a letter that…
NC DHHS begins notifying clients of breach that went on for years
Friday, November 8, 2013 Raleigh, N.C. – In 2009, pursuant to Executive Order No. 4, Governor Beverly Perdue directed the Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) to build and maintain NC OpenBook in order to create a searchable website on State spending for grants and contracts. The Perdue Administration then began posting information in NC…
Unencrypted laptops still a major cause of breach reports to HHS
Here’s a run-down of the 29 breaches HHS added to its breach tool today, organized by those we already knew about vs. ones that we didn’t know about. With today’s additions, the breach counter on HHS for breaches affecting over 500 patients stands at 711 since September 23, 2009 when HITECH reporting requirements went into…