The hacker who shut down large parts of the US internet last month was probably a disgruntled gamer, said an expert whose company closely monitored the attack Wednesday. Dale Drew, chief security officer for Level 3 Communications, which mapped out how the October 21 attack took place, told a Congressional panel that the person had […]
Even as financial institutions move to shore up ATM security with biometric mechanisms, cyber-crooks are busy figuring out ways to beat them. Biometric identifiers like fingerprints, palm veins, voice, and the iris have long been considered as offering the most secure way to authenticate an individual’s identity. But that may be changing. Security firm Kaspersky […]
In 2016, we’ve seen more than 42 healthcare data breaches – and those only include ones that were reported. For example, you probably didn’t hear about the small breach that impacted the Catholic Health Care Services of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. In 2014, at the aforementioned organization, more than 400 residents’ information was exposed after […]
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