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Attackers could steal millions through online phone verification systems

19

Jul

2016

In the latest attack that shows how hard it is for users to identify phone numbers with premium call charges, a researcher has found that he could have earned millions by abusing the online phone verification systems used by Google, Microsoft, and Instagram. Many websites and mobile apps allow users to associate a phone number […]

Category Access control Mobile security Written by Csoonline 0 Comments

Lessons Learned From 11 Years of Cost of Data Breach Research

16

Jun

2016

Today, I am pleased to announce the release of the 2016 Cost of Data Breach report in partnership with IBM Security. Every year, we report on the findings from our survey of organizations worldwide — this year in 383 companies across 16 industries and in 12 different countries. In the global report published today, you […]

Category Data loss Written by Securityintelligence 0 Comments

State of Online Tracking

24

May

2016

Really interesting research: “Online tracking: A 1-million-site measurement and analysis,” by Steven Englehardt and Arvind Narayanan: “Web privacy measurement — observing websites and services to detect, characterize and quantify privacy-impacting behaviors — has repeatedly forced companies to improve their privacy practices due to public pressure, press coverage, and regulatory action. On the other hand, web […]

Category Tracking Written by Schneier 0 Comments

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