The Most Prominent Data Leaks of 2015
In 2015, we faced many ambitious and controversial data leaks. Thus, we can mace a conclusion: hackers are becoming more sophisticated while users are still imprudent and careless. The recollection of the most striking cases of information security breaches can help us to understand the most common ways of data leaks. As well as how to organize our data protection systems to avoid material and reputation losses. Large-scale data leaks...
Two-Factor Authentication in Cloud Security
Today, cloud services are incredibly popular both among users who store their personal data there and among the companies that use cloud services for a successful business. We shouldn’t underestimate the importance of the cloud, as a means to store the employees’ personal data and the necessary corporate information, which is available to an employee at any time and at any place. But we shouldn’t forget about cloud security...
Ransomware Virus Paralyzed the Hospital Work Once Again on Healthcare Information Security
The more computer technologies pervade all areas of human life, the more important the user data protection becomes. Earlier the hackers could only steal your e-mail address to send the spam messages from it. But today the World Wide Web stores much more comprehensive information about all us. You even don’t need to share this information on the Internet for hackers to get it. It is enough to open a bank account, or seek medical...
Hackers Are Adopting Espionage Techniques
A year ago, a prominent hacker group Carbanak became famous for being the first to break into the banking system with the help of the methods previously used only by hackers engaged in cyber espionage for the governments of different countries. Carbanak adapted these techniques to attack financial institutions (in most cases banks). And the security systems of these institutions succumbed under the pressure of new hacking techniques....
Two-Step Authentication Is Already in Instagram
Few days ago it became known that Instagram starts rolling out two-factor authentication. At first, a beta version of 2FA was tested by a small number of selected users. But now two-step authentication becomes available to everyone. But what is the most surprising about this news is that the popular social network has moved to it so slowly. After all, two-factor authentication has long been an integral part of data protection of all...