Privacy, Hacking and Virus Alerts

Sustainably addressing cyber risk requires an organization-wide and cross-functional approach, and the integration of cybersecurity and business strategy.

This week, researchers revealed that a strain of malware hit at least 1.3 million Android phones, stealing user data as part of a scheme to boost ad revenue.

Bigfork school officials are restoring their computer system after a malicious software virus infiltrated the district’s server.

The Chrome team "Department of Chromeland Security," is about to start naming and shaming the nearly half of the world’s websites that don’t use strong encryption, putting a clear "Not secure" warning next to thousands of popular online destinations that use unencrypted HTTP connections rather than encrypted HTTPS connections.

Technology experts warned for years that the millions of Internet-connected "smart" devices we use every day are weak, easily hijacked and could be turned against us.

Troubling to security experts was that the attackers relied on Mirai, an easy-to-use program that allows even unskilled hackers to take over online devices and use them to launch DDoS attacks.

Longer is better…

Installing solar panels can open homeowners up to hackers.

With almost 61% of the Nigerian population in poverty, it also makes for easy money.

Just recently a new startup company called Civic became the first company to turn identity theft protection into truly warning you before the identity theft truck hits you.