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Excellent Write-up of the SolarWinds Security Breach

Posted on August 30, 2021 By infossl
breaches, cybersecurity, data breaches, reports, Security technology, Uncategorized

Robert Chesney wrote up the Solar Winds story as a case study, and it’s a really good summary. Powered by WPeMatico

Details of the Recent T-Mobile Breach

Posted on August 27, 2021 By infossl
breaches, cell phones, data breaches, hacking, Security technology, T-Mobile, Uncategorized

Seems that 47 million customers were affected. Surprising no one, T-Mobile had awful security. I’ve lost count of how many times T-Mobile has been hacked. Powered by WPeMatico

Theft of CIA’s “Vault Seven” Hacking Tools Due to Its Own Lousy Security

Posted on June 18, 2020 By infossl
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The Washington Post is reporting on an internal CIA report about its “Vault 7” security breach: The breach — allegedly committed by a CIA employee — was discovered a year after it happened, when the information was published by WikiLeaks, in March 2017. The anti-secrecy group dubbed the release “Vault 7,” and U.S. officials have … Read More “Theft of CIA’s “Vault Seven” Hacking Tools Due to Its Own Lousy Security” »

Bank Card “Master Key” Stolen

Posted on June 17, 2020 By infossl
banking, breaches, dataprotection, keys, pins, Security technology, theft

South Africa’s Postbank experienced a catastrophic security failure. The bank’s master PIN key was stolen, forcing it to cancel and replace 12 million bank cards. The breach resulted from the printing of the bank’s encrypted master key in plain, unencrypted digital language at the Postbank’s old data centre in the Pretoria city centre. According to … Read More “Bank Card “Master Key” Stolen” »

Password Changing After a Breach

Posted on June 1, 2020 By infossl
academicpapers, breaches, passwords, Security technology

This study shows that most people don’t change their passwords after a breach, and if they do they change it to a weaker password. Abstract: To protect against misuse of passwords compromised in a breach, consumers should promptly change affected passwords and any similar passwords on other accounts. Ideally, affected companies should strongly encourage this … Read More “Password Changing After a Breach” »

California Needlessly Reduces Privacy During COVID-19 Pandemic

Posted on April 16, 2020 By infossl
breaches, covid19, medicine, privacy, Security technology

This one isn’t even related to contact tracing: On March 17, 2020, the federal government relaxed a number of telehealth-related regulatory requirements due to COVID-19. On April 3, 2020, California Governor Gavin Newsom issued Executive Order N-43-20 (the Order), which relaxes various telehealth reporting requirements, penalties, and enforcements otherwise imposed under state laws, including those … Read More “California Needlessly Reduces Privacy During COVID-19 Pandemic” »

Marriott Was Hacked — Again

Posted on April 2, 2020 By infossl
accountability, breaches, disclosure, hacking, hotels, Security technology

Marriott announced another data breach, this one affecting 5.2 million people: At this point, we believe that the following information may have been involved, although not all of this information was present for every guest involved: Contact Details (e.g., name, mailing address, email address, and phone number) Loyalty Account Information (e.g., account number and points … Read More “Marriott Was Hacked — Again” »

NordVPN Breached

Posted on October 23, 2019 By infossl
breaches, certificates, cryptography, disclosure, encryption, keys, Security technology, vpn

There was a successful attack against NordVPN: Based on the command log, another of the leaked secret keys appeared to secure a private certificate authority that NordVPN used to issue digital certificates. Those certificates might be issued for other servers in NordVPN’s network or for a variety of other sensitive purposes. The name of the … Read More “NordVPN Breached” »

The Importance of Protecting Cybersecurity Whistleblowers

Posted on June 3, 2019 By infossl
breaches, courts, cybersecurity, disclosure, laws, Security technology, whistleblowers

Interesting essay arguing that we need better legislation to protect cybersecurity whistleblowers. Congress should act to protect cybersecurity whistleblowers because information security has never been so important, or so challenging. In the wake of a barrage of shocking revelations about data breaches and companies mishandling of customer data, a bipartisan consensus has emerged in support … Read More “The Importance of Protecting Cybersecurity Whistleblowers” »

Congressional Report on the 2017 Equifax Data Breach

Posted on December 19, 2018 By infossl
breaches, databreaches, nationalsecuritypolicy, reports, Security technology

The US House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has just released a comprehensive report on the 2017 Equifax hack. It’s a great piece of writing, with a detailed timeline, root cause analysis, and lessons learned. Lance Spitzner also commented on this. Here is my testimony before before the House Subcommittee on Digital … Read More “Congressional Report on the 2017 Equifax Data Breach” »

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