TAP Into Technology Blog: Hacks and Breaches (10)
Hijacking Healthcare: Is DTSec Regulation the Solution for IoT enabled devices?
The recent jump in cyber attacks against the healthcare industry—especially ransomware attacks—aren’t a coincidence. The reality is that the healthcare industry presents the perfect opportunity for attackers. A balance of valuable personal...
Hacking Education - The Next Soft Target
When you send your precious 5 year old off to Kindergarten this year, not only do you need to worry about bullying, drugs and homework, now add hacking their personal identifiable information (PII) to the list. We’ve read or experienced...
Ransomware, a Billion Dollar World Wide Threat
Every day I hear that a company has solved the network and file security war with a new security widget. Yet every day there are more announcements of breaches, stolen identities, etc. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC)...
Director of National Intelligence Cautions Presidential Candidates on Cyber Attacks
As if presidential candidates didn’t have enough on their plates defending themselves against their opponent’s attack ads, James Clapper has warned that they should expect to deal with cyberattacks. The Director recently went on record...
Real Time Passive Monitoring is the Smarter Solution
Our infrastructure is at risk. In 2013, an Iranian hacker broke into the flow control mechanism for a dam in upstate New York. Only the fact that the dam itself was broken prevented him from remotely controlling the structure. In Ukraine,...
How Much is My Information Worth on the Dark Web?
In the April 5, 2016 report by the Identity Threat Resourse Center (ITRC) there have been 227 breaches which have compromised 6,214,514 records containing personally identifiable information (PII). The ITRC tracks data breaches involving...