TAP Into Technology Blog: Hacks and Breaches (11)
Data at Risk: Targeting Financial Institutions Through the Retail Back Door
It’s not surprising that the financial services industry have been one of the most targeted industries for cyber attacks—hackers are often just following the money. In our first Data at Risk post about the vulnerability of the financial...
Data at Risk Series: Cyber Attacks a Burden and a Blessing for the Insurance Industry
In our first insurance installment in the Data at Risk series, we took a fairly narrow approach to cyber attack analysis in the industry. While major breaches at health insurance companies such as Anthem and Blue Cross Blue Shield make it...
U.S. Presidential Elections are Prime for 2016 Hacks
In the midst of all the promises, debates and incessant mudslinging building up to the 2016 US presidential election, hackers are having a field day. Whether it’s to further a political agenda, create chaos or simply throw a wrench in...
Data at Risk Series: Healthcare Cyber Security - is Now Life or Death
In our first Data at Risk post about healthcare, we discussed the current state of security in the industry. After highlighting the key vulnerabilities for healthcare providers—the move to digital patient records, aging electronic medical...
Data at Risk: Corporate Confidentiality and VTech’s Data Breach
In the first Data at Risk series post about corporate confidentiality, we discussed a few industry-agnostic cornerstone attacks on corporate data and the need for network TAPs for visibility. One of our key realizations was that corporate...
Cyber Security Year in Review: Major Data Breaches of 2015
Despite innovative new cyber security appliances and applications, hackers are finding ways to push data breach statistics to new heights. Even though 2014 was deemed the year of the data breach, 2015 has shaped up to be just as...