Another day, another university compromised. Here's the story: http://www.thewire.com/technology/2014/02/university-records-now-being-targeted-hackers/358310/ … [Read more...] about University of Maryland hacked, 309K impacted
“Our research shows that while higher education institutions face the same cyber-attacks as enterprises and government agencies, they tend to be compromised by malware and botnets at a much higher rate,” Read the article here: http://www.net-security.org/secworld.php?id=15802 … [Read more...] about Higher education networks 300% more likely to contain malware
Sacramento State was breached and waited months to notify 1,800 identity theft victims. Read the news story here: http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2013/10/16/sacramento-state-employees-just-being-notified-about-august-security-breach/ … [Read more...] about CSUS University Breached – Doesn’t Tell Victims
Now, after the Apple event dust has settled, biometric security experts have begun to weigh in and the overall verdict is: Your fingers are safe. Read about it here: http://mashable.com/2013/09/15/severed-finger-iphone-5s/#! … [Read more...] about No, A Severed Finger Will Not Access an iPhone 5S
University of Rochester Medical Center officials this week sent letters to hundreds of former patients, alerting them that the center lost protected information. A resident physician misplaced a computer flash drive that contained protected health information of 537 former orthopaedic patients, according to a news release from URMC. The USB flash drive was used to transport … [Read more...] about Flash drive with patient information reported missing . . .