SecureWorld hosts a webinar with our CEO on crime and email.
Email—you either love it or hate it. Cybercriminals love it. We all know that email is the attack vector of choice for hackers. Why? Bottom line, it works. And they really capitalize on it.
— See the full webinar at https://www.secureworldexpo.com/resources/crime-and-email-real-stories
BankInfoSecurity.com interviews our CEO on recent indictments related to the Evil Corp Russian hacking group.
He drives a garish, customized Lamborghini in Moscow with a license plate that reads “thief” and is working for Russia’s security service, the FSB.
— See full story at https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/two-russians-indicted-over-100m-dridex-malware-thefts-a-13473
BankInfoSecurity.com interviews our CEO on the value of response playbooks for databreaches.
To best survive a data breach, have a response plan. Also ensure early warning systems are in place to detect hack attacks. Identify everyone inside and outside an organization who must be involved in responding to a suspected breach – and how and when.
— See full story at https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/to-survive-data-breach-create-response-playbook-a-13459
BankInfoSecurity.com interviews our CEO on the potential exposure of personal data of citizens of Mississippi.
Some 4 terabytes of data on over 1.2 billion individuals – including LinkedIn and Facebook profiles – was exposed to the internet on an unsecured Elasticsearch server, according to an analysis by a pair of independent researchers.
— See full story at https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/unsecured-server-exposed-records-12-billion-researchers-a-13441
CareersInfoSecurity.com interviews our CEO on the potential exposure of personal data of citizens of Mississippi.
The personal data of Mississippi citizens is susceptible to breaches because many state agencies, universities and other organizations are failing to comply with all the mandates of the state’s cybersecurity law, according to a report issued by the Office of the State Auditor.
— See full story at https://www.careersinfosecurity.com/compliance-mississippi-state-agencies-have-long-way-to-go-a-13231
GovInfoSecurity interviews our CEO on the nation-state hacking of high-profile persons and presidential candidates.
‘Phosphorous’ Hacking Group Attempted Attacks on 240 Email Accounts Over Two Months
Microsoft says that over the past two months, a hacking group apparently linked to Iran targeted email accounts associated with the campaign of one 2020 U.S. presidential candidate, current and former U.S. government officials, journalists covering global politics and prominent Iranians living outside Iran.
Friday, the New York Times, citing two anonymous sources who have knowledge of the attack, reported that that the campaign account targeted by the hacking group belonged to President Donald Trump’s campaign.
– See full story at: https://www.govinfosecurity.com/microsoft-iran-backed-group-targeted-presidential-campaign-a-13198.
BLACKCLOAK’s CEO and Cybersecurity Expert Dr. Chris Pierson to Speak at IAPP’s Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019 Conference
ORLANDO, Fla., Sept. 24, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — BLACKCLOAK, providers of Concierge Cybersecurity™ services to corporate executives and ultra/high-net-worth individuals, today announced that its CEO & founder Dr. Chris Pierson will be giving a speech on cybercrime at the upcoming IAPP “Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019” Conference, which will take place September 23-25 in Las Vegas, NV.
Every year the IAPP’s Privacy. Security. Risk. 2019 Conference brings together the best privacy and cybersecurity minds to share their knowledge on emerging privacy & data protection issues, data breaches, and global regulations. Dr. Pierson’s expertise spans cybersecurity, privacy, cybercrime, and national security and his speech will cover many of these areas. “It is imperative to understand the combination of privacy and cybersecurity on a global stage in this continuously changing environment,” said Pierson. “If you want to have policy and operational discussions that reach into the heart of the organization there is no better place than IAPP to have that conversation.” Having given over twenty speeches at IAPP on thought leadership, Pierson is excited to delve into a cutting-edge topic on cybersecurity that focuses on destructive attacks.
At this year’s IAPP conference, Pierson will speak on “Where Harm, Not Data, is the Attacker’s Goal.” This speech takes the notion of data breaches for pure cybercrime reasons to the next level. “Everyday our team witnesses the impacts of high-profile clients whose social media accounts have been taken over, whose home cameras are freely accessible on the Internet, and whose children and family members are subject to cyberstalking, reputational harm, and other types of non-financial damage,” said Pierson. “We still have the hacking incidents for financial reasons, but more and more we are seeing crimes committed against executives and high-profile persons for destructive purposes.”
As for the current status of cybercrime, Pierson says, “These attacks against executives and high-profile persons have been ramping up in recent years. This especially holds true as the lines between a person’s public/work life and personal life on digital devices overlap.”
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BLACKCLOAK provides concierge cybersecurity services to corporate executives and ultra/high-net-worth individuals to mitigate their cybersecurity, financial, reputational, and privacy risks. From Fortune 500 executives to high-profile/private wealth clients, the BlackCloak team is always protecting its clients.
Learn more at BlackCloak.io and @BLACKCLOAKCYBER.
BankInfoSecurity interviews our CEO, Dr. Chris Pierson, on Google’s FTC fine for YouTube.
Google to Pay $170 Million Fine for YouTube’s Child Privacy Violations
Google will pay a $170 million fine to settle allegations that its YouTube subsidiary illegally collected personal information about children without their parents’ consent, according to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission.
But some children’s right groups and members of Congress say the penalty is far too low.
U.S. Sen. Josh Hawler, R-Mo., who has been increasingly critical of large technology companies for profiting from users’ data, ripped the agreement in a tweet, arguing that the FTC has not done enough to ensure privacy.
– See full story at https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/privacy-advocates-criticize-ftcs-google-settlement-a-13022.
BankInfoSecurity interviews our CEO on the arrest of the Capital One hacker.
Authorities Allege Paige A. Thompson Referenced Stolen Files on GitHub
A Seattle-area woman has been charged with accessing tens of millions of Capital One credit card applications after allegedly taking advantage of a misconfigured firewall.
Page A. Thompson, 33, is charged with one count of computer fraud and abuse, according to a criminal complaint filed in federal court in Seattle. She was arrested at a residence on Monday.
Thompson is accused of accessing Capital One files that were stored with a cloud service provider, which appears to be Amazon, between March 12 and July 17. Investigators allege that she posted information related to the intrusion on the code-sharing site GitHub and on social media, which apparently resulted in her quick arrest.
According to a statement released by Capital One, acknowledging the breach, the incident affected approximately 100 million individuals in the United States and approximately 6 million in Canada.
– See full story at: https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/woman-arrested-in-massive-capital-one-data-breach-a-12852.
DarkReading interviews our CEO on the Capital One data breach.
The breach exposed credit card application data, Social Security numbers, and linked bank accounts, among other information.
Another massive data breach has struck the US financial sector: This time it’s Capital One, which has officially confirmed a breach affecting about 100 million Americans and 6 million Canadians.
On July 29, 2019, the bank and credit card issuer reported an unauthorized intruder had gained access to several types of personal information belonging to Capital One credit card customers and people who had applied for credit cards between 2005 and early 2019. The FBI has arrested and charged one suspect, who is now in custody.
Most of the compromised information belonged to small businesses and consumers who had applied for credit cards. This included applicants’ names, addresses, ZIP codes and postal codes, phone numbers, email addresses, birth dates, and self-reported income. Beyond application data, the intruder obtained portions of credit card customer information, including “status data” such as credit scores and limits, balances, payment history, and contact info. The breach also exposed pieces of transaction data from 23 days during 2016, 2017, and 2018, Capital One said in a statement.
– See full story at: https://www.darkreading.com/cloud/capital-one-breach-affects-100m-us-citizens-6m-canadians/d/d-id/1335385.
