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Louisiana government computers knocked out after ransomware attack

Quiksilver and Billabong Affected by Ransomware Attack

The Most Dangerous Cyber Breaches Of 2019

‘What a mess’: McDonald’s customers frustrated as ‘Hamburglar’ hacks more app accounts Social Sharing

What Is Deep Learning?

Philly health department website exposed the names of thousands of people with hepatitis

Major Attacks That Hit the Manufacturing Sector in 2019

Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Atlanta discloses three phishing incidents in 6 months

Keeping The Elderly Safe From Cyber Threats

Threat Level Increases in 2019 as Several Cities and Counties in US Respond to Ransomware Attacks by Paying Hefty Ransom

Nine Cybersecurity Metrics every CEO should Track

2020s: The Decade that Tears Down LANs, WANs, VPNs, and Firewalls

New attack campaign targets vulnerable WordPress sites to alter their titles

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Chris Wolski, head of information security and data protection at Perdue Farms, discusses the unique intersection of cyber and physical systems he and his team help protect in this Recorded Future Podcast.

Ascension Global Technology CEO, Delta Munoz discusses cybersecurity and education with Kimberly Archuleta, CEO Avance Learning Solutions, on the GenerationWe Podcast with Host Andrew Machota of New Town Connections

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Black Friday Cyber Shopping Safety tips

🎁 Tips for Safe Online Holiday shopping. 🛍 In 2018, 8% of consumers surveyed said they were victims of Identity theft during the holiday season. As black Friday approaches 56% of holiday shoppers plan to make purchases online in 2019. Before you shop this holiday season, we have prepared a list of cyber tips for...

Louisiana government computers knocked out after ransomware attack

(Reuters) – Louisiana state government computers were knocked out following a ransomware attack, the governor said on Monday, as results from the close gubernatorial election in the southern state await certification. Many state agencies had their servers taken down in response to the attack, Governor John Bel Edwards said in a series of messages posted...

Quiksilver and Billabong Affected by Ransomware Attack

Action sports giant Boardriders was hit by a ransomware attack that affected some of its subsidiaries, including Quiksilver and Billabong, and forced the company to shut down computing systems all over the world. Boardriders has around 10,000 employees from all over the world and its Quiksilver, Billabong, ROXY, RVCA, DC Shoes, and Element brands are sold in over 110...

The Most Dangerous Cyber Breaches Of 2019

Written by James Sheehy No matter how vigilant you are in the modern world data breaches have the potential to impact both you and your business. From hacking, to malware, to even social engineering, the technological infrastructure of the modern world has many points of failure. Emails, passwords, names, personal information, phone numbers, and social...

‘What a mess’: McDonald’s customers frustrated as ‘Hamburglar’ hacks more app accounts Social Sharing

The so-called Hamburglar is still at large, hacking customers’ McDonald’s app accounts and ordering food on their dime. For some victims, their troubles didn’t end there as they were unhappy with how McDonald’s handled their cases. “What a mess,” said Deborah Kelly of Peterborough, Ont. She’s unimpressed after the fast-food giant mistakenly blamed mystery charges on...

Bed Bath & Beyond Discloses Breach

Home retailer Bed Bath & Beyond is the latest company to be hacked. Late Tuesday, the company said email and password information were acquired by an outside source and that less than 1 percent of online customer accounts were compromised. Additionally, no online customers’ payment cards were impacted and notifications have been to select customers. The date of...

Ransomware Hits B2B Payments Firm Billtrust

Business-to-business payments provider Billtrust is still recovering from a ransomware attack that began last week. The company said it is in the final stages of bringing all of its systems back online from backups. With more than 550 employees, Lawrence Township, N.J.-based Billtrust is a cloud-based service that lets customers view invoices, pay, or request bills via...

CenturyLink customer details exposed online, 2.8 million records leaked

A database of 2.8m records containing sensitive information regarding hundreds of thousands of CenturyLink’s customers was left open online for anyone with internet access to see. The records making up the database were logs from a third party notification platform used by CenturyLink. They included multiple pieces of personal information including name, email address, phone...

Florida Women’s Clinic Warns 520,000 Patients of Data Breach

A Florida clinic providing specialized medical care for women has alerted all current and former patients that their personal information and medical records may have been exposed following a data breach. North Florida OB-GYN, which joined Women’s Care Florida on May 6, 2019, became aware that a cyber-attack had been waged against its network on July 27...

What Is Deep Learning?

Deep learning is a term that you are most likely hearing often. We have entered into an advanced age of technology and there are a lot of questions circulating around this subject. What is deep learning? Is it artificial intelligence? When will we see more evidence of AI integrated into our lives? The answer is,...

Five steps to Data Security Compliance

FIVE STEPS TO COMPLIANCEby: Michael Hall, Chief Information Security Officer Despite different industries being required to follow differently named guidelines, there’s a pretty good overlap for those information security items that IT really needs to worry about.Although there will be some personal information that may not fall under any compliance standards, from an IT perspective,...

Nine Cybersecurity Metrics every CEO should Track

Written by Chris Peterson, Forbes According to a 2019 survey from The Conference Board of more than 800 international CEOs and 600 C-suite members, cybersecurity is cited as the top external concern. The Conference Board also notes (via CIO Dive) that malicious cyber activity cost the economy up to $109 billion in 2016. CEOs and boards that seek...

2020s: The Decade that Tears Down LANs, WANs, VPNs, and Firewalls

The walls of the corporate workplace will become fluid for enterprises over this decade.This will be a movement driven by the way you want to work and the birth of the fully internet-driven workplace; put another way, it’s the death of the legacy corporate network which naturally means the death of traditional network security. It’s...

Spear Phishing

A lot of cyber attacks don’t target specific individuals. They are usually attacks of opportunity with the goal to steal as much data as possible or gain access to a large number of systems. Although they may not be the majority, a targeted attack is still a major risk. these more specific hacks often target...

Building a strong security program with a vCISO

The importance of establishing strong cybersecurity systems within small to mid-sized companies increases every day. 60% of small businesses who are the victim of a cyber attack close their doors within six months. The U.S. Small Business Administration claims over 1/3rd of all cyber crimes target small to medium sized businesses. Those statistics have continued...

UNICEF data leak reveals personal info of 8,000 online learners

BRUSSELS — The United Nations children’s agency, UNICEF, has inadvertently leaked personal information belonging to thousands of users of its online learning portal Agora. The website offers free training courses to UNICEF staff and members of the public on issues such as child rights, humanitarian action, research, and data. On Aug. 26, an email containing personal details...

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‘What a mess’: McDonald’s customers frustrated as ‘Hamburglar’ hacks more app accounts Social Sharing

/November 4, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond Discloses Breach

/October 30, 2019

Ransomware Hits B2B Payments Firm Billtrust

/October 23, 2019

Cancer Treatment Centers of America in Atlanta discloses three phishing incidents in 6 months

/October 8, 2019

DoorDash Suffers Major Data Breach Impacting Around 4.9 Million Individuals

/September 27, 2019

Slack Resetting Thousands of User Passwords After Learning 2015 Breach Was Worse Than Previously Known

/July 22, 2019

American Express Customers Targeted by Novel Phishing Attack

/July 17, 2019

Sprint says hackers breached customer accounts via Samsung website

/July 16, 2019

AGT Attends CudaCon

/June 25, 2019

Ascension Global Technology To Co-Host Charity Event With New Town Connections and Bay To Bae

/August 13, 2018

Delta Munoz Champions Meals On Wheels For Bay To Bae Charity Event

/June 21, 2018

Workplace Cybersecurity Awareness Training Launch

/April 30, 2018

Two Women Entrepreneurs Join Forces to Improve Workplace Cybersecurity Awareness

/January 29, 2018

Ascension Global Technology Joins International Effort to Support Data Privacy

/January 22, 2018

Ascension Global Technology Joins Movement to Shine a Spotlight on Fraud

/November 12, 2017

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Black Friday Cyber Shopping Safety tips

November 27, 2019

Louisiana government computers knocked out after ransomware attack

November 20, 2019

Thousands Of Disney+ Accounts Are Up For Sale On Hacking Forums

November 18, 2019

Quiksilver and Billabong Affected by Ransomware Attack

November 11, 2019

The Most Dangerous Cyber Breaches Of 2019

November 8, 2019

‘What a mess’: McDonald’s customers frustrated as ‘Hamburglar’ hacks more app accounts Social Sharing

November 4, 2019

Bed Bath & Beyond Discloses Breach

October 30, 2019

Ransomware Hits B2B Payments Firm Billtrust

October 23, 2019

CenturyLink customer details exposed online, 2.8 million records leaked

October 21, 2019

Florida Women’s Clinic Warns 520,000 Patients of Data Breach

October 16, 2019

Five steps to Data Security Compliance

January 20, 2020

Nine Cybersecurity Metrics every CEO should Track

January 14, 2020

Practicing good Password hygiene for 2020

January 13, 2020

2020s: The Decade that Tears Down LANs, WANs, VPNs, and Firewalls

January 9, 2020

Spear Phishing

December 29, 2019

Building a strong security program with a vCISO

December 6, 2019

What is a VPN?

December 5, 2019

UNICEF data leak reveals personal info of 8,000 online learners

September 10, 2019

New attack campaign targets vulnerable WordPress sites to alter their titles

July 1, 2019

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