LA School Pays $28,000 In Ransomware
Following the news that A Los Angeles school has made a US $28,000 ransomware payment after hackers raided its network. Attackers had encrypted enough to ruin computer services, email, and messaging at the Los Angeles Community College District. Jonathan Sander, VP of Product Strategy at Lieberman Software commented below. Jonathan Sander, VP of Product Strategy at […]
FireMon Announces Future Support For Check Point R80 Devices
Company Extends Industry Lead with Most Comprehensive Support for Large, Complex Networks FireMon, the global leader in Network Security Policy Management (NSPM), today confirmed its intention to support Check Point R80 security management. It is the latest addition to the list of supported technologies that also includes Cisco, F5 Networks, Fortinet, Intel Security (McAfee), Juniper, […]
HID Global Is First To Enable End-To-End Identity And Access Management For Both Physical And IT Security
News Highlights: Customers with higher security requirements now have a complete solution from one supplier that gives users a single, secure credential for accessing doors, IT systems, networks and data. New HID PIV solution spans the full range of identity proofing and lifecycle management capabilities to establish, create, use, and manage secure credentials with a […]
ESEA Hacked, 1.5 Million Records Leaked After Alleged Failed Extortion Attempt
E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA), one of the largest competitive video gaming communities on the planet, was hacked last December. As a result, a database containing 1.5 million player profiles was compromised. IT security experts from Tripwire, ESET and Positive Technologies comment below. . Tyler Reguly, Manager of Software Development at Tripwire: “There is a lot of money […]
Think Your Online Content Is Yours? Think Again. They Can Read Your Passwords, Travel Plans, Ideas And Everything Else.
Last week, the Internet caught fire when Evernote changed their Terms of Service privacy policy to explicitly allow them to read user content. After a very vocal and rightfully negative response, Evernote recanted their position and will only read user content if users opt-in to a new service they are creating for the platform. In […]
123-Reg Hit By Yet Another DDoS Attack
Following the news that hosting website 123-reg has been hit by yet another distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, Stephanie Weagle, VP at Corero Network Security commented below. Stephanie Weagle, VP at Corero Network Security: “Hosting providers are at increased risk for DDoS attacks impacting their network environment and their hosted tenants, due to the number of […]
