Internet Threats Blog
For any company that does business online, hearing that you’ve been involved in a data breach is quite possibly the worst news to hear. Last month it was the online transaction processing company Global Payments, who joined the likes of Epsilon and Sony in the list of high profile data breaches in recent memory. These breaches not only affect the existing customer base but can also do … [Read more...]
A new generation of Facebook Scams has emerged just in time for the launch of Timeline – Facebook’s new profile layout. And while these changes have more than one user celebrating Facebook’s evolution, there are a large number of defectors who are begging Facebook to let them revert back to their old profiles. Mashable recently reported an increase in Facebook scams targeting these users … [Read more...]
Banning employees from Facebook, Twitter and other sites shows a 30% increase in computer security breaches TELUS and the Rotman School of Management have published their third annual IT security study. This time, the study revealed an increase in the number of security breaches in both government entities and companies in the private sector; with government entities experiencing twice the number … [Read more...]
Online Reputation Management is the new hot item on every business’ to-do list. Companies are facing threats from all angles and the most deadly seem to be coming directly from disgruntled customers tweeting and facebooking their thoughts away (RIM’s recent nightmare is a perfect example). Implementing a reputation management plan (even on later stages) has been known for saving more than … [Read more...]
In July of this year our Incident Response Teams hands were full, we received a flood of phishing sites and a majority of them were caused by the osCommerce attack and WordPress vulnerabilities. Phishing sites coming from open source web applications are very popular and a rich target environment for hackers. osCommerce (“open source Commerce”) is an e-commerce and online store-management … [Read more...]
The first half of 2011 should prove to be the “year of the breaches”. We saw numerous security breaches targeting high-profile organizations such as, Sony PlayStation, Lockheed Martin, and a dozen of other companies and government organizations. Security breaches are on the rise and here to stay! Recently, Japan’s largest defense contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries suffered a massive … [Read more...]
Now that ICANN’s .XXX gTLD Sunrise registration periods are in full swing and companies are rushing to block their domains, attention is shifting back to what the repercussions of adding new gTLDs will be. Back in June, we wrote about ICANN’s announcement of expanding the number of top-level domains to include new brand-related terms such as .google, .apple, or more generic terms such as … [Read more...]
The internet landscape has changed and companies are at a far greater risk of security violations. Recent security breaches have spurred a new threat for corporations, small organizations and government institutions. Hackers and phisher’s are now after high-profile organizations and no one is completely safe. Let’s take a look back at 2010. The non-profit Identity Theft Resource Centre … [Read more...]
A dubious milestone was recently reached at the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3). IC3, which sounds like an arthritis and sore muscle liniment, was formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center, and is a U.S. governmental partnership between the National White Collar Crime Center, FBI, and Bureau of Justice Assistance. Sadly, however, November 9, 2010 marked the 2 millionth … [Read more...]
Following the success of its ipredecessors, the iPad is currently the hottest item in the Apple Store. Young and old alike are gobbling them up at a record pace, and with Christmas just around the corner you can bet your jingle bells that many will appear under the tree. In the world of tablets, 2010 belongs to the iPad. But don’t get too attached because 2011 and beyond will see many new … [Read more...]
