Current Cyber Security News

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg might have broken the cardinal rule of security by using the same password in multiple places. The executive’s Pinterest and Twitter accounts were hacked over the weekend by a hacker collective named “OurMine Team”
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Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals across the United States, announced on Monday that hackers recently broke into its computers and stole data on 4.5 million patients.
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More than 1,000 U.S. retailers could be infected with malicious software lurking in their cash register computers, allowing hackers to steal customer financial data, the Homeland Security Department said Friday.
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The Atlanta-based home improvement retailer told The Associated Press Tuesday that it is looking into "unusual activity" and that working with both banks and law enforcement.
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Michaels Companies Inc, the biggest U.S. arts and crafts retailer, said it is investigating a possible security breach on its payment card network and advised customers to check their financial statements for fraudulent activity........ READ MORE

More than half of the world’s 50 biggest bank websites have been hit by security incidents in the past eight years, a study has revealed. High or critical risks made up 15% of the total incidents discovered, affecting 11 banks, according to research by Swiss IT security services firm High-Tech Bridge......... READ MORE

When cyber thieves broke into a data network of hotel conglomerate Wyndham Worldwide, they unwittingly tripped one loud alarm: over the federal government’s role in dictating corporate cybersecurity.
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Lyons & Lyons, a certified public accountant firm based in Ridgefield and Fairfield, is currently working with the U.S. Secret Service, the Internal Revenue Service and the IRS’s Criminal Investigation unit on an ongoing “cyber breach” criminal investigation, and an arrest may be near. ....... READ MORE

Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch called it "a massive 21st-century bank heist" and compared its size to the Lufthansa heist in the late 1970s immortalized in the film "Goodfellas." Lynch said the fraudsters had moved with astounding speed to loot financial institutions around the world........ READ MORE

From pajamas and lingerie to household items and hardware, a crew of identity thieves bought goods from stores after fraudulently making themselves authorized users of other people’s credit cards, authorities said Friday ........ READ MORE

BEIJING – A group of hackers linked to the Chinese military has stolen reams of sensitive data from more than 100 prominent American companies and organizations, according to an explosive new report. “The details we have analyzed during hundreds of investigations ........ READ MORE

Aman Sadenghi is in the business of destroying data. He warns business owners and consumers that when it comes to data, 'deleting' it might not mean what you think ....... READ MORE

Cyber security will become an increasingly complex and costly part of doing business, but caution and preparedness is a better alternative than getting hacked or duped by cyber thieves, security experts said today at a conference on the problem........ READ MORE