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Forever 21 Breach Lasted Over Seven Months
If you shopped in a brick-and-mortar Forever 21 store this year, your credit card information may have been compromised due to the company’s failure to turn on encryption in some of its point-of-sale (POS) terminals which resulted in a 7-month ... »
You CAN teach an old dog new tricks, according to the 2015 ransomware variant, TorrentLocker
It’s been quiet since 2015, but TorrentLocker has suddenly returned. And this time it wants to steal your passwords too. A ransomware variant which has been relatively inactive for almost two years is back, and this time it’s stealing user ... »
What really is Ransomware?
We’re writing this post specifically for the people who have absolutely no idea what ransomware is, or those who have heard the buzz word but don’t really know what it means. It’s easy to read the word, and assume a ... »
Dangers of Selling Old Hard Drives and Devices
If you were at our annual Camp Secure Sense this year, then you will remember the compelling presentation by Fortinet’s Senior Security Strategist, Aamir Lakhani. Lakhani spoke about the reality of digital breadcrumbs being left behind, without the realization. He ... »
iMessage Vulnerability Discovered
Researchers from Johns Hopkins University have discovered a flaw that allows skilled attackers to intercept and decrypt video and images sent on iMessage. Apple partially fixed the flaw in the latest iOS 9, but the exploit leaves versions prior vulnerable. ... »