06 Feb 2014 // Andrew Stroup
If you’re a reporter covering the Sochi Winter Olympics, toxic water, open manhole covers, unheated rooms, and having your personal information compromised are among several of the amenities you can count on. While many news outlets have been covering the more visible eyesores of these olympic games, Richard Engel of NBC news had his own experience with the vast underworld of Russian hackers within minutes of arriving in Russia. Shortly after logging onto his computer he received a suspicious email and clicked on a link, and within the next 24 hours the security of his computer and phone were fully compromised.
04 Feb 2014 // Andrew Stroup
Most of us are pretty bad at picking secure passwords, and as it turns out the U.S. Government is no different. Several agencies, including the Internal Revenue Service, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Department of Education, and the Department of Homeland Security have been found to have serious deficiencies in their cybersecurity and password management systems that places reams of highly sensitive data at risk to being poached by hackers.
04 Feb 2014 // Andrew Stroup
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6iW-8xPw3k
02 Feb 2014 // Andrew Stroup
Every now and then the public gets to catch a glimpse of what goes on behind the scenes of a major broadcast television network. Over the past several years, these TV easter eggs have ranged from funny to obscene, but this particular incident takes it to a whole new level, security vulnerability.
02 Feb 2014 // Andrew Stroup
16 million people were impacted by the security breach focused at the German government. The attack primarily focused on emails and passwords and the hackers were successful in compromising over 600 [email][2] login details.
