There’s a Sophos T-shirt that warns you, “Dance like nobody’s watching. Encrypt like everyone is.” We aren’t kidding, folks, and this week’s 60 Second Security tells you why!
Tag Archives: Data loss
Stolen logins for US government agencies found all over the web
A CIA-backed company has discovered government login credentials for 47 agencies dumped on the open web.
Sony’s post-breach woes continue as WikiLeaks dumps 276,000 more documents
WikiLeaks appears to be celebrating the third anniversary of Julian Assange’s unplanned Ecuadorian embassy stay by releasing another cache of Sony documents, including an alleged bribery investigation.
SSCC 203 – What’s the worst sort of service to have a password breach? [PODCAST]
Join Sophos security experts John Shier and Paul Ducklin as they dig into the latest security news in our regular “Chet Chat” podcast. This week: LastPass, Facebook, Windows 10 (and not-quite-the-end of XP), Samsung, and the Android ecosystem.
FBI investigates Cardinals for breaking into Astros’ database in baseball data theft
The FBI is investigating one of the best baseball teams in the US after it allegedly broke into a database belonging to one of the worst.
Bad news! LastPass breached. Good news! You should be OK…
LastPass, a company that makes a popular password manager, just found out that crooks got into its network. But if you picked a proper password, you should be OK…
IRS announces 2016 anti-fraud arrangements – but do they go far enough? [POLL]
As a result of the IRS breach announced in May 2015, changes are afoot in how US tax returns will be authenticated in 2016. Are they enough? Have your say in our poll…
49 busted in Europe for Man-in-the-Middle bank attacks
A multination bust nabbed 49 people on suspicion of using Man-in-the-Middle attacks to sniff out and intercept payment requests from email.
Feds seize man’s computers in raids connected to celebrity nude photo hack
The FBI’s investigation points to a ring of thieves who used phishing and password-reset scams to crack celebrities’ iCloud and email accounts and steal nude images.
Steel bin maker Brabantia breached, trashes passwords just to be safe
It’s not clear what data the intruders might have grabbed, but Brabantia said that it wasn’t financial. Nor were passwords accessed. 