Digital records kept by medical providers contain highly sensitive data, such as test results, diagnoses, and financial information. And chances are very good that somewhere there is medical data server holding information about you. So, it’s easy to see why the...
Imagine yourself elbow to elbow with a crowd of pre-Christmas shoppers at your favorite department store or retail outlet. Your cell phone rings. It’s an automated call from your bank. The bank’s security department is calling to warn you that an identity thief may...
In 2008, a Fox News article reported that two 18-year-olds in Orange County, California, hacked into their school’s computer network to alter grades and steal test material. One of the boys had infiltrated the school network multiple times and was charged with 69...
Nearly all computer users have experienced the invasion of tracking devices known as cookies. These devices invade a computer when a user visits merchant or other websites while looking for a great deal or just researching product information. Consumers dislike...
The global security firm RSA, a major provider of data encryption and identity assurance, announced back in March that it had been hacked. As disturbing as the initial revelation was, there is now even more bad news: The cyber attack that compromised RSA also...
