Lewis Morgan Archive
The Trump Hotels chain has once again suffered a data breach involving credit card information. A notice posted on its website earlier this week, explained that an unauthorized party had gained “access to guest information associated with certain hotel reservations.” …
This must-have book by Leron Zinatullin considers information security from differing viewpoints in order to gain insight into security issues relating to human behavior, helping security professionals understand how a security culture that contextualizes risk promotes compliance. Based on insights …
A university was recently victim to a cyber attack from its own vending machines and lampposts (among other devices), according to a preview of Verizon’s 2017 Data Breach Digest. Thousands of Domain Name Service (DNS) lookups The university’s network of …
Competitive gaming community E-Sports Entertainment Association (ESEA) has had its customer data leaked after cyber criminals held the data to ransom. A security warning was released by ESEA on December 30th, stating that cyber criminals had got hold of customer …
It’s been suggested to President-elect Donald Trump that he should appoint a cybersecurity ambassador, who should focus on creating rules to align the world’s efforts to reduce cyber attacks. The Presidential Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity presented a 100-page document …
One of the largest video sharing platforms, Dailymotion, has been hacked. LeakedSource, a breach notification service, announced on Monday that it had obtained 85.2 million records of Dailymotion user details from an anonymous hacker. ZDNet verified a sample of the …
It’s week two of National Cyber Security Awareness Month, and the focus is on cybersecurity culture. September’s list of data breaches and cyber attacks highlighted that data breaches caused by staff – or threats that were ignored by staff and …
From a distance of 12 miles, hackers from Keen Security Lab used a laptop to manipulate the braking system of a Tesla Model S. The Keen Security Lab team reported their findings to Tesla before going public. Tesla has since …
Hotel and resorts chain HEI has announced a data breach affecting customers’ payment card information. The breach was announced via a notice on HEI’s website: “Unfortunately, like many other organizations, we recently became aware that several of our properties may …
As we head into the longest uninterrupted period of the year, organizations would be smart to begin their ISO 27001 implementation project as soon as possible, in an effort to combat cyber threats. Cybersecurity is a challenge for companies of …
