All posts by Chris Tribbey

Imagine for a moment that your company has come under attack by a skilled hacker. The hacker has accessed your customers' names and contact information--and worse--your employees' ... More

Important Security Updates Adobe Flash Player: Adobe has released version 15.0.0.189 to fix at least 3 highly critical vulnerabilities reported in previous versions. Updates are a... More

Pay TV providers are spending more than ever on the rights to broadcast major national and international sports. They’re also facing more piracy threats than ever to that content... More

Sears Holding Co. late Friday said it recently discovered that point-of-sale registers at its Kmart stores were compromised by malicious software that stole customer credit and deb... More

Google has received nearly 145,000 requests from people in Europe looking to polish their online reputations, according to numbers released by the company. That's an average of mo... More

Imagine a world suddenly devoid of doors. None in your home, on dressing rooms, on the entrance to the local pub or even on restroom stalls at concert halls. The controlling author... More

AT&T the telecommunications company is in the news for security breach of its customers. An employee working in the company was the cause for this illegal act putting the compa... More

In a recent New York Times article, Hana Beshara, founder of NinjaVideo, the now defunct illegal online streaming site for TV and movies, says she is unrepentant for creating a sit... More

Security researchers recently discovered that more than 17,000 Macs around the world have been infected by a new OS X malware threat called "iWorm," which at one point used Reddit.... More

Two weeks ago, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced the creation of a new cyber defense authority to defend Israel’s civilian networks. This is the latest in a ser... More

Speaking to the BBC's Tech Tent radio show, Troels Oerting said that law enforcers needed to target the "rather limited group of good programmers." "We roughly know who they are. ... More

Computer and software industry maker HP is in the process of notifying customers about a seemingly harmless security incident in 2010 that nevertheless could prove expensive for th... More

Important Security Updates Dropbox: Dropbox has released version 2.10.39 for its file hosting program. Updates are available at Dropbox’s website. Google Chrome: Google has rel... More

Since December, a rash of hacks have hit retailers, a major bank, and even a gourmet sandwich chain. Target, Home Depot, JP Morgan Chase, and Jimmy John had complex malware unleash... More

Stan Stahl, President of Citadel Information Group, sits with Serene Davis, an Underwriter with Beazley, to discuss cyber breaches and what companies can do to protect themselves f... More

Apple has released updates to insulate Mac OS X systems from the dangerous “Shellshock” bug, a pervasive vulnerability that is already being exploited in active attacks. After... More

The FBI's Malware Investigator portal will soon be available to security researchers, academics and businesses. As reported by Threatpost, the US law enforcement agency's tool is ... More

When it comes to social engineering, Pogo, the central character of a long-running American comic strip, said it best. "We have met the enemy and he is us." It was 1971 when Walt ... More

The string of data breaches at Target, Home Depot, JPMorgan Chase, and so many other major brands has reinvigorated the cyberinsurance industry. Cyberinsurance, which originally w... More