By MacDonnell Ulsch, CEO & Chief Analyst The Cyber Enemy and How It Uses the Internet Shortly after the Boston Marathon bombing, another case, overshadowed by the Boston attack, was reported in the press.  It is the case of two Al Qaeda affiliated terrorists in Canada. They stand accused by the government of “conspiring to [...]

CyberBreach Situation Report – April By MacDonnell Ulsch, CEO & Chief Analyst Executive Risk Councils Vital to Managing Cyber Risk Cyber-attack impact is variable—and virtually assured.  Fail to adequately safeguard information and the pain is quickly felt: regulatory scrutiny, fines, civil and even criminal litigation, loss of market value, loss of customer base, loss of [...]

Who remembers this commercial from the early 1980s?  There are two auto mechanics in the shot.  One, the speaker, tell us that these days he is turning a lot of his repair work over to the other mechanic who performs, it would appear, complete engine rebuilds.  The announcer, who apparently runs the maintenance portion of [...]

FTC Halts Computer Spying: http://t.co/v9dbreHQ

Hacker who infected 72K computers gets prison sentence: http://t.co/csxFQm7p

South Shore Hospital Will Pay $750,000 To Settle Data Breach Allegations: http://t.co/Uh3XtFFY

700,000 CA social services records lost—on microfiche: http://t.co/PqPIuMWS

Hackers increasingly targeting the point-of-sale systems of smaller merchants who are less likely to be PCI compliant: http://t.co/oM5n4WFr

Failure to understand hackers led to Sony security woes: http://t.co/yR1LAhKa

Release of exploit code puts Oracle Database users at risk of attack: http://t.co/Hx6cdUmI