DDoS attacks, zero-day vulnerabilities, phishing, ransomware, click fraud: Never a day goes by without cyber attacks compromising government, corporate and private data. A quick read through the Cyberwire Briefings shows this is not limited to organizations in the U.S. but is happening around the world, resulting in stolen personal data, infected hard drives, crippled infrastructure and compromised networks, just to name a few problems.
In May 2016, Linkedin’s corporate blog announced that, “we became aware of an additional set of data that had just been released that claims to be email and hashed password combinations of more than 100 million LinkedIn members” from a theft in 2012. It advised all Linkedin members to change their passwords.
Cyber attacks, the scourge of the internet, aren’t going away anytime soon. For some, it’s reason to recoil from the internet and delete social-media accounts; but for others, it’s an opportunity to educate and build a workforce knowledgeable about cybersecurity. For the full article click here
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