A new Harris Poll for the American Institute of CPAs (AICPA), which called 1,006 U.S. adults for the report, shows interesting statistics regarding American adults’ attitudes and fears about identity theft and financial loss as a result of cyber intrusions. The poll’s conclusion is that 48 percent of U.S. adults believe that identity theft will
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Privacy Tip #126 – Employee Training and Education Continues to be “Best” Cyberdefense
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Privacy Tips
It is a myth that employees hate training and education. I have seen it with my own eyes. It is very exciting to watch an audience visibly cover their mouths when real life stories are told about cyber-attacks and phishing incidents that employees’ conduct cause because they are working too fast, not paying attention to…
Authorities Investigating Cyber Intrusion of Numerous U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Cybersecurity
It’s scary to think about, but anything that is online is hackable. Including critical infrastructure like nuclear power plants.
It has been reported that U.S. authorities are investigating a cyber intrusion that has hit numerous nuclear power generation sites in the past few months.
The attack has been named “Nuclear 17.” Although details of the…
Eddie Bauer Latest Victim of Point-of-Sale Compromise
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
Eddie Bauer announced on August 18 that it is the latest retailer who has become a victim of a “sophisticated” cyber intrusion that has all of the cash registers in the 350 Eddie Bauer stores throughout the U.S. and Canada.
The malware compromised the point-of-sale system and compromised the names, credit and debit card numbers,…
KPMG Survey Finds That Shoppers Care about Retail Data Breaches
By Linn Foster Freedman on
Posted in Data Breach
On the heels of Eddie Bauer’s notification of a cyber intrusion affecting all of its retail stores in the U.S. and Canada, KPMG has released a study showing that almost one-fifth of respondents to a survey said they would avoid a retailer that was a target of a successful cyber intrusion, even if the company…