Jay Rollins

2018 Marriott Data Breach cost $28 Million So Far

Marriott disclosed that a November 30th breach exposed 500 million customer records after hackers breached the company’s Starwood network. Lost to the malicious actors were names, addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, email addresses, passport numbers, reservation data and some credit card information. Insurance has covered the first $25 million in costs, but Marriott is on

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DHS Warns of increased Russian Malicious Cyber Activity

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the United Kingdom’s (UK) National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) released a joint Technical Alert (TA) about malicious cyber activity carried out by the Russian Government. The U.S. Government refers to malicious cyber activity by the Russian government as GRIZZLY STEPPE. NCCIC encourages users

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SEC Hack from 2016 impacts Trading

The Boston Herald and the Associated Press reports the following: http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2017/09/sec_hack_used_to_make_illegal_gains Hackers who breached a Securities and Exchange Commission filing system may have used information to make illegal trades in 2016, the agency’s chairman said in an extended statement last night. SEC Chairman Jay Clayton said in a statement posted last night on the SEC’s

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465,000 Pacemakers Being Recalled by FDA due to Security Vulnerability

Users of pacemakers built by Abbott Labs are being recalled by the FDA.  The units have a flaw that allows the device to be compromised by hacking.  The vulnerability allows a cyber criminal to quickly drain the battery of a pacemaker or change it’s operation. The recall is voluntary, but patients who have the pacemaker

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