Hackers Target Anti-DDoS Firm Staminus
Staminus Communications Inc., a California-based Internet hosting provider that specializes in protecting customers from massive “distributed denial of service” (DDoS) attacks aimed at knocking sites offline, has itself apparently been massively hacked. Staminus’s...
IRS Reports 700,000 U.S. Taxpayers Hacked And 47 Million ‘Get Transcripts’ Ordered
The IRS has filed an amended statement on the ‘Get Transcript’ hack — which reports that 700,000 U.S. taxpayer accounts were accessed or targeted, and 47 million transcripts have been ordered to date. In January 2014, Get Transcript launched on the IRS website. The...
The Tsunami in 2016 that is NIST (SP) 800-171
2015 was the year of the hacker. There is no segment that was left un-scathed from breaches, attacks, or disruption. Dozens of hospital patient record databases were breached, multiple fortune X corporation’s customer data exposed, and anyone who holds or has held a...
Rob Enderle – Product of the Week
The “Enigma” name comes from an encryption machine Germany developed and used very successfully in the Second World War, until Alan Turing helped crack it. Turing — who arguably was key to winning the war for the Allies and then, as a twisted thank...