Category: Information Security

• Information Security

  Data Breach Exposes Hundreds of Student Records The personal information of Palo Alto High School students was published via a website that allowed students to see class ranking, grade-point averages and identification numbers. BY SHARON NOGUCHI, THE MERCURY NEWS / OCTOBER 9, 2017

  via Data Breach Exposes Hundreds of Student Records

  October 13, 2017
• Information Security

  Since new forms of cybercrime are on the rise, traditional techniques seem to be shifting towards more clandestine that involve the exploitation of standard system tools and protocols, which are not always monitored. Security researchers at Cisco’s Talos threat research group have discovered one such attack campaign spreading malware-equipped Microsoft Word documents that perform code execution on the targeted device without requiring Macros enabled or memory corruption.

  via MS Office Built-in Feature Allows Malware Execution Without Macros Enabled

  October 13, 2017
• Information Security

  Compliancy Group Announces HIPAA Compliance Checklist 2018

  http://www.prweb.com/releases/2017/10/prweb14795134.htm

  October 13, 2017
• Information Security

  The Equifax breach, and somethings you might not have thought of….

  The recent Equifax breach has brought a lot of attention to Cyber/Information Security. All the information you need to assume someones identity was stolen. The standard warnings, and tips on how to combat this theft has been repeated. Here are some items I foresee happening, and that you should prepare…

  October 13, 2017