A History of Hacking: Timeline Infographic
Hacking has remained a fine-tuned craft of the ages; from a breach of telegraph messages in 1903 to the Target breach of just late last year, our ideas of security have evolved, as well as our tactics.
Hacking has remained a fine-tuned craft of the ages; from a breach of telegraph messages in 1903 to the Target breach of just late last year, our ideas of security have evolved, as well as our tactics.
Following the investigation into a breach, the unraveling of the mess afterward can take months, and even years to resolve. Learn who's liable in this situation by taking a look at the cases of Target and The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA).
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was the target of three separate breaches, according to DarkReading.com and NextGov.com.
According to an analyst at CERT/CC’s Vulnerability Notes Database, certain Netgear switches contain hard-coded passwords that can allow a remote attacker to authenticate to the web server running on the device.
> When it comes to the 2014 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), web application, cyber-espionage and POS intrusions topped off the list of most frequently occurring categories of data breaches.
Breaches of card data and point of sale systems often involve remote access management tools, as attackers scan for remote administration software, then use automated tools to break into weakly protected systems.
> If you haven’t enabled two-factor on your PayPal account, you must like living dangerously. With the prevalence of phishing and other credential stealing techniques, relying solely on a password to protect your financially-lucrative accounts is a bad idea.
> Researchers at Duo Labs, the advanced research team at Duo Security, discovered that it is possible to bypass PayPal’s two-factor authentication Security Key mechanism, in PayPal nomenclature.
According to the IBM Security Services 2014 Cyber Security Intelligence Index, over 95 percent of all incidents investigated recognize human error as a contributing factor.
> In the case of large-scale retail data breaches, class action lawsuits have been brought against the corporations with claims that they did not implement strong enough security standards to keep consumer data safe.