Data Security

A suspicious domain, misdepatrment[.]com, resembles a legitimate domain for technology services provider MIS Department Inc., which counts among its clients the DNC.

A brief privacy representation in the acquisition agreement between Microsoft and LinkedIn basically says the two companies will follow their own privacy policies and the law.

Colleges and universities are generally considered settings for learning, openness, and ideas. Students and professors alike are encouraged to explore new thinking and push boundaries. The best academic universities on the planet have entire departments focused on researching subjects unconsidered universally.

An unencrypted database was discovered containing 154 million records of U.S. voters, including addresses, phone numbers, political party, income range, ethnicity, age, and voting history.

Law enforcement officials in Knox County, Ill. earlier this week arrested a longtime IT employee of Abingdon-Avon School District #276 on electronic eavesdropping charges in connection with a recent data breach, according to local reports.

The 2016 Cost of a Data Breach Study conducted by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by IBM was released in mid-June. One thing the report fails to do is focus on how organizations are improving or declining year over year. Luckily, past reports are still available, enabling a side-by-side look at a few of the key findings.

PandaLabs was able to work around the password to access the server controlling PunkeyPOS without credentials because the bad guys didn't properly configure it, the researchers said.