BreachFacebook transitions to secure browsing by default for everyoneAdam GreenbergAugust 1, 2013Nearly every Facebook URL will be prefaced by 'HTTPS' now that the popular social network has transitioned to default secure browsing.
BreachBlack Hat: Crackable algorithms prompt need for improved password hashingDanielle WalkerAugust 1, 2013Researchers discussed the dilemma impacting compromised companies, and users who've had their ill-protected passwords exposed.
BreachSQL injection attacks still enable breaches, all these years laterAdam GreenbergJuly 31, 2013Despite more than a decade of awareness, SQL injection has proven to be so damagingly effective for hackers that it remains a healthy attack technique.
Risk Assessments/ManagementLaptop theft leads to compromised student health recordsAdam GreenbergJuly 31, 2013Health records for 2,000 Fairfax County public school students could be exposed after a laptop was stolen from a school nurse's vehicle.
BreachUS Airways employees notified of potential data compromiseAdam GreenbergJuly 30, 2013A programming error experienced by the payroll vendor for US Airways may have allowed employees to see wage information belonging to their colleagues.
Risk Assessments/ManagementSyrian Electronic Army hacks Viber App Store account listingAdam GreenbergJuly 29, 2013Accused of spying on and tracking users, mobile app provider Viber continues to be attacked by Syrian Electronic Army.
BreachPatients notified after resident doctors store their data on GoogleAdam GreenbergJuly 29, 2013More than 3,000 patients at an Oregon hospital were notified of their information being stored in an unauthorized cloud service.
BreachSEC employee data inadvertently leakedAdam GreenbergJuly 26, 2013SEC employee data was discovered on the computer network of a separate agency.
