If you have been on any social media site in the past week, you’ve seen the article Buzzfeed released on October 6, 2014. They’re being called beacons. It is a rapidly spreading technology that is currently taking over the advertising world. What Are Beacons? These beacons send out signals that push advertisements to your…
Over the past few months, we have highlighted some of the biggest hacker attacks launched against a variety of different organizations. The purpose of the series was to show readers a few things: The risks that criminal hackers pose are real Any organization is at risk regardless of size or industry The way an organization…
A month ago, the term “Boleto” might not have been familiar to anyone who is not from Brazil but that hasn’t stopped it from working its way into the vernacular of many other languages after Boleto were stolen for billions of dollars. A popular method of payment in Brazil, the Boleto is a payment plan…
Even companies whose aim is to help others aren’t immune to attacks from computer hackers looking to steal payment card information. Recently there have been a number of reports that Goodwill Industries was investigating a possible data breach that would have exposed debit and credit cards used to purchase items in various Goodwill stores. The…
When people think of retailers being hacked they often conjure up images of payment card data being stolen from point of sale terminals as we have recently seen in the incidents surrounding Target, Neiman Marcus and Michaels. However, craftier hackers can always find ways to leverage any information they are able to access in order…
All too often when people think of a data breach they immediately expect that payment card data or financial information was stolen from a retailer or other company that handles financial records. However, other types of data can be much more lucrative targets for hackers. In May of 2014, it was discovered that attackers had…