An estimated 17.6 million persons, or 7% of all U.S. residents age 16 or older, were victims of one or more incidents of identity theft in 2014…Among identity theft victims, existing bank (38%) or credit card (42%) accounts were the most common types of misused information.
Analyst firm Gartner have just released its Forecast Analysis: Information Security, Worldwide, 2Q15 Update. The forecast states that worldwide spending on information security will reach a whopping $75.4 billion, up almost 5% over 2014.
According to several media reports, a group of hackers who call themselves ‘Hack for Trump’ have tried to extort $30,000 USD after compromising a Bahamas-based financial services group.
Social media giant Twitter is facing a class action lawsuit for allegedly ‘eavesdropping’ on private messages between users, according to a media report from RT Network.
At the recent HP Protect Conference 2015 last week, Hewlett-Packard announced a brand new analytics service to help organisations improve security.
Research from IT security company Rapid 7 shows that WiFi-enabled baby monitors are more vulnerable to hackers than previously reported.
