The world of online gambling has exploded in popularity, offering convenience and excitement to millions of players worldwide. But, with this digital gold rush comes a host of cybersecurity risks and challenges that affect gambling companies, players, and the third-party vendors who support them. There are risks, challenges, and opportunities for online gaming companies, the folks who partake in online gambling, and the third-party vendors who are there to help keep systems and data secure.[1]
data breaches (5)
Healthcare companies are using electronic records and tapping digital services more than ever. That is also creating more opportunities for cybercriminals, who already have exposed the private medical information of millions of patients and bolsters the case for the industry to make security priority No. 1, experts say. Healthcare breaches have exposed 385 million patient records from 2010 to 2022, federal records show, though individual patient records could be counted multiple times.
Hacking
Today, organizations face cyber security incidents across every sector. Data breaches are one of the most prevalent. If we were to define a data breach, it would be, “the intentional or unintentional release of secure information to an untrusted environment” (National Forum on Education Statistics). [1]
A data breach can come from a variety of sources, including:
- Internal threats—Actors within an organization.
- External threats—Actors from outside an organization.
- Intentional breaches—Breaches
Some things seem to come full circle. Morse Code was invented in the 1800’s by Samuel Morse when he worked with an electrical telegraph system sending pulses of electric current and an electromagnet. His code used the pulse and breaks between them to transmit information. Popular with amateur radio operators, this code is no longer required if you want to get a pilots or air traffic controller license, though these individuals often have a basic understanding of the code. Morse code is a meth
The US federal authorities will soon begin sharing hashes of compromised passwords found in the course of its cybercrime investigations with Have I Been Pwned (HIBP), the data breach notification service. The password hashes will contribute to Pwned Passwords, a service used to help warn users against reusing passwords that have been leaked in data breaches, says Troy Hunt, the Australian developer who created Have I Been Pwned
The stolen and leaked data the FBI comes across in investigations,
