By Dexter Caffey, Founder and CEO, Smart Eye Technology The healthcare industry is currently one of the most lucrative targets for hackers. A recent report by a mobile security company shows that many digital health platforms have vulnerabilities that allow criminals to access medical health records, personal information, and even credit card and billing information. Cyber-thieves then use all this data at their disposal to commit financial/insurance fraud and identity theft. Healthcare organizations are usually…

Cybercriminals like to get in on a good thing. Case in point, mobile apps. We love using apps and they love making bogus ones—malicious apps designed to harm phones and possibly the person using them.   It’s no wonder that they target smartphones. They’re loaded with personal info and photos, in addition to credentials for banking and payment apps, all of which are valuable to loot or hold for ransom. Add in other powerful smartphone features like cameras, microphones, and GPS, and a compromised phone may allow a hacker to:  Snoop on your current location and everyday travels.  Hijack your passwords to social media, shopping, and financial accounts. Drain your wallet by racking up…

A student who hacked into a British university’s computer network and made thousands of dollars by selling the answers to exams has been sentenced to prison. Hayder Aljayyash, who is 29 and was born in Iraq, was welcomed into the UK as an asylum seeker. Between November 2017 and May 2019, Aljayyash illegally accessed the computer system of the University of South Wales where he had been studying for a master’s degree in embedded system…

A Ukrainian accused of decrypting the credentials of thousands of computers across the globe and selling them on the dark web has been extradited to the United States. US authorities indicted Glib Oleksandr Ivanov-Tolpintsev in October 2020 in connection with charges of conspiracy, trafficking in unauthorized access devices, and trafficking in computer passwords.  Polish authorities arrested 28-year-old Ivanov-Tolpintsev on October 3, 2020. The defendant, who is from Chernivtsi, Ukraine, was recently extradited to the US, where he…

Biometrics are moving beyond banks and joining fingerprints and faceprints as a way to confirm employee and customer identities. Image: Shutterstock/Carlos Amarillo As working from home moves from a temporary solution to the new normal, companies need new ways to secure data and protect internal networks . Banks are most likely to use voiceprints to authenticate users but more companies are considering this approach. Nuance Communications uses a voiceprint algorithm powered by a deep neural…

Formal charges have been filed against a deputy county clerk from Colorado who allegedly entered a county building and used her boss’s computer after being placed on paid leave.  Belinda Gail Knisley, who works for Mesa County, was placed on administrative leave by the county’s director of human resources on August 23.  According to an affidavit, the county suspended Knisley after receiving numerous complaints from multiple sources that she had “engaged in inappropriate, unprofessional conduct in…