Tag Archives: encryption

In the Wake of Backdoor.Regin: Accounting for the State Sponsored Threat

Recently the Symantec Corporation uncovered a highly sophisticated, modular piece of malware that has been infecting computers in a variety of countries as far back as 2008 – Backdoor.regin has characteristics beyond those of modern malware and is already generally accepted as a product of nation-state cyber espionage. The implant likely took considerable resources and […]

Some Mortgage Lenders May Be Putting Sensitive Financial Data At Risk, Finds HALOCK

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE HALOCK Investigation finds that over 70% of mortgage lenders may be putting sensitive financial data at risk through their application processes Schaumburg, IL, January 29, 2014: Cybersecurity firm HALOCK Security Labs found many of the nation’s large and small mortgage lenders allow for information sharing practices that may put applicants’ personal and […]