"Life is short. Have an affair." This is the slogan of AshleyMadison.com; the latest victim of a data breach. Large caches of data have been stolen and threatened to be posted online by a group…

CryptoWall is a Trojan virus whose purpose is to lock your files and hold them for ransom. For cybercriminals, it is one of the most profitable tools they have at their disposal. According to US-Cert…

WatchPoint Data has compiled a list of the most serious threats for the past few weeks. More news on the recent Federal Government Office of Personnel Management (OPM) attacks this week. It is now…

In Iowa, you’re either a Hawkeye fan or aCyclone fan. With no pro baseball, basketball or football teams, we take our college sports very seriously. Most minor hacks and attacks don’t make the major…

WatchPoint Data has compiled a list of the most serious threats and cybersecurity news for this week.

1990's Cyber Security Twenty years ago, if you talked about computer security no one really knew what you were talking about. OK, so people had heard of encryption, but anything else, like access…

It’s been an active start to the month of June. One of the industries own was hit with a very sophisticated hack. Russia’s Kaspersky, a world leader in Anti-Virus and Anti-Hacking software, was the…

A few days ago an event occurred that shocked the world of cyber security. One of the industry’s own, the Russian anti-virus firm, Kaspersky was hacked. The hack, known as Duqu 2.0 has been described…

In as little as three steps, cybercriminals can turn a 1,500% profit per month by infecting victims with ransomware. By spending about $5,900, criminals would get the ransomware malicious code, an…