In the past few days, Google has been sending out notifications to employees after Sabre Hospitality Services experienced a breach in their reservation system. Sabre Breach Exposes Google Employee Data Although the American Banking Association still believes that banks are the current standard for security, the long list of breaches throughout the last year alone leave many consumers questioning just how secure their banks really are. Of the 100 largest US banks in the study, only 27% passed all 3 categories, while 65% failed in at least one category. The Online Trust Alliance recently conducted an anonymous study of 1,000 websites across many different sectors, to test for security, privacy, and consumer protection. Passwords for the remainder of the parliamentary staff have received a force reset to avoid any further exploitation of their systems.
Over the last week, multiple parliament members and other lawmakers in the UK have been the focus of cold-callers attempting to gain login credentials, following a successful brute force attack that compromised the credentials of several other officials. Who am I? I’m Connor Madsen, a Webroot Threat Research Analyst, and a guy with a passion for all things security. The Cyber News Rundown brings you the latest happenings in cyber news weekly.
