cybersecurity

Yahoo Hack: Likely Cybercrime, Not State-Sponsored

Sep 30, 2016

by Alexis Corn Yahoo’s confirmation that a state-sponsored actor stole information from at least 500 million user accounts in 2014 marks the largest breach in known history. The multinational technology company and email provider announced on Tumblr that hackers stole names, email addresses, phone numbers, birth dates, hashed passwords and,...

Cyber Security and NSA Breach: Hack or Insider Threat?

Aug 17, 2016

Yesterday morning, August 16th, our Predata signals detected a buzz. The cybercrime signal was 3.06 sigmas away from the mean, the spike being triggered by inquires into the NSA hack and online conversations among people discussing the topic. Using the signals as a jumping off point, it was clear something was...