A detective investigates a police department ransomware attack that caused 10 months of lost work and searches for the hacker's IP address for clues on their identity and motive.
Outsourcing IT infrastructure can lead to lost credentials and difficulty in managing security risks, as well as make companies more vulnerable to intellectual property theft.
A hacker gained access to the entire user database of VTech, a company that produces educational toys and gadgets for children, compromising sensitive personal information of millions of users, including first and last names, email addresses, encrypted passwords, secret questions and answers, home addresses, and IP addresses.
A security analyst was able to find hard-coded credentials, including a username and password, in a mobile app's plist file. These credentials were then used to gain access to a server with an open manager console.
A discussion about searching for a parody account on Twitter, including the potential consequences for the account holder if their identity is revealed.