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Three things to remember from Verizon’s Data Brach Investigations Report

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 20 Apr 2015 11:00:22 +0000

Every year around this time, Verizon releases its Data Breach Investigations Report, referred to in the trade as simply the “DBIR.” Verizon is one of two companies you call if you’ve been breached and you really want to get to

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And in a story that should surprise no one, Target’s attack was unsophisticated

Dave Farquhar — Wed, 12 Mar 2014 11:00:20 +0000

I found a story today stating that the attackers who stole millions of credit cards from Target didn’t have to try very hard to hide. I wish I could say I was surprised. My boss says it this way: Amateurs

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Why the Target data breach news keeps getting worse, and what you need to do

Dave Farquhar — Mon, 13 Jan 2014 11:00:35 +0000

As you probably know, last year some still-unknown criminals stole a whole bunch of credit and debit card data from Target. And the story keeps changing. First there weren’t any PINs. Then they got the PINs, but no personally identifiable

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