Hot story of the week: California lawmaker, California Assembly Member Bonnie Lowenthal, introduced the “Right to Know Act 2013,” which would give citizens the right to see all the personal data companies have on them and with whom they’re sharing.“Privacy and data ownership is a hot-button issue within the tech community,” said VentureBeat. “Companies ranging [...]
This week, Kaspersky Lab discovered the first-known targeted attack to use Android malware, which targeted Tibetan activists and other ethnic groups in China. "The malware [used] a combination of e-mail hacking, ‘spear phishing’ and a Trojan built specifically for Android smartphones," said Ars Technica.Mashable said that the malware was "sent as an attachment in an [...]
Apple announced on Thursday that they’ve created a tool that strengthens password security for Apple accounts: two-step verification. This should come as no surprise since many companies now offer two-factor authentication after suffering from data breaches. (And remember the Mat Honan hack?)The New York Times reported that, “the security feature (must be turned on manually [...]
This past week, Google announced a novel idea for the future of passwords – a ring. Hardware authentication tokens aren’t a new concept, by any means, but Google thinks it’s time to bring this idea to a broader audience. Here’s a recap of the top news stories around this topic.Geek.com said that “Google is [currently] [...]
This past week, Evernote had the misfortune of being the latest hacking victim. More than 50 million users were asked to reset passwords. Here’s a recap of what a couple articles had to say about the hacking.The Los Angeles Times reported that “hackers were able to gain access to users’ email addresses, their user names [...]
Another year has come and gone and what a year it was! Experian looks back at the top five identity and security stories of 2012.Number 5: Anonymous claims it hacked PayPal, PayPal denies itOn its Twitter account, Anonymous claimed to have more than 28,000 passwords from PayPal, but the online purchasing store verified that the [...]
We did it again. Our Global ID Protector has been honored with another award—the International Business Awards has selected Experian’s Global ID Protector technology as the winner of the Silver Stevie Award for Best New B2B Product of the Year. As the only globally scalable comprehensive identity protection solution on the market, our technology has [...]
Experian’s CyberAgent technology scans more than 10,000 underground websites and forums per day—more than 600,000 individual web pages—for personal identifying information (PII) being bought and sold. This PII includes bits like Social Security Numbers, email addresses, passwords and credit and debit card numbers. In fact, the credit and debit card numbers often come with the [...]
Though Global ID Protector was only released this past August, it is already making a name for itself in the technology space. Global ID Protector is used by Fortune 500 international companies, has been deployed in more than 47 countries and has been translated into 15 languages. And in December, the Austin Business Journal awarded [...]
Startup America Partnership is an organization dedicated to supporting the growth of young companies that are bringing ideas to fruition while creating jobs. They provide entrepreneurs and companies of all types and stages with a directory of resources and connections, including regional ecosystems throughout the U.S.The organization recently wrote about Experian on their blog as [...]
