Snapchat Privacy Blunder Piques Concerns About Insider Threats

Snap, the company behind the popular Snapchat social media app, has found itself in hot water after a recent report revealed that Snap employees were abusing their access to private user data – which includes location data, saved Snaps and phone numbers. According to a Thursday Motherboard report...

Verizon Data Breach Report Reveals Depth of Breach Problem

Last night, the fine folks at Verizon posted the 2009 version of the DBIR. I haven’t had time to do a full deep dive yet, but I thought I’d share my initial notes in the meantime. Stuff in italics is from the DBIR, regular text is me: 81 percent of organizations subject to PCI DSS had not been...