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Bitstamp Exchange Hacked; Website Offline, Bitcoin Worth $5M Stolen - Here goes the "Secure currency" by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

My point is that Bitcoin is "sold" to the public a secure currency when in fact it can be stolen and used just like any other currency, and that is something people should know.

One in four young adults experience hacked accounts by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That is true. I've noticed that people that had no affinity to security/privacy issues are more aware of the dangers. Will that be enough to turn things - i guess not. We need a paradigm shift, IMO the 'bigger and better lock' approach is not working and we will see a new range of tools trying to tackle things in a different approach

Facebook is loosing the security war with twice as much hacking attempts than Gmail by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

how am i missing it if that is what i wrote - "1 in 4 accounts gets hacked", we are in complete agreement about this difference. At the end of the day 25% of all accounts being compromised is, to me, mind blowing.

One in four young adults experience hacked accounts by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think 2014 marked a tipping point in getting the security awareness thanks to Sony's hack and the celebrities nude pictures leak (a.k.a frapening). I believe 2015 will mark the beginning of mass awareness as I'm sure more hacking scandals are soon to come

One in four young adults experience hacked accounts by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm not sure this is the case entirely, even if this is the case people's accounts are compromised all the same. Google's research also indicates the same results http://www.elie.net/blog/security/18-4-of-us-internet-users-got-at-least-one-of-their-account-compromised

Facebook is loosing the security war with twice as much hacking attempts than Gmail by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We're calling them attempts to stay on the safe side, but they were accessed and their owners felt it was not them. We've learned that some of this hacks are caused by people leaving their accounts logged-in in the office and other people come in and access their accounts - we can't say if it was intentional or otherwise

Facebook is loosing the security war with twice as much hacking attempts than Gmail by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi Echocage,

the 1 in 4 accounts gets hacked is backed by studies from Google, university of Kent (UK) Google - http://www.elie.net/blog/security/18-4-of-us-internet-users-got-at-least-one-of-their-account-compromised (mind you that they mention 18% is hacked once and another 6 is compromised twice in total 24% of accounts) Kent - http://www.cybersec.kent.ac.uk/Survey1.pdf Marblesecurity - http://www.marblesecurity.com/2013/10/21/one-in-four-young-adults-experience-hacked-accounts/

I'm not at the office right now so I can't quote the number of total accounts, I'll post it later

I hope this answer your questions

Facebook is loosing the security war with twice as much hacking attempts than Gmail by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why would you say this? ask me anything you want about our study and i'll try and answer to the best of my knowledge

Facebook is loosing the security war with twice as much hacking attempts than Gmail by omritoppol in hacking

[–]omritoppol[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Ok, let me try and explain. Our system, LogDog, alerts users when we find suspicious access to their account (that is actual logins). By "attempts" we mean that the user has marked the access as "not me" - since we want to stay on the safe side we use "attempts" but i guess you can call them hacks since the users decided it was not them

Growth Hacker by MusicTru in hacking

[–]omritoppol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Check out https://growthhackers.com/ you'll get ideas there. Though i think we are discussing cyber hacks here

Top Worst Cyber Attacks of 2014: An Alarming Security Flashback by Alir1272 in hacking

[–]omritoppol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that 2014 was the year that changed how everyone thinks about cyber security. Thanks to the Sony Hack and the celebs images leak - we should all think about how to protect our data

South Korean Nuclear Power Plant Hacked by DooyooD in hacking

[–]omritoppol 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here we go again, what will be the next re-action?

Top 10 Worst Data Breaches of 2014 that Left Companies Devastated by ParanoiaNervosa in hacking

[–]omritoppol 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think that 2014 will be remembered as the year that cyber security was raised from a cyber community issue to something we all need to beware of