Jeff Goldman, Author at eSecurity Planet

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eSecurity Planet contributor Jeff Goldman has been a technology journalist for more than 20 years and an eSecurity Planet writer since 2009. He’s also written extensively about wireless and broadband infrastructure and semiconductor engineering. He started his career at MTV, but soon decided that technology writing was a more promising path.

IBM QRadar vs Splunk: Top SIEM Solutions Compared

Networks

February 9, 2018

IBM QRadar and Splunk are two of the top security information and event management (SIEM) solutions, but each product offers distinct benefits to potential buyers. Both SIEM solutions were…
Almost a Third of All U.S. Businesses Were Breached in 2017

Networks

December 27, 2017

Twenty-nine percent of U.S. businesses suffered a data breach in the past year, according to a recent HSB survey of 403 senior executives in the U.S., conducted by Zogby Analytics.…
Over 1.4 Billion Clear Text Login Credentials Found in Single Database on Dark Web

Networks

December 12, 2017

4iQ researchers recently came across a single 41 GB file containing a searchable database of more than 1.4 billion clear text login credentials on the dark Web. The largest-ever password…
3 Lessons to Learn from the Uber Breach

Networks

November 23, 2017

Uber yesterday admitted that it covered up a massive data breach of 57 million customers’ and 600,000 drivers’ information in late 2016 by paying the hackers a $100,000 ransom. In…
Two Thirds of Americans Worry About Hackers, Identity Theft

Threats

November 7, 2017

Sixty-six percent of American adults worry frequently or occasionally about being a victim of identity theft, and 67 percent worry frequently or occasionally about having their personal or financial…
Deloitte Suffers Major Data Breach Without Multi-Factor Authentication

Networks

September 26, 2017

The Guardian recently broke the news that the accounting firm Deloitte was hit last year by a cyber attack that exposed the confidential emails and plans of at least six…
Unpatched Open Source Software Flaw Blamed for Massive Equifax Breach

Networks

September 12, 2017

A Baird Equity Research report [PDF] blamed the recent Equifax breach that exposed 143 million consumers’ personal information on a security flaw in the open source Apache Struts framework, which…
Most Small to Mid-Sized Organizations Don’t Use Multi-Factor Authentication

Networks

August 16, 2017

While only 38 percent of large organizations don’t use multi-factor authentication to protect user accounts, 62 percent of small to mid-sized organizations do not use MFA, a recent KnowBe4 survey…
Managing Insider Threats: Bupa Insurance Breach Affects 547,000 Customers

Networks

July 18, 2017

International health insurance provider Bupa Global recently acknowledged that an employee had inappropriately accessed and removed information on 108,000 health insurance policies covering a total of 547,000 current and former…
BYOD Blamed for Massive Cryptocurrency Breach

Endpoint

July 10, 2017

The personal information of about 30,000 customers of the South Korean cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb was recently exposed when a Bithumb employee’s home computer was hacked, according to Yonhap News. While…