HBO is taking a proactive approach. Plepler called for employees to be notified even before news of the hack broke. “It was one of the best examples of how to react to a crisis and communicate to your employees,” says Nigam. “I’ve never seen it happen this fast.” (With Sony, it took then-chairman Michael Lynton 12 days to email employees about the status, though he was in largely unchartered waters at the time.)
Source: HBO Hack: Insiders Fear Leaked Emails as Probe Widens | Hollywood Reporter
“Most small-business owners take the attitude of ‘Why would anybody care about me? I’m just the little guy.’ It’s because you’re the little guy that you’re of interest,” says Hemu Nigam, founder of SSP Blue, an internet security consultant business, and the former vice president of internet enforcement at the Motion Picture Association of America. “Hackers love small businesses [because] they don’t have the resources to put in high-end cybersecurity protection and they may not be consciously aware they are
Source: 14 million US businesses are at risk of a hacker threat
“This one is the most entertaining and clever thinking by hackers I’ve seen,” said Hemu Nigam, a former federal prosecutor for computer crimes and current chief executive of SSP Blue, a cybersecurity company.
Source: How a fish tank helped hack a casino – The Washington Post
Although Verizon said that the PINs alone can’t help access online accounts, Hemu Nigam, a cybersecurity analyst at SSP Blue, said he would still advise customers to change their PINs because they could give people access to other accounts they use. “The unfortunate part is if you use that PIN, you’re probably using a similar PIN for other situations, so once I have that I can test that PIN on other things,” he said. “Verizon’s relationship with the customer is not at risk, but the customer is now at risk
Source: Why you should change your Verizon PIN right now – The Washington Post
TheDarkOverlord hacking collective claims to have studio films: “We’re in the business of earning vast amounts of internet money.”
Source: Netflix, ABC Hacker Promises More Leaks: “Hollywood Is Under Attack” | Hollywood Reporter
“Hackers are playing reality games of the worst kind — causing real damage after making real threats,” says Hemanshu Nigam, a former federal prosecutor of online crime in Los Angeles and onetime chief security officer for News Corp. “These leaks can directly limit how many viewers will actually watch because the leak spoils the ending.”
But for those viewing pirated goods, nothing comes free. Nigam says hackers often put ransomware into leaked pirated content in an effort to attack the fan base.
“Hackers have paired up with pirates to inject anyone searching or downloading leaked content with malware of all kinds to steal info, spy on you or destroy your computer with ransomware,” says Nigam.
Bottom Line — Should companies like Facebook be allowed to create end to end encryption communication apps? Does this become a tool for terrorist to avoid detection as they plan their next attack?
Source: Britain reopens privacy debate after attack, presses tech firms | Reuters
10 Ways Hollywood Can Thwart The Next ‘Orange Is The New Black’ Cyber-Theft, by Hemu Nigam, guest column
Bottom Line– Vendors are the last place the Hollywood big guns might think hackers will target, but that is exactly what makes them so much more at risk.
Source: 10 Ways Hollywood Thwart The Next Orange Is The New Black Cyber-Theft | Deadline
This is a great way to get things done – put the folks at the top on notice that if they don’t take cyber security seriously, they can get fired.
THE BOTTOM LINE: Youtube Sponsors Credit Fraud
In the real world, when someone profits from illegal activity – gets paid to tell you where you can buy stolen property, or the like – the community and law enforcement accuse them of aiding and abetting in a criminal act. See the DCA’s report on how Google is profiting from activity around stolen credit cards on Youtube. What are your thoughts? Read more here.
BOTTOM LINE: The hacking and leaking of hundreds of naked photos purportedly belonging to more than 100 high-profile singers, actors and celebrities has raised questions of the safety and security of digital services.
Jennifer Lawrence and other high profile celebrities have contacted authorities to investigate who stole and posted nude images of them online, part of a reported mass hacking of celebrities’ nude photos and a massive invasion of privacy. Read more…
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