Weekly News Roundup

Too busy working all week to keep up with the most interesting stories coming out of the technology and security industries? Below are our recommendations for a roundup of the top stories happening now that you need to know.

1. Scottrade Bank data breach exposes 20,000 customer records

Scottrade Bank recently secured a MSSQL database containing sensitive information on at least 20,000 customers that was inadvertently left exposed to the public. Read more…

2. China-Based Threat Actor APT10 Ramps Up Cyber Espionage Activity

An unknown number of managed service providers and their customers are victims of a massive, global cyber espionage campaign by a China-based threat actor that this week was also fingered in another attack against a U.S. group involved in lobbying around foreign trade policy. Read more…

3. Finicity first to ink data exchange deal with Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo and data aggregation provider Finicity have signed a deal that provides an API-based method for sharing Wells Fargo customer information with the financial apps and services that Finicity supports. Read more…

4. Google Discovery Shows Fragility of Mobile Phone Security

Flaws in a microchip used widely in Apple and Android mobile devices could be used to remotely hack a device over Wi-Fi. Read more…