Profile of Ericka Chickowski

Contributing Writer News & Commentary Posts: 614

Ericka Chickowski specializes in coverage of information technology and business innovation. She has focused on information security for the better part of a decade and regularly writes about the security industry as a contributor to Dark Reading. 

IRS Attack Demonstrates How Breaches Beget More Breaches

5/28/2015
Weak authentication validation assumed only taxpayers would know their Social Security Numbers and other information that criminals have been stealing for years.
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Oracle PeopleSoft In The Crosshairs

5/27/2015
Presenter at Hack In The Box says PeopleSoft is in worse security shape than SAP was five years ago.
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3 'Old' Attack Trends That Dominated Q1

5/19/2015
What's old is new as attackers recycle their attack patterns.
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Every 4 Seconds New Malware Is Born

5/18/2015
New report shows rate of new malware strains discovered increased by 77 percent in 2014.
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First Example Of SAP Breach Surfaces

5/12/2015
USIS attack in 2013 stealing background check information about government personnel with classified clearance came by way of an SAP exploit.
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10 Security Questions To Ask A Cloud Service Provider

5/12/2015
Help the business assess the risks of cloud services with these handy questions.
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3 Ways Attackers Will Own Your SAP

5/5/2015
SAP vulnerabilities that have been highlighted for years are now becoming attackers' favorite means of breaking into enterprises.
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Rapid7 Picks Up NTObjectives

5/4/2015
Adds 25 new employees and further diversifies testing capabilities.
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