Some organizations are focusing so much attention on the bring-your-own-device trend and on implementing a mobile device management system that they're neglecting mobile app security issues, says security expert Jeff Williams.
"This is about preparing the battlefield for another type of covert action," a former high-ranking U.S. intelligence official says. "Cyber collection against the Iranian program is way further down the road than this."
LinkedIn's failure to comply with long standing industry standard encryption protocols jeopardized its users' PII, and diminished the value of the services, the class action federal lawsuit filed in northern California says.
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York is notifying 880 patients that some of their personal information may have been exposed when it was inadvertently embedded in PowerPoint charts posted on two websites.
The ISO 22301 standard for business continuity has been issued. What do organizations need to consider as they implement the new standard? Lyndon Bird of the Business Continuity Institute offers insight.
The Global Payments data breach has expanded, and now may include the exposure of personal data linked to merchant applicants. But what does this latest news mean? Industry experts offer insights.
Brokers and insurers have upped their marketing efforts to get enterprises to purchase cyber insurance, even though policies could be risky for sellers and buyers. See 10 considerations you should mull before buying cyber insurance.
Federal authorities have charged a Dutch hacker for the role he played in an elaborate scheme that targeted POS systems and networks to steal credit card details that were later sold on websites for fraudulent purposes.
Global Payments Inc., the breached payments processor, now says the scope of its self-discovered data breach may be broader than initially reported and involve personal data collected from merchant customers.
When Joseph Bognanno of Wolters Kluwer Financial Services examines 2012's financial fraud trends, all he sees is more - more of everything, from schemes to new guidance. How can banks stay ahead?
A successful effort to build a corporate culture that values privacy should be built on ideas that come from the rank-and-file staff in all departments, says Jan Hillier, a specialist in managing change.
How can organizations mitigate increasing cybersecurity risks posed by hacktivist groups and organized crime? Verizon's Chris Porter offers recommendations.
Four recent breach incidents, including one affecting LinkedIn, have put the spotlight on the effectiveness of hashing. Why is hashing increasingly ineffective at protecting online passwords?
The online dating website eHarmony has warned a "small fraction" of its users of a June 6 breach that likely exposed hashed passwords. Whether the incident is related to a LinkedIn breach has not been confirmed.
With an increase in state-sponsored hacking, Google says it will alert a select subset of its Gmail e-mail users when it believes their accounts may have been targeted.
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