Organizations looking to build a better breach response strategy need to emphasize the basics, including ensuring they have a well-qualified response team in place, security experts, including attorney Ron Raether, advise.
In the wake of large-scale breaches against retailers, including Target, the Retail Industry Leaders Association has launched an information sharing center in an effort to strengthen defenses against cyber-attacks.
A judge has dismissed most of the claims in a consolidated class action lawsuit stemming from the 2011 data breach involving SAIC and the military health program TRICARE, which affected 4.9 million individuals.
URL shortening service Bitly is reporting a data breach that has compromised account credentials, including encrypted passwords, API keys and OAuth tokens. Find out the mitigation steps the company recommends.
Snapchat has agreed to an FTC settlement over security and privacy misrepresentations. The settlement follows an investigation of a breach that compromised the usernames and phone numbers of as many as 4.6 million users.
Today's cybercriminals are perfecting the use of advanced-persistent-threat attacks to pilfer valuable information from precisely targeted victims, says Greg Day of security provider FireEye.
Card breaches at retailers such as Target and Neiman Marcus will likely be catalysts for improved cyberthreat intelligence and information sharing across the banking and retail sectors, says Mike Braatz of ACI.
Police have withdrawn their allegation that a man arrested for fraud in Georgetown, Texas, also may have been involved in the Target Corp. data breach last December that impacted millions of customers.
"Security as a business enabler" was the mantra echoing through the recently concluded 2014 Infosecurity Europe conference in London, a message that should have been heeded by top executives at retailer Target last year.
Federal regulators have issued a $4.8 million sanction, the largest HIPAA settlement to date, against two partnering New York healthcare organizations following a breach affecting just 6,800 individuals. Learn the details behind the tough penalty.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a second unauthorized intrusion into the payment card processing systems of Las Vegas casino company Affinity Gaming.
The French telecommunications company Orange is reporting its second hacker attack in recent months, this time exposing information on certain customers and prospective clients.
A data breach involving an insider at UMass Memorial Medical Center, which may date back a dozen years, illustrates how difficult it can be to detect inappropriate access to patient records. Find out what tips security experts offer.
A former systems administrator in the nuclear reactor department of an aircraft carrier is one of two individuals charged with hacking Navy computer systems and those at dozens of other government and commercial organizations.
The resignation of Target CEO Gregg Steinhafel reflects a shift in corporate thinking about cybersecurity, raising new questions about whether CEOs should be held accountable for data breaches.
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