Banks struck by the wave of DDoS attacks are communicating badly and missing a great opportunity to educate their customers about cybersecurity, says Gregory Nowak of the Information Security Forum.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including the exposure of member passwords on the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers website and the sentencing of a former hospital employee for selling patient information.
Apparent online outages at PNC, U.S. Bank and Wells Fargo are likely linked to suspected earlier attacks that hit Bank of America and Chase. What do these latest incidents mean for other institutions?
With so much hype and confusion around cybersecurity, falsely claiming an attack can have an impact on organizations trying to safeguard their digital assets.
The latest updates to the federal tally of major health information breaches confirm that the loss or theft of unencrypted devices continues to plague the industry. Learn all the latest details.
Financial institutions are now at high risk of cyberattack, according to the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center. What can institutions do to protect themselves from new threats?
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including employees being fired after viewing health information inappropriately, and a health exchange facing a "graffiti" hack.
Two Romanians pleaded guilty to breaching point-of-sale systems at Subway and other U.S. retailers. Experts say the breach exposes common security vulnerabilities that remain a concern.
A recent appellate court ruling might pave the way for the first U.S. class action lawsuit involving a health data breach to move forward to trial. Find out the details of this potentially groundbreaking case.
For the second time in three months, federal authorities have issued a hefty financial penalty stemming from a HIPAA compliance investigation after a relatively small breach. Find out all the details.
The continuing loss of data to China suggests that the federal government should carefully assess the cybersecurity implications associated with the expansion of Chinese cloud and mobile providers in the U.S.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including Florida company BlueToad claiming to be the source of leaked Apple device IDs.
The UK Information Commissioner's Office has fined the Scottish Borders Council £250,000 after hundreds of former employees' pension records were found in a supermarket recycling bin.
Thor Ryan, chief security officer at the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, offers lessons learned as a result of his organization's $1.7 million settlement following a HIPAA compliance investigation triggered by a small breach incident.
A Twitter posting by an individual claiming to be from the hacktivist collective Anonymous claimed it targeted GoDaddy on Sept. 10, but it wasn't until the following day the company determined its computers were not breached.
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