For the first time since its massive data breach in December 2013, Target has reported an increase in its quarterly profits. Find out the details, as well as the latest tally of the retailer's hefty breach expenses.
Two Democratic members of Congress have sent letters to 16 financial institutions seeking information about any data breaches they've experienced and briefings from corporate IT security officers as Congress considers cybersecurity legislation.
Two government watchdog agencies say information security weaknesses at the Department of Veterans Affairs make the VA systems vulnerable to ID theft and potential attacks by foreign entities.
Despite its massive data breach, Home Depot still reported a net earnings increase of 13.8 percent for the third quarter, compared to a year ago. The company describes its projected breach-related costs for the year.
Technically savvy armed robbers who stole an encrypted laptop and smart phone from a physician who works at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston demanded that the doctor reveal the devices' passwords and encryption keys as well.
From an intrusion at the U.S. Postal Service to the NSA leaks by former contractor Edward Snowden, this infographic offers a look at the top data breaches affecting government agencies.
Legal experts size up class action lawsuits filed in the wake of two breaches, one affecting customers of the Jimmy John's restaurant chain and the other affecting employees and contractors of Coca-Cola.
Staples has confirmed that its retail point-of-sale systems were compromised earlier this year by malware-wielding attackers. Learn what two card issuers say about fraud tied to the breach.
The hacking of the State Department's unclassified systems, revealed over the weekend, and a similar incident involving a White House network, unveiled last month, are linked, an official says.
The State Department shuttered its unclassified e-mail system over the weekend as a result of a suspected hack, reportedly the same breach that the White House last month said hit its computer system.
Foreign spy agencies have powerful incentives to hack U.S. government IT systems, and that won't change, experts say, as they react to suspected Chinese involvement in the breach of National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration websites.
The loss of a server at a Visionworks optical wear retail store in Maryland offers a reminder not only of the importance of encryption but also the value of good inventory management and data disposal practices.
Organizations in all business sectors should take a series of steps to guard against "visual hacking," a low-tech method used to capture sensitive, confidential and private information for unauthorized use.
A Postal Service spokesman says its virtual private network did not cause a recent data breach but doesn't rule out the possibility that hackers might have used it to access USPS systems.
Microsoft has issued a patch to correct a critical vulnerability in Schannel, which encrypts transactions on most Windows platforms. The bug is "concerning" for organizations running the service, some experts say, comparing it to the Heartbleed flaw.
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