A new cross-device malware strain that has been linked to last year's High Roller attacks is defeating dual-factor authentication. Experts explain why banking institutions worldwide should be on alert.
NIST has issued a discussion draft on the cybersecurity framework ordered by President Obama. The voluntary framework is designed to help reduce risks to the nation's critical infrastructure.
In the wake of domain name systems attacks aimed at The New York Times, Twitter and other media sites, experts say security professionals in all fields should take specific mitigation steps.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a Missouri Credit Union breach in which personal information about members was briefly exposed on its website.
A final rule spelling out requirements for state health insurance exchanges drops a proposed requirement that breaches must be reported within an hour of discovery, relying on language in contracts instead.
As victims of cyber-attacks on their domain name systems providers, The New York Times, Twitter and the Huffington Post UK may have opened themselves and their customers to more nefarious threats, a leading IT security expert says.
A new coalition, the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance, this fall will begin its efforts to identify best practices for fraud prevention and to improve consumer awareness of medical ID theft and fraud.
The theft of four unencrypted computers from a Chicago area medical practice may affect 4 million patients. But the big question is: Why do breaches involving unencrypted computer devices still occur?
A malware attack that exploited a point-of-sale vulnerability of a select group of Kentucky and Southern Indiana retailers has now been linked to attacks against Schnuck Markets Inc. and four other merchants.
The recent theft of four unencrypted computers from the Chicago-area Advocate Medical Group physicians practice may have exposed the personal data of more than 4 million patients.
To address the insider threat, Jeremy Walczak of Independent Health is using a privileged identity management system. Walczak and other experts offer detailed insights on mitigating emerging threats.
An emerging concept known as accelerated breach response aims to improve how organizations react to such incidents. What are the hallmarks of the new approach? Attorney Ellen Giblin offers insights.
The Center for Internet Security is leading an effort to develop security benchmarks for medical devices, starting with insulin infusion pumps. Learn how the voluntary guidelines will be developed.
In this week's breach roundup, Ferris State University in Michigan is notifying 39,000 individuals that their Social Security numbers and other personal information may have been exposed as a result of a network breach.
Because big data brings significant benefits - and risks - CEOs and boards of directors must take charge of developing privacy protection policies, ISACA International Vice President Jeff Spivey says.
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