From new malware to the Target breach, cyber-attacks reached an all-time high in 2013, says Cisco's Annual Security Report. Cyberthreat expert Levi Gundert tells how organizations can regain the advantage in 2014.
Investigations and lawsuits are piling up for breached retailers Target Corp. and Neiman Marcus. Meanwhile, card-issuing banks say fraud patterns may reveal additional breaches at other well-known brands.
Cybersecurity frameworks, supply chain risks and malicious insiders - these are among 2014's hot topics, according to Alan Brill at Kroll. What are the year's other key cybersecurity priorities?
In the wake of the Target and Neiman Marcus data breaches, Steve Kenneally of the American Bankers Association calls for greater security and accountability throughout the U.S. payments system.
First Target, then Neiman Marcus; who's next? And while banking institutions await the next attack, how should they respond to customers' anxious questions about this latest round of high-profile retail data breaches?
Target Corp. is providing $5 million to help fund an effort to educate consumers about the risks of cybercrime. Meanwhile, a group of House Democrats had called for a hearing about the retailer's breach, while two senators have demanded details.
For the second time in a month, a major U.S. retail chain acknowledges being the victim of an external data breach. Other retailers also may have been struck by attackers, one expert says.
While news of the NSA's data collection caught many off guard, it's just another example of the U.S. culture of surveillance, says sociologist William Staples, author of the book "Everyday Surveillance."
Target Corp.'s revelation that personal information about up to 70 million customers was breached in a recent malware attack raises new questions about Target's security practices and risks to consumers.
Five significant trends, including the mobile revolution and the use of big data, will influence the future of cybersecurity, says Allan Friedman, co-author of a new book on the subject.
Target now says personally identifiable information for up to 70 million of its customers was likely exposed in the December breach that also compromised some 40 million U.S. debit and credit cards.
The House of Representatives approved a bill Jan. 10 that would require notification of consumers within two days of discovery of breaches of data on Obamacare's health insurance exchanges.
Georgia Tech researchers are working on a way to profile devices along the supply chain to identify whether they've been compromised, says Paul Royal, associate director of the Georgia Tech Information Security Center.
Intel is changing the name of its McAfee line of security products to Intel Security. The name change follows the badmouthing of McAfee products by founder John McAfee, who sold his company to Intel in 2011.
Training that's designed to help workers avoid clicking on links from spear-phishing e-mails may be ineffective because employees often fail to read training materials, says Eric Johnson, a Vanderbilt University professor who's co-author of a new study on the subject.
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