A new audit that uncovered numerous problems with the U.S. Secret Service's IT management is "alarming," says House Oversight Chairman Jason Chaffetz, a victim of a Secret Service insider breach.
Ongoing talks between the U.S. and India regarding cybersecurity issues have yet to result in significant action by the Indian government. When will India start making progress in developing an effective cybersecurity model?
Verizon is reportedly awaiting the full results of a digital forensic investigation into the record-setting Yahoo data breach to ascertain whether it will revise its $4.8 billion bid to buy the search firm. Did the breach have a "material impact" on Yahoo's business? That's the question.
For the second time in less than two weeks, a set of data released by the Australian government has been taken offline over fears it wasn't securely anonymized, posing a possible privacy risk.
Increasingly, malware designed for Apple Mac computers can access a user's webcam. But now a researcher has built a tool designed to detect if malware might be secretly recording a private call.
In a rare case of potential breach accountability, Verizon is reportedly demanding a $1 billion discount to acquire Yahoo as a result of the search giant's failure to more rapidly spot a data breach that compromised at least 500 million users' accounts.
Yahoo built a custom software program that scanned incoming emails for a specific piece of content to comply with a classified U.S. government directive, Reuters reports. If true, did the U.S. government overstep its legal boundaries?
Australia's Department of Health withdrew a data set that researchers proved was not as anonymous as first thought, highlighting the challenges related to creating truly anonymous data sets.
News that a state agency in India was the victim of a ransomware attack highlights the need for public and private sector organizations to promptly take appropriate action to mitigate their risks as hackers start going after low-hanging fruit.
Even though the U.K. is preparing to exit the EU, British businesses must prepare to comply with GDPR, the EU's new data privacy law. That's the message from the new U.K. information commissioner, who oversees enforcement of the country's privacy laws.
The Yahoo breach - and the theft of unencrypted security questions and answers - is a reminder to use unique passwords and security questions, store them using a password safe and take advantage of two-factor authentication whenever it's available.
In an in-depth interview, Rama Vedashree, the new CEO at the Data Security Council of India, describes efforts to grow the nation's cybersecurity industry, help states implement security policies and train public sector leaders on key issues.
FBI Director James Comey, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and security expert Mikko Hypponen all advocate covering up your webcam as a cheap and no-brainer defense against everything from unscrupulous competitors to sextortionists.
The massive Sony breach spelled out the risks facing any business that deals in digital content. Here's how David Hahn, CISO of publishing giant Hearst, keeps the cybersecurity conversation going with his board of directors.
The breach of porn site Brazzers - which allows users to swap fantasies in online forums - begs the question of how many users employed throwaway usernames and passwords. Some 1,446 U.S. military and 41 U.S. government email addresses were found in the data dump.
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