Russian hackers may think twice before traveling outside the country for a vacation in light of the arrest of alleged 2012 LinkedIn hacker "Yevgeniy N." by Czech police at a restaurant in Prague earlier this month.
Intellectual property and protected health information are both extremely valuable to cybercriminals, which is why hackers are increasingly targeting healthcare organizations. Increasingly, patients, providers, pharmaceutical companies and others are relying heavily on mobile devices to exchange sensitive information,...
WikiLeaks leader Julian Assange's interference in the U.S. elections has earned the Ecuadorian embassy in London's houseguest a slap on the wrist as his internet connection gets taken away. In the interim, maybe he can take up knitting?
A search warrant executed earlier this year gave authorities the power to force occupants of a Los Angeles-area house to unlock devices with their fingerprints, casting doubt on biometric defenses.
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.
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.
It takes vigilance, resources and effort to ensure that protected health information is secured on all devices where it resides. Organizations must create a complete inventory of all devices containing PHI, and then implement all necessary steps to ensure it stays secure, no matter where it's stored. In this session,...
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.
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.
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.
Same-day Automated Clearing House (ACH) payment processing became a reality. While this represents a terrific opportunity for banks to be responsive to their customer's requirements for faster ACH payments, plus the ability to attract new customers from banks who choose not to offer the same level of responsiveness,...
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.
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