What's as disturbing as news of the Chinese hacking U.S. defense contractors' systems is that the contractors failed to notify the military of most of those intrusions because of how they interpreted cyber-intrusion reporting requirements.
A $500 million class action lawsuit against Home Depot has been filed in Canada following the disclosure by the retailer that 56 million payment cards were exposed in a data breach.
In the year since federal regulators began enforcing the HIPAA Omnibus Rule, there's been a huge spike in the number of major breaches reported. What's behind the surge?
Banking Trojans are increasingly being repurposed for espionage purposes. Recent victims of modified banking malware include a chemical manufacturer as well as an unknown number of Salesforce users.
The unexpected departure of Steven VanRoekel as the federal chief information officer likely will have little direct impact on the Obama administration's cybersecurity initiatives. Find out why.
Security experts analyze the latest details that big-box retailer Home Depot provided about a breach that exposed 56 million payment cards. A hot topic: the nature of the malware used in the attack.
Healthcare organizations are increasingly top targets for sophisticated data breaches. How can they improve their defenses? Paul Smith of Ascension Health and Mark Hanson of Fortinet offer tips.
Sheplers, a western-wear retailer based in Frisco, Texas, says the company's payment systems have been breached by hackers who gained access to some of its customers' payment card information.
Travel-booking website Viator is notifying approximately 1.4 million customers about a data breach that could potentially affect payment card data, along with other personal information, used to make bookings.
Home Depot says an estimated 56 million payment cards were exposed in a data breach at its U.S. and Canadian stores. The retailer says an investigation revealed the breach involved custom-built malware not used in other cyber-attacks.
The leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service pledges to carry out 28 recommendations made by a watch-dog agency to improve the security of HealthCare.gov before the next open enrollment period for Obamacare begins Nov. 15.
A cross-site scripting vulnerability at eBay.co.uk left an undetermined number of users susceptible to an attack that attempted to steal their credentials when they clicked on links within a listing offering a used iPhone for sale.
Recalling an up to 10-day delay in Homeland Security helping other agencies cope with the Heartbleed vulnerability, DHS's Phyllis Schneck champions FISMA reform legislation that would codify the department's role as guardian of civilian agency IT.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may have been a bit premature to claim Israel has deployed a cyber "iron dome" to protect its critical IT and defense systems. But a new initiative under way will try to do just that.
C&K Systems, the vendor identified by Goodwill as the source of a breach that impacted about 330 of its stores, has confirmed details of the 18-month breach of its "hosted managed services environment" affecting three of its clients.
Our website uses cookies. Cookies enable us to provide the best experience possible and help us understand how visitors use our website. By browsing inforisktoday.com, you agree to our use of cookies.
