Houston-based liquor store chain Spec's says its network was attacked by malware back in October 2012, and the intrusion, which exposed card data and other information, may have continued until as late as March 20, 2014.
Even so-called minor breaches can cost organizations nearly $200,000, according to one finding from NTT Group's annual Intelligence Report. Rob Kraus of Solutionary shares the study's insights and advice.
Manufacturers of a wide variety of devices that link to the Internet can improve security by turning to processes IT has used for nearly a generation, says Tony Sager of the Council on Cybersecurity.
One of the two banks that filed a class action lawsuit against Target and Trustwave tied to the retailers' data breach last year has dismissed its claims. Three security experts offer an analysis.
An analysis of the Target breach prepared for a Senate committee is a political document that might help its patron's agenda but doesn't go far enough to identify technical solutions to help enterprises avoid Target-like breaches.
Cosmetics supplies retailer Sally Beauty now says more than 25,000 records containing card data may have been illegally accessed and removed from its systems during a recent data breach.
Information security and privacy work in healthcare environments often requires a depth of specialized knowledge and competency that can be validated through the help of professional credentialing, says CISO Sean Murphy.
Two new surveys highlight that many healthcare organizations have more work to do when it comes to developing a mobile technology strategy and taking adequate security steps.
Following the release of a new report that analyzed how Target Corp. possibly missed several opportunities to prevent a massive data breach last year, U.S. senators grilled the company's CFO about the company's actions.
The No. 1 reason Congress, after five years of intensive efforts, has yet to enact comprehensive cybersecurity legislation is differences over how much liability protection to grant businesses to get them to share cyberthreat information.
A class action lawsuit filed by two banks against Target in the wake of its 2013 breach has an unusual twist: It seeks damages from Target and Trustwave, allegedly the retailer's qualified security assessor. Experts offer an analysis.
After servicing three of the four largest data breaches in 2013, Experian Data Breach Resolution identified six important lessons that you may find beneficial. Here is what they learned.
A report prepared for a Senate committee provides an extensive analysis of how retailer Target Corp. possibly missed several opportunities to prevent the massive data breach that compromised the credit card details of millions of customers.
A new report from the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada says gaps in carrying out security policies led to the exposure of 583,000 records last year at Employment and Social Development Canada, which administers student loans.
An anti-American hacktivist group calling itself Anonymous Ukraine has posted more than 7 million credit card numbers online, but it appears unlikely most of them could be used for fraud, according to the cybersecurity firm Risk Based Security.
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