A U.S. federal court judge has upheld a warrant requiring Microsoft to give the Justice Department copies of e-mails being stored at a data center in Dublin. But Microsoft plans to appeal the ruling on privacy grounds.
A U.S. appeals court has agreed to hear Wyndham Worldwide's appeal regarding what authority the FTC has over corporate data security. The dispute stems from a suit the FTC brought against the hotel chain following three payment card data breaches.
NIST says its recommended changes to security and privacy assessment procedures should result in significant improvements in the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of control assessments.
A new point-of-sale malware strain known as Backoff has been linked to remote-access attacks, and small merchants are at greatest risk, according to an alert from federal authorities.
Vendors are rushing useful new "Internet of Things" products to market, but too often treat device security and data privacy as an afterthought, says Forrester Research analyst Andrew Rose.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, Microsoft and Akamai partner to help develop cybersecurity startups, while Blackberry acquires data encryption company Secusmart.
Brian Cornell, newly appointed CEO of Target Corp., faces the challenge of ensuring that the protection of customer information is a top priority at the company following last year's massive data breach.
An undisclosed number of Delaware restaurants may have been affected by a remote-access breach that compromised point-of-sale software, according to the Delaware Restaurant Association.
A contractor used his own malware-laden PC to access National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration information systems and wouldn't allow incident response experts to examine it, highlighting the risks of "bring your own device."
Tackling perplexing challenges when it comes to cyberspace and information security, and protecting the United States while doing it, is one of the Army Cyber Institutes biggest tasks, says its director, Army Col. Gregory Conti.
The FDIC this week removed its list of high-risk merchant categories from guidance related to third-party payment processors. Experts say pressure from merchants may have been the catalyst for the change.
Financial institutions feel the pain of recent retail breaches, and they seek new ways to secure payments and fight fraud. But how can security leaders influence changes within their own organizations?
A "highly sophisticated Chinese state-sponsored actor" is responsible for a recent data breach at the National Research Council of Canada, according to Canada's chief information officer.
A new handbook from the National Association of Corporate Directors, titled Cyber-Risk Oversight, offers five principles to guide boards of directors in helping their organizations address IT security threats.
A low-tech campaign combines phishing, small-footprint attack code and Android malware to topple banks' security defenses in Switzerland and three other nations. Will the campaign extend to U.S., U.K., and beyond?
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