Federal authorities announced indictments this week in a massive fraud scheme involving 160 million payment cards. Here is a rundown on the businesses affected by those attacks, and the data that was compromised.
The author of the forthcoming book "Secrets and Leaks" explains why the acts of NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden don't carry the same weight as those of Pentagon Papers leaker Daniel Ellsberg.
IT security pros see metrics as a useful tool to validate operational performance. But many organizations' top leaders evaluate security on cost. It's time to bridge that gap.
The apparatchiks at the Kremlin think they're clever sorts with plans to replace computers with typewriters to prevent the American e-spies at the National Security Agency from hacking into Russian intelligence systems.
Angered over the Edward Snowden revelations, DEF CON says the feds should take a 'time-out' from this year's hackers' conference. But a top DHS cybersecurity policymaker says he's still invited to participate in a conclave panel discussion.
The recent firings of six workers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center offers yet another reminder for health records snoopers everywhere: Curiosity kills your job.
Preliminary results of the 2013 Faces of Fraud Survey show institutions are still suffering big financial losses linked to ACH and wire fraud. Why are they still getting hit, in spite of investments to detect and prevent account takeover?
Losses linked to retail breaches have fueled class action lawsuits on behalf of consumers. But Javelin's Al Pascual says banks are soon likely to take legal action, too, in breach cases that expose cards and lead to fraud.
Our analysis of U.S. government labor statistics shows a sizable increase in the IT security workforce. But the way the occupation is defined may have as much to do with the increase as the number of jobs themselves.
Distributed-denial-of-service attacks pose a persistent, genuine threat to all sectors. That's why we've created the DDoS Resource Center to fill the information gaps.
Despite what's now been a two-month break from hacktivists' DDoS attacks on banks, we can expect more assaults from Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters. And this next wave should concern us all. Here's why.
New guidelines for mobile security are likely on the way for U.S. financial institutions, banking leaders and mobile experts say. Learn the reasons behind their predictions.
Whether or not Congress enacts cyberthreat intelligence sharing legislation, the IT security community is moving forward with its own information sharing initiatives, MS-ISAC Chairman William Pelgrin says.
The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT, a unit of the Department of Health and Human Services, has offered Congress a glimpse at its security and privacy priorities for next year. Let us know what you think of the to-do list.
Federal regulators are proposing that the state health insurance exchanges created under healthcare reform must report data breaches within an hour. Is that a reasonable requirement?
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