As UPS Stores reveals that 51 of its locations were infected with POS malware, a restaurant in New Orleans confirms its POS system was breached using Backoff - malware about which federal authorities recently issued a warning. Experts offer analysis.
News about the existence of a new government leaker exposing national security documents shows that - even one year after Edward Snowden - organizations still don't have a handle on the insider threat.
The breach at Community Health Systems that compromised information on 4.5 million patients was the result of hackers taking advantage of the Heartbleed flaw, according to one security vendor. Other security experts weigh in on the potential cause.
For up to seven months, some 51 UPS Stores in 24 different states were infected with POS malware that intercepted 105,000 transactions, affecting an unknown number of customers.
Following its massive December 2013 data breach, Target Corp. continues to report drops in net earnings. In the second quarter of 2014, the retailer says its profits fell almost 62 percent.
Authorities in Ireland have accused some private investigators of tricking government employees into revealing personal details about credit union customers, in violation of EU data protection laws.
Following Target's data breach in December 2013, the fallout for the company continues to grow. This latest infographic from DataBreachToday shows the impact of the incident in terms of breach expenses and other factors.
Community Health Systems, which operates 206 hospitals, says a network breach exposed 4.5 million patients' personal information. Forensics experts believe the attacker was an "advanced persistent threat group originating from China."
Nonstop data breach notifications take a psychological toll, driving executives and consumers alike to alter their behavior for the worse. Here are three ways for businesses to battle data breach fatigue.
Cybersecurity experts raise doubts whether the National Security Agency has successfully deployed an automated hack-back system known as MonsterMind as revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden.
As details about the data breach that struck supermarkets owned by Supervalu and Albertsons unfold, security experts say it's likely this latest attack is linked to other recent merchant breaches.
In the wake of the Supervalu supermarket data breach, AB Acquisition, which runs five supermarket brands previously owned by Supervalu, says 836 of its stores were impacted by the compromise.
The U.S.-based Supervalu supermarket chain is investigating a network intrusion that may have resulted in criminals compromising customer data from point-of-sale systems at 180 stores in 25 states.
The killing of an unarmed teen by police in Ferguson, Mo., has Anonymous sympathizers disagreeing on Twitter when and how to expose the identity of the shooter.
Internet hygiene is not up to par, say cybersecurity experts Tom Kellermann and Rod Rasmussen, who explain why bad hygiene has led to increased botnet traffic and malware infections.
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