Expect every new warning of cybercrime attacks, online espionage or the malware du jour to be slickly marketed, with the announcements carefully timed. But is this bad for either the information security community or attackers' victims?
A report that Russian hackers have hoarded 1.2 billion stolen passwords could prove to be an important catalyst for beefing up information security. Experts analyze the potential impact.
When it comes to incident response, organizations don't lack threat intelligence. They lack the automation, tools and the skilled staff to act on that intelligence, says Craig Carpenter of AccessData.
Millions of user credentials are breached regularly - whether we hear of the incidents or not. So, why do we continue to rely on passwords? Derek Manky of Fortinet discusses authentication and data retention.
The hacker community can be a cynical crowd, or perhaps a realistic one, that tries to make the best of the threats confronting society. CISO Dan Geer, for example, prefers to hire security folks who are, more than anything else, sadder but wiser.
A report that a Russian hacker group dubbed "CyberVor" is hoarding more than 1 billion stolen passwords triggered worldwide concern, but security experts caution that scant details have been revealed, making the threat tough to judge.
A new report from Trend Micro finds that network vulnerabilities related to backdoor applications and remote access are putting more businesses at risk. What mitigation steps should be taken?
A Russian cyber gang has breached over 420,000 web and FTP sites to pilfer over 1.2 billion credentials, according to Hold Security, saying it discovered "what could be arguably the largest data breach known to date."
U.S. officials have confirmed the existence of a new leaker exposing national security documents, CNN reports. The leak apparently involves documents prepared by the National Counterterrorism Center.
Target Corp.'s net breach expenses not covered by insurance are expected to total $146 million for its most recent three quarters following the company's massive December 2013 data breach that compromised payment card information.
Peruse the agenda for the Black Hat security conference that's being held this week in Las Vegas and you'll get a peek at some of the major cybersecurity challenges ahead - and potential solutions.
P.F. Chang's China Bistro now says a breach of its card processing system may have resulted in the theft of customer payment card information at 33 of its 210 U.S. locations. Security experts question why so few of the locations were affected.
Among the major data breaches reported during the week of July 28 was an incident at Irish online gambling site Paddy Power that impacted 650,000 customers. View this week's infographic of the top five breaches for the week.
Members of the Mozilla Developer Network, the software company's online development community, are being alerted about an accidental disclosure that exposed e-mail addresses and encrypted passwords.
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.
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