A security researcher's analysis of a hotel reservation website's security vulnerabilities led to the site being taken down for maintenance and the launch of an investigation by the UK's ICO.
P.F. Chang's has issued an update to customers, saying its data breach was the work of a "highly sophisticated" gang, and that forensics experts continue to investigate the full extent of the breach.
A remote-access attack on a POS vendor may have resulted in the exposure of payment card transactions conducted at at restaurants throughout the northwestern U.S.
The "Energetic Bear," a.k.a. "Dragonfly," hacking campaign targets U.S. and Western European energy firms. While the hackers appear to be backed by Russia, the purpose of their attacks remains unclear.
A class action suit against breached restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro is unlikely to succeed, some security experts say, because proving consumer losses linked to specific merchant data breaches is difficult.
The world may move at Internet speed, but the IT security and risk management challenges organizations face seem to be tackled at a much slower pace. Hard to believe, right?
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including the Australian Privacy Commissioner finding several security gaps at an online dating site that led to a significant data breach.
Despite recent high-profile breaches, organizations are not buying cyber-insurance policies at explosive rates. But Gartner's cyber-insurance expert Juergen Weiss says that might not be a bad thing.
Using big data to fight fraud is a challenge for most organizations. Andreas Baumhof of ThreatMetrix explains how context-based authentication combines fraud and security to leverage the use of big data.
As Keith Alexander tells it, when he led the National Security Agency, he didn't exist. Alexander discovered that 'fact' after he retired on May 21 as director of the NSA and commander of the Cyber Command and began shopping to buy a new home.
Microsoft is offering a new platform that's designed to help cybersecurity analysts and researchers across various industries share security and threat information. Two experts assess the effort.
A DDoS attack and subsequent data breach that led to the shuttering of source code hosting firm Code Spaces offers an eye-opening reminder to be aware of attacks used as a diversionary tactic to draw attention away from devastating hacking.
If the NSA's meddling in NIST cryptography standards soiled the reputation of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, an amendment approved by the House of Representatives could help restore it.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including the arrest of a suspected member of the NullCrew hacktivist group in connection with an attack against a third-party supplier for Bell Canada.
Several U.S. card issuers confirm that new alerts from Visa suggest the P.F. Chang's China Bistro breach could date back to September 2013, some two months before the attack that compromised Target.
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