Banks have a lot of data, but how well is it integrated? How much are institutions gleaning from the data they house? State Street Corp's chief scientist says financial services could be doing more.
How much card fraud can issuers link to the breach at Global Payments? Some sources suggest as many as 7 million payment cards may have been exposed, but how can they be so sure?
When breaches occur, most organizations struggle to collect the right data and get investigations off the ground. How can breach response improve? Verizon's Chris Novak offers expert advice.
News spread May 9 that information about more than 55,000 Twitter accounts had been leaked. But in a May 10 statement, the company said it was not breached, and the source of the leaked information remains unclear.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a Florida sheriff's office being hacked and a Houston hospital breach that may have led to the filing of fraudulent federal income tax returns.
In Georgia, a man has pleaded guilty for his role in a $1.3 million phishing scheme. How did Bank of America and Chase help law enforcement agencies crack this alleged international fraud ring?
Post-breach, organizations must have a full grasp on what happened - and convey that message consistently. Too often, that's not the case, says attorney Ronald Raether. What steps must organizations take?
The United Kingdom's Serious Organised Crime Agency, which recently took down 36 websites selling stolen credit and debit card data, was hit May 3 by a distributed denial-of-service attack.
Which Internet security threats pose the greatest risks to organizations in 2012 and beyond? Symantec has just released its Internet Security Threat Report, which reveals some surprising trends.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including the takedown of 36 websites selling payment card data and an incident involving millions of Texans' Social Security numbers.
New advisories from Visa suggest that payments processor Global Payments Inc. may have been breached in June 2011 - nine months earlier than initially reported.
International law enforcement agencies last week touted the takedown of 36 websites that were used to sell stolen debit and credit data for more than 2.5 million accounts. But how much of an impact will the takedown ultimately have on card fraud?
The UK has announced the first fine against a National Health Service unit for a breach in violation of the Data Protection Act. The Aneurin Bevan Health Board in Wales was fined £70,000 by the Information Commissioner's Office for sending sensitive patient information to the wrong person.
Payments processor First Data warns about an uptick in trolling - hackers sniffing networks for easy access to merchants' point-of-sale systems. What can banks do to help merchants prevent breaches?
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