A new guide has been released by the Information Commissioner's Office to help small and mid-sized businesses improve their IT security. Which threats should most concern them, and how can they use the guide?
The First Circuit Court of Appeals ruling offers a fascinating look at exactly which security controls Ocean Bank, now People's United Bank, did - and did not - offer to customers such as PATCO.
The UK Information Commissioner's Office has fined Welcome Financial Services Limited £150,000 over lost back-up tapes. The compromised information on the tapes includes names, addresses and telephone numbers.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a stolen, unencrypted hospital laptop and an Australian phone provider leaking information on hundreds of thousands of customers.
A U.S. appeals court reversed a lower court's ruling in the ACH/wire fraud dispute between PATCO Construction Inc. and the former Ocean Bank, now People's United. What is next in this high-profile case?
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a phishing e-mail affecting U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission employees and a cruise line accidentally e-mailing sensitive passenger information.
The UK Information Commissioner's Office has released a new security guide for small and midsized businesses. Simon Rice of the ICO discusses the guide and how to use it to avoid being breached.
The recent settlement between Village View Escrow and Professional Business Bank could set a new course for legal disputes involving account takeover, say the attorneys involved in the fraud case.
Hacktivist attacks are on the rise. So how should organizations respond? ISF researcher Gregory Nowak offers unique advice about the role communications plays when hacktivist threats emerge.
A new malware intelligence system created by Georgia Tech Research Institute aims to create an information sharing center. How will the system work and how can organizations participate? GTRI's Chris Smoak furnishes the answers.
Two members of the hacktivist group LulzSec have pleaded guilty in the UK to conspiring to attack high-profile targets, including the U.S. Senate and Sony, last year.
Marcus Ranum isn't shy about saying online authentication methods are outdated and insecure. Passwords will get breached, but organizations can do more to protect their users and online databases.
The UK Information Commissioner's Office has fined Belfast Health and Social Care Trust £225,000 for a breach incident related to sensitive patient information that was left at a closed hospital.
LinkedIn's failure to comply with long standing industry standard encryption protocols jeopardized its users' PII, and diminished the value of the services, the class action federal lawsuit filed in northern California says.
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