Restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro says it's investigating a possible payments breach that has been linked to fraud. Card issuers say the compromise could date back to March.
A second economic espionage campaign has been tied to a Chinese military hacking team. But does that attribution help businesses, or just highlight security firms battling for government cybersecurity spending?
IBM i remains one of the most securable servers, but poor configuration and missing controls can result in undetected data access, fraud, or worse.
The only study focused exclusively on IBM i security found an alarming 94% of systems fail to protect all 27 exit points.
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Luxury retailer Neiman Marcus is searching for its first CISO following the company's major data breach last year. Security experts weigh in on the attributes of ideal candidates and offer advice for how they should tackle the job.
Paul Smocer of BITS explains why banking institutions, which face increasing cyberthreats, need to put the NIST Cybersecurity Framework to use, and why third parties should prepare for more regulatory scrutiny of their security practices.
In the wake of the Heartbleed flaw, a researcher finds new weaknesses in OpenSSL that could be exploited to launch man-in-the-middle attacks, distributed-denial-of-service attacks and remote-code execution on millions of sites.
A proposed UK computer crime bill would increase hacking penalties and criminalize cybercrime attacks that impact the economy, environment or national security. Proving related charges in court, however, could be difficult.
Poor Internet hygiene, not increased cybercrime, is what's really to blame for the increased botnet traffic the online world is battling, say cybersecurity experts Tom Kellermann and Rod Rasmussen.
Financial services firms and energy companies - two industries highly targeted by cybercriminals - must move quickly to address their cybersecurity deficiencies and shore up their defenses against advanced malware threats.
The research reveals:
72% of U.S. financial services and energy firms say they expect...
American Express is notifying about 77,000 California cardholders that their personal information and card data has been posted on various websites, with members of the hacktivist group Anonymous taking credit for the breach.
An ongoing APT campaign employs decoy documents to lure potential victims into installing malicious remote-control tools. Targets include at least one bank, the BBC and many U.S. and EU government agencies.
Security researchers say the international takedown of the Gameover Zeus botnet and servers for CryptoLocker ransomware will have a positive short-term impact, but they warn the threats could quickly re-emerge unless key steps are taken.
The OpenSSL Project is receiving new funding to support its operations following the Heartbleed exploit that exposed a flaw in the cryptographic tool that's used to provide communications security and privacy online.
Banking institutions need to develop "day-to-day situational awareness" of the latest threats, says Vikram Bhat, a principal at Deloitte & Touche, which just released a report about cybersecurity issues and awareness.
A new report for shareholders recommends that seven members of Target Corp.'s board of directors should be replaced as a result of the retailer's massive data breach. Experts discuss the role boards must play in cybersecurity.
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