FBI Director James Comey's declaration that the Obama administration will not pursue legislation to require vendors to create a backdoor that would permit law enforcement to circumvent encryption on mobile devices isn't the end of the matter.
An international law enforcement operation - spearheaded by the U.S. FBI and U.K. National Crime Agency - has disrupted the notorious Dridex banking malware and phishing campaign, which has been tied to at least $40 million in losses worldwide.
Indian enterprises must strengthen their capabilities to secure Digital India. To combat emerging threats, security leaders prescribe a self-regulatory approach, rather than one driven by compliance mandates.
Newly discovered breaches at E*Trade Financial and Dow Jones highlight hackers' increasing attempts to steal, sell and utilize personal information. Security experts describe PII's value for fraudsters and scammers and offer lessons learned from these and other incidents.
The future of payments security hinges on a combination of factors, including widespread use of the EMV chip, tokenization and encryption, as well as near real-time payments, says Liz Garner, vice president of the Merchant Advisory Group, a featured speaker at ISMG's Fraud Summit New York on Oct. 20.
Dell's announcement that it plans to purchase storage maker EMC for a mind-boggling $67 billion does not make clear the fate of EMC's information security unit, RSA. Analysts believe Dell has not yet determined whether RSA fits into its long-term plans or should be sold or spun off.
Security researchers have demonstrated in a lab setting an information-stealing attack against Amazon Web Services users. But Amazon says its customers "using current software and following security best practices are not impacted by this situation."
Financial services firm E*Trade and publisher Dow Jones are separately warning their customers and subscribers that their personal information - and in some cases, payment card data - may have been compromised in a cyberattack campaign.
Convenience store operators say they aren't going to be fully EMV compliant anytime soon - and it's not their fault. Learn what else they had to say about their security challenges at this week's NACS Show 2015 in Las Vegas.
An alert issued - and then yanked - by the FBI about fraud vulnerabilities linked to EMV chip cards is reigniting the debate between bankers and retailers over whether EMV in the U.S. should be chip-and-PIN or chip-and-signature.
How will China's arrest of hackers who pilfered American trade secrets affect U.S.-China cybersecurity relations? Experts offer an analysis of the implications.
Three U.S. senators are demanding answers from Experian after it suffered a breach that exposed personal information for 15 million T-Mobile subscribers. They also have called for national breach notification and data security regulations.
Has authentication become too complex for banking institutions? That's a legitimate concern, says Peter Tapling of Early Warning. He offers strategies to simplify and unify authentication strategies.
Less than a year after the United States Postal Service revealed that hackers breached agency computers, many employees continue to click on phishing messages that contain false links, according to an inspector general report.
Security leaders do well securing stored data and data in transit. But what about the integrity of data after it reaches the intended recipient? This is a huge gap to be bridged, says Chris Kniffin of Seclore.
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