The breach at Target stores that may have affected as many as 40 million credit and debit card account holders is a watershed moment that could greatly raise awareness of cybersecurity risks, says privacy attorney David Navetta.
Whether reports that the National Security Agency entered into a secret contract with security provider RSA are true or not - and RSA says they're not - the reputations of all American security vendors have been tarnished.
Was it a point-of-sale attack? A network breach? Or was it an inside job? Fraud experts disagree over the cause of the Target data breach, but they are united in how banking institutions should respond.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including the sentencing of a hacker who modified his medical college entrance exam grades and a breach affecting Colorado state employees.
Target Corp. confirms that a network intrusion may have exposed approximately 40 million debit and credit accounts. An investigation of the national big box retailer's breach is under way.
A breach that apparently began on Black Friday may have exposed millions of credit and debit cards used to conduct transactions at Target retail stores, two major U.S. card issuers tell Information Security Media Group.
A combination of technical and managerial problems set the stage for hackers to breach a Department of Energy database last summer, a new report shows. The incident cost the department millions of dollars.
Sponsors of the bipartisan bill contend it would bolster cybersecurity of the nation's 16 critical infrastructure sectors by strengthening the mission of the Department of Homeland Security.
Receiving a notification letter about a data breach brings home the reality of just how common these incidents are - and how much prevention work, including encryption, still needs to be done.
The NIST cybersecurity framework will help U.S. banking institutions assess their security strategies, but some institutions fear the framework could trigger unnecessary regulations, says Bill Stewart of Booz Allen Hamilton.
The partial takedown of ZeroAccess, one of the world's largest botnets, is an example of the role that collaboration between business and law enforcement can play in battling cybercrime.
The theft of 2 million credentials reminds security professionals that their organizations are at risk because many employees use the same passwords and devices for personal and business purposes, data security lawyer Ronald Raether says.
Akamai's acquisition of DDoS mitigation provider Prolexic Technologies is a sign of how the DDoS-defense marketplace is maturing at a time when attacks are becoming more sophisticated.
Can the two most feared nations in cyberspace finally come to an agreement to stop hacking each other and stealing confidential data? Here's one peace-making approach worthy of consideration.
You can be outraged that the NSA collects Internet communications records of U.S. citizens. But don't be surprised, says sociologist William Staples. This is just one example of our "culture of surveillance."
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