TD Bank has agreed to a multi-state settlement in the wake of a 2012 data breach involving the loss of two backup tapes that may have exposed personal information on about 260,000 of the bank's customers. Learn the size of the penalty.
Security experts urge organizations to disable support for SSL on clients and servers because of flaws in the cryptographic protocol that could be used to impersonate website users and decrypt HTTPS traffic.
Knowing how to manipulate a hacker's cultural values could help thwart - or at least slow down - cyber-attacks, says Garet Moravec, a cybersecurity expert who'll speak at ISMG's Global APT Defense Summit on Oct. 22.
Amsterdam is again playing host to the annual Black Hat Europe information security gathering, and presenters have promised to cover everything from privacy flaws in wearable computers to two-factor authentication system failures.
Exploiting a vulnerability in Microsoft Office, a group of hackers believed to be Russians breached computers operated by the Ukrainian government during September's NATO summit, according to iSight Partners.
If hackers can infiltrate JPMorgan Chase, is any financial institution safe? How can they better defend themselves? Information security experts share top lessons learned for European financial firms.
Emerging reports now suggest other financial institutions may have been targeted by the same hackers who breached Chase. But how can we be sure? Mark Clancy of the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp. explains why the analysis is challenging.
In this post-Target era of "It's not a matter of if, but when," how prepared is your organization for a data breach? Michael Buratowski of General Dynamics Fidelis Cybersecurity Solutions offers tips for breach planning and response.
Banking institutions are diligently working to clean up the mess left after retail breaches. But Congress needs to do more to ensure these breaches don't expose card data in the first place.
The White House cybersecurity coordinator says his comment about his lack of tech expertise being an asset, widely criticized in the blogosphere, was an awkward attempt to express his view that a wide range of skills are needed in the cybersecurity field.
JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon said Oct. 10 that he expects Chase's annual computer security budget to double from $250 million to $500 million over the next five years in the wake of its massive data breach.
Malware known as "Mayhem" that targets Unix and Linux systems has been updated to exploit Shellshock flaws, security experts warn. But with few Unix-flavor systems running anti-virus software, how can it be stopped?
Kmart has confirmed a breach that started in early September involving a "new form" of malware that infected the company's payment card systems. Find out the details surrounding the incident.
Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel says much of the Obama administration's efforts will involve getting whatever IT security policy passed on whatever vehicle is available as long as the measure is acceptable to the White House.
The ice cream and fast food chain Dairy Queen has confirmed that Backoff point-of-sale malware was used in a payment card breach that affected 395 of its 4,500 franchised U.S. locations. Find out how many cards were affected.
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