TotalBank, a subsidiary of Banco Popular that has 21 locations in South Florida, is notifying 72,500 customers that their account information was potentially exposed after an unauthorized third party gained access to the bank's computer network.
Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew this week took the precedent-setting step of publicly addressing the financial system's cybersecurity shortcomings. Learn why one expert says this could represent a policy shift for the Treasury Department.
If New York State is illustrative of a national trend, hacking poses a greater threat to businesses and other organizations than other types of data breaches.
Does cheap labor allow Chinese hackers to troll one website after another until they find something of interest? Times could prove tough for hackers trying to make an 'honest' day's wage.
Enterprises should test the processes they establish to respond to advanced persistent threat attacks, just as they vet their business continuity plans, ISACA International President Robert Stroud says.
Three Chinese nationals seeking to make "big bucks" broke into the computers of Boeing and other military contractors, stealing secrets on transport aircraft, a U.S. criminal complaint says. Read how they allegedly did it.
For six months, cyber-attackers breached the credit card payment system at a Houston hotel. One security expert says it's too soon to tell if the incident is related to other recent retail breaches.
A Romanian has been sentenced to 45 months in prison for his role in a phishing scheme that netted thousands of credit and debit card numbers from U.S. financial institution customers.
The Department of Homeland Security confirms that "a potential intrusion" of the Office of Personnel Management's network occurred in March but says officials have not identified any loss of personally identifiable information.
With the Senate Intelligence Committee overwhelmingly approving the Cybersecurity Information Security Management Act, common wisdom dictates the bill will head directly to the Senate floor. Not so fast.
Criminals have begun targeting ATMs in Western Europe using malware, as well as a new generation of stealthier skimmers designed to capture card data and PIN codes. But the stolen data is often used for fraud elsewhere, especially the U.S.
The idea of a cyber war council, reportedly proposed by a financial services industry trade group, has not received an enthusiastic reception from cybersecurity experts, some of whom question its viability to defend against cyberattacks.
Attorneys for Target have requested a halt in the discovery process for class action lawsuits stemming from the retailer's December 2013 data breach until the court can consider its forthcoming motions to dismiss most of the suits.
Is having too many stakeholders who care about cyberspace's viability a hindrance to security? That's one way to interpret comments from White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Michael Daniel as he addresses the challenges of governing the Internet.
More than three years after he was indicted, an alleged hacker accused of breaking into point-of-sale systems at retailers throughout the nation has been arrested by the U.S. Secret Service.
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