Security News > 2017 > September

A federal judge has dismissed three of the six counts in a complaint filed in January by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) against D-Link. The FTC accused the Taiwan-based networking...

Another day, another news about a data breach, though this is something disconcerting. Login credentials of more than half a million records belonging to vehicle tracking device company SVR...

Botnets, like Mirai, that are capable of infecting Linux-based internet-of-things (IoT) devices are constantly increasing and are mainly designed to conduct Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)...

SEC Commissioner Faces Senate Questioning Over Newly Disclosed May 2016 BreachThe chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission will face the Senate Banking Committee next week following...

Analyzing the impact of a breach of computers at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission leads the latest edition of the ISMG Security Report. Also, exploring alternative plans to implement...

Attorney Imran Ahmad Discusses Potential ImpactCanada had been lagging behind the U.S. and some other nations in terms of breach notification regulations, but now it's catching up, says attorney...

How Much Flexibility Do Healthcare Organizations Have?The deadly hurricane season has prompted federal regulators to issue several specific HIPAA waivers in recent weeks. But are such waivers...

Attacks involving a rather unknown information stealing malware family dubbed "FormBook" have become increasingly frequent recently, fueled by the threat’s cheap price and the availability of a...

You can now add another blunder to the already long list of Equifax’s missteps in the wake of the massive breach it announced earlier this month: the company has been pointing affected customers...

John Cloonan of Lastline on an Effective Backup StrategyAdopting best practices for disaster recovery is the best way to prepare for ransomware attacks, says John Cloonan of Lastline.