Security News > 2018 > October

I've blogged twice about the Bloomberg story that China bugged Supermicro networking equipment destined to the US. We still don't know if the story is true, although I am increasingly skeptical...

That furious clicking you hear is Charlie Brooker frantically writing his next script A newly developed class of brain implants could also become hacking targets, researchers are warning.…

Sorting Out What Kinds of Incidents Are Most Common This YearWhat kinds of health data breaches have been most common so far in 2018? An analysis of the official HHS breach tally reveals the...

Leo Taddeo, chief information security officer at Cyxtera Technologies, discusses the continuous challenge of balancing incoming cyber threats with CNET's Dan Patterson.

Theresa Payton, CEO at Fortalice Solutions, discusses cybersecurity, election meddling, and Russia's involvement in 2016 US presidential election with CNET's Dan Patterson.

It was the kind of security lapse that gives election officials nightmares. In 2017, a private contractor left data on Chicago's 1.8 million registered voters — including addresses, birth dates...

Illinois had the only state voter registration database that Russian hackers successfully broke into in the 2016 election. Since then, it has spent millions on new cybersecurity protections.

Organizations must carefully monitor that their business associates are adequately addressing data security to help guard against breaches, says Mark Eggleston, CISO at Health Partners Plans, who...

Someone gained access to an email account for the Orange County chapter, which was rife with personal data.

The previous copyright law that only allowed big manufacturers to fix tech products has finally been lifted. Here's what that means for techies.