Security News > 2018 > November

We're one of 7,000 victims here, firm insists Educational electronics outlet Kitronik has suffered a data breach which its data controller suspects was caused by the same strain of malware that...

Joshua Adam Schulte, a 30-year-old former CIA computer programmer who was indicted over four months ago for masterminding the largest leak of classified information in the agency's history, has...

ISACA’s Certified Information Systems Auditor (CISA) certification is being updated in 2019 to reflect the industry trends impacting the IT audit profession. Updated CISA review materials and...

The pros and cons of using internal and external talent, or a mix of both Comment You’re a small or mid-sized business and have a growing sense of unease that you aren’t doing enough on cyber...

Malicious bots and botnets are becoming increasingly common and sophisticated, and enterprises need to address them in their risk assessments and security frameworks, says Akamai's Aseem Ahmed.

Security researchers at UC San Diego and Stanford have discovered four new ways to expose Internet users’ browsing histories. These techniques could be used by hackers to learn which websites...

Nearly two-thirds of all advanced email attacks used emails impersonating Microsoft or Amazon, according to new research by Agari. Microsoft was impersonated in 36 percent of all (brand) display...

A top Australian defence firm with major US Navy contracts has admitted its personnel files were breached and that it was the subject of an extortion attempt. Austral -- which among other things...

Democrat Senator Ron Wyden released a draft bill this week that proposes big fines for companies misusing the personal information of American consumers, along with significant prison terms for...

Dynatrace announced the findings of an independent global survey of 800 CIOs, which reveals that 74% of IT leaders are concerned that IoT performance problems could directly impact business...