Security News > 2018 > December

Rigado Gateway to use new AWS IoT Greengrass features enabling Bluetooth to cloud integration
2018-12-05 02:00

Internet of Things (IoT) applications and solutions using Bluetooth sensors now have a path from device to the cloud with little to no coding required. Rigado’s Cascade IoT Gateway has integrated...

The National Cyber Security Alliance appoints Kelvin Coleman as executive director
2018-12-05 01:30

The National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) revealed that former government cybersecurity expert Kelvin Coleman has been appointed as executive director. A veteran of cybersecurity posts at the...

Digital Matrix Systems partners with PointPredictive to combat growing fraud types
2018-12-05 01:00

PointPredictive partners with Digital Matrix Systems (DMS) to integrate its suite of misrepresentation and fraud scoring solutions into the DMS platform including Auto Fraud Manager, Synthetic ID...

GOPwned: Republicans fall victim to email hack
2018-12-04 23:44

NRCC says it was hit in run-up to 2018 elections The National Republican Congressional Committee, the Republican Party's campaigning arm, has confirmed it has fallen victim to a major compromise...

12 States File Data Breach Lawsuit Against EHR Vendor
2018-12-04 21:48

In Wake of Massive Data Breach, Attorneys General Allege Violations of HIPAA, State LawsIn a groundbreaking effort, the attorneys general of a dozen states have jointly filed a federal lawsuit...

A Breach, or Just a Forced Password Reset?
2018-12-04 21:45

Software giant Citrix Systems recently forced a password reset for many users of its Sharefile content collaboration service, warning it would be doing this on a regular basis in response to...

1-800-Flowers Becomes Latest Payment Breach Victim
2018-12-04 21:00

Details are so far scant in this latest in a string of data breaches.

GDPR Compliance: The Role of Vendor Risk Management
2018-12-04 20:18

Attorney Steven Teppler on Holding Vendors AccountableWhy is ramping up vendor risk management such a critical component of compliance with the EU's General Data Protection Regulation? Attorney...

A CISO's Insights on Breach Prevention
2018-12-04 19:48

Anahi Santiago of Christiana Care on Patching, Mitigating Insider ThreatsA failure to patch systems and slipups that lead to insider threats are two major causes of breaches in the healthcare...

New Ransomware Spreading Rapidly in China Infected Over 100,000 PCs
2018-12-04 19:33

A new piece of ransomware is spreading rapidly across China that has already infected more than 100,000 computers in the last four days as a result of a supply-chain attack, and the number is...