Security News > 2019 > May

Friday Squid Blogging: More Materials Science from Squid Skin
2019-05-24 21:11

Article: "How a Squid's Color-Changing Skin Inspired a New Material That Can Trap or Release Heat." As usual, you can also use this squid post to talk about the security stories in the news that I...

First American Financial Corp. Leaked Hundreds of Millions of Title Insurance Records
2019-05-24 20:47

The Web site for Fortune 500 real estate title insurance giant First American Financial Corp. [NYSE:FAF] leaked hundreds of millions of documents related to mortgage deals going back to 2003,...

Healthcare's Unique Digital Transformation
2019-05-24 20:18

The term "digital transformation" is not just marketing buzz; it's the here and now for many organizations. And the healthcare sector is uniquely impacted, says Stuart Reed of Nominet in the wake...

Multilayered Security Gets Personal
2019-05-24 19:48

First Data's Tim Horton on Why Encryption Is Not Enough to Secure PIIWhen large-scale data breaches started to proliferate more than a decade ago, security leaders called for end-to-end data...

Security at the Speed of the Cloud
2019-05-24 19:48

McKinsey CISO Dan Fitzgerald on DevSecOps and the Future of Cloud SecurityMigrating from on-premises data security to the cloud and then embedding security in the application development process...

Moody's Changes Equifax's Outlook to 'Negative'
2019-05-24 19:18

First Time a Data Breach Triggers a Moody's Financial Outlook ChangeMoody's has changed its financial outlook for Equifax to "negative" from "stable," reflecting concerns about how the credit...

NSA Hawaii
2019-05-24 19:14

Recently I've heard Edward Snowden talk about his working at the NSA in Hawaii as being "under a pineapple field." CBS News recently ran a segment on that NSA listening post on Oahu. Not a whole...

Snapchat Privacy Blunder Piques Concerns About Insider Threats
2019-05-24 18:33

After a report found that Snap employees were abusing their access to Snapchat data, experts are warning that insider threats will continue to be a top challenge for privacy.

What the future looks like as GDPR's one-year anniversary approaches
2019-05-24 17:57

ZDNet's Danny Palmer sits down with TechRepublic's Karen Roby to break down exactly what GDPR is, what it does, and what the future looks like as its one-year anniversary approaches.

Joomla and WordPress Found Harboring Malicious Redirect Code
2019-05-24 17:48

New .htaccess injector threat on Joomla and WordPress websites redirects to malicious websites.