Security News

Welcome back from the holiday, Americans! Here's who leaked data while you were away
2019-12-02 22:29

TrueDialog, Mixcloud, Magento Marketplace expose accounts Thanksgiving is an ideal time to either hack (IT admins need holidays too) or to drop news of hacks (because no one's reading much news)...

Americans Concerned, Confused Over Privacy, Survey Reveals
2019-11-18 22:43

Survey reveals that skepticism towards privacy issues remain at an all-time high.

Security of North American Energy Grid Tested in GridEx Exercise
2019-11-18 15:54

A major exercise whose goal was to test the cyber and physical security of North America’s grid has enabled the energy industry and governments to review and improve incident response plans and...

Most Americans feel powerless to prevent data collection, online tracking
2019-11-18 12:54

Most U.S. adults say that the potential risks they face because of data collection by companies (81%) and the government (66%) outweigh the benefits, but most (>80%) feel that they have little or...

Skimming Malware Found on American Cancer Society Webstore
2019-10-30 20:03

Incident Shows That Healthcare Sector Faces E-Commerce ThreatsThe recent discovery of skimming malware on the online store of the American Cancer Society illustrates that the healthcare sector is...

Huawei with you! FCC's American Pai proposes rip-and-replace of scary Chinese comms kit
2019-10-29 13:37

ZTE also on hit list Ajit Pai, chairman of the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has devised a two-part scheme to erase Chinese hardware from American telecoms networks.…

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa launch faster and more secure online checkout
2019-10-23 01:00

American Express, Discover, Mastercard and Visa announced the arrival of faster, more secure online checkout based on the new EMV Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) industry standard, establishing a...

Most Americans don’t have a clue what https:// means
2019-10-11 11:21

...and wouldn't know 2FA from a hole in the ground, according to Pew Research.

2FA, HTTPS and private browsing still a mystery to most Americans
2019-10-10 11:12

Most US adults know what phishing scams are and where they occur, what browser cookies do, and that advertising is the largest source of revenue for most social media platforms, a recent Pew...

American intelligence follows British lead in warning of serious VPN vulnerabilities
2019-10-10 06:01

Now if only they'd accept the Queen back again... The US National Security Agency (NSA) is warning admins to patch a set of months-old security bugs that have recently come under active attack.…