Security News

Americans Want to Protect Their Information, but Don't Know How: Survey
2019-07-02 18:40

Americans are keen on security, but do not necessarily understand it. This is the conclusion of a new survey of 1,300 Americans undertaken by YouGov, which basically suggests that attitudes...

European Legislation and the American Tech Industry
2019-07-01 17:15

It may sound far-fetched, but American tech firms could be excused for wondering if the European Union is using consumer-oriented legislation as a form of protectionism for its smaller industry...

First American Mortgage Faces NY Regulator Inquiry, Lawsuit
2019-06-03 12:48

Pressure Mounts on Title Company That Exposed 885 Million Records OnlineFirst American Mortgage Corp., the title insurance company that left hundreds of millions of personal documents exposed on...

First American Faces NY Regulator, Lawsuit Over Exposure
2019-06-03 07:48

Pressure Mounts on Title Company that Exposed 885 Million Records OnlineFirst American Mortgage Corp., the title insurance company that left hundreds of millions of personal documents open on the...

First American Financial Corp. Data Records Leak
2019-05-28 14:59

Krebs on Security is reporting a massive data leak by the real estate title insurance company First American Financial Corp. "The title insurance agency collects all kinds of documents from both...

First American Financial Exposed Millions of Sensitive Documents
2019-05-27 05:30

The website of financial services company First American Financial until recently exposed hundreds of millions of documents containing sensitive information, security blogger Brian Krebs reported...

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,...

Data privacy: A hot-button issue for Americans one year after GDPR
2019-05-23 05:15

The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) went into effect in the European Union a year ago this month. GDPR, which gives EU citizens more control over their personal data by mandating how...

Break up Facebook, cofounder says: it’s an un-American monopoly
2019-05-13 10:14

During the 2018 "annus horribilis", users disgusted at privacy flops swore to dump Facebook. But where else is there to go?

Americans overestimate their online safety, despite putting forward little effort
2019-05-08 16:29

A survey of 10,000 Americans found that 90% believe they are doing enough to protect themselves online, though less than half are even doing the bare minimum.