Security News

Suspect in Huge Capital One Breach Seeks Release From Jail
2019-08-21 14:52

Lawyers for a transgender woman charged in a massive data breach at Capital One asked a judge Tuesday to release her from federal custody, saying that for her to remain jailed with men is a...

Did Facebook know about “View As” bug before 2018 breach?
2019-08-19 10:31

Even though Facebook protected employees, it failed to fix the vulnerability or to protect most users, a court filing charges.

A Summer of Data Breach Discontent
2019-08-16 18:48

Ransomware Attacks, Vendors Mishaps Are Top Culprits in Healthcare Data Breach DramaWhen we look at many of the biggest healthcare data breaches reported so far this summer, two big culprits pop...

ECB Uncovers Data Breach in Bank Newsletter
2019-08-15 18:13

Hackers had access for months to the contact information of hundreds of financial industry subscribers to a European Central Bank newsletter, the Frankfurt institution said Thursday. "Unauthorised...

Choice Hotels Breach Showcases Need for Shared Responsibility Model
2019-08-15 17:04

700,000 customer records were exposed after being housed on a vendor's server that lacked appropriate security.

How to cut the cost of a data breach
2019-08-15 16:30

IBM's Wendi Whitmore explains why a data breach isn't a one-time cost and recommends cost-saving tips, which include having access to an incident response team.

AMCA Breach Victim Count Continues to Grow
2019-08-14 19:48

More Affected Labs Revealed; Several Breach Reports Show Up on Federal TallyThe American Medical Collection Agency breach continues to grow messier, with more companies being added to the victim...

Which are the most capable breach prevention systems?
2019-08-08 05:30

NSS Labs released its Analysis of Breach Prevention Systems (BPS) – solution suites, involving endpoint, network, sandbox, cloud, and other integrated protections. Vendors have been claiming for...

Two More Lab Firms Say They Were AMCA Breach Victims
2019-08-07 19:48

Massive Data Breach Continues to Get MessierIt's been more than two months since lab companies began revealing they had patient data exposed in a data breach at American Medical Collection Agency....