Security News

US fast-food chain Wendy's investigating possible card data breach (Help Net Security)
2016-01-28 11:37

Wendy’s, the popular and widespread US fast-food chain, is investigating a possible payment card data breach. The company was notified about the possibility by its payment industry contacts earlier...

cPanel notifies customers of possible user database breach (Help Net Security)
2016-01-28 09:54

cPanel, the firm behing the popular eponymous web hosting administration and control software, has suffered a breach over the weekend. According to a notice posted online and sent to potentially af...

Data protection and breach readiness guide (Help Net Security)
2016-01-27 09:00

The Online Trust Alliance (OTA) released its 2016 Data Protection and Breach Readiness Guide, which provides prescriptive advice to help businesses optimize online privacy and security practices, and ...

Phishing email lead to data breach at University of Virginia (Help Net Security)
2016-01-25 15:43

Personally identifiable and financial information of some 1,400 University of Virginia employees has been compromised by attackers in a breach that dates back to early November 2014. "In collaborat...