Security News

Helping Consumers Respond to Data Breaches
2019-10-23 15:18

Al Pascual, former head of fraud and security practices at Javelin Strategy & Research, has taken on a new role as COO of a start-up company, Breach Clarity, which is offering consumers a free...

Perceptions on the impact of data breaches and identity protection
2019-10-22 05:30

4iQ recently completed research focusing on Americans’ attitudes about cybersecurity breaches and the efforts that organizations make to mitigate breaches’ effects on identity theft. Where’s the...

Avast, NordVPN Breaches Tied to Phantom User Accounts
2019-10-22 00:32

Antivirus and security giant Avast and virtual private networking (VPN) software provider NordVPN each today disclosed months-long network intrusions that -- while otherwise unrelated -- shared a...

Email Breaches: A Growing Healthcare Challenge
2019-10-17 18:33

What Steps Should Entities Take to Battle Back?Data breaches involving phishing and related email compromises persist as a top challenge for healthcare providers. So, what are some of the top...

Financial industry spending millions to deal with breaches in 2019
2019-10-09 17:44

A new study says financial services organizations experienced an average of 10 attacks a year and spent an average of $1.3 million to restore services after each DNS attack.

Breaches are now commonplace, but Reason Security lets users guard their privacy
2019-10-09 17:04

There has been no shortage of massive security breaches so far this year. Just last July, Capital One disclosed that it was hit by a breach that affected more than 100 million customers. Also...

Being compliant with laws and regulations is not a guarantee against data breaches
2019-10-04 04:00

Compliance is not a guarantee against data breaches. These are the results of the Advisera survey carried out with 605 respondents, coming from countries on five continents, from various...

Data breaches now cost companies an average of $1.41 million
2019-10-01 16:30

IT security budgets now average $18.9 million, up from $8.9 million, with savings credited to internal cybersecurity, according to new Kaspersky report.

Employee negligence can be a leading contributor to data breaches
2019-10-01 04:00

Two thirds (68%) of businesses reported their organization has experienced at least one data breach in the past 12 months, and nearly three in four (69%) of those data breaches involved the loss...

Dunkin' Donuts Sued by New York's State Attorney General Over Data Breaches
2019-09-27 18:35

New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Dunkin' Donuts in the Supreme Court of the State of New York on Thursday, September 26, 2019. The complaint alleges fraudulent,...