Security News

Sale of 4 Million Stolen Cards Tied to Breaches at 4 Restaurant Chains
2019-11-26 13:32

On Nov. 23, one of the cybercrime underground's largest bazaars for buying and selling stolen payment card data announced the immediate availability of some four million freshly-hacked debit and...

2 Health Data Breaches Affect Total of 220,000
2019-11-22 20:18

Ransomware, Phishing Attacks Expose a Wealth of DataA California-based medical supply firm and a medical center in Missouri have reported health data breaches that each affected more than 100,000...

Inadequate data sanitization puts enterprises at risk of breaches and compliance failures
2019-11-21 05:30

Global enterprises’ overconfidence and inadequate data sanitization are exposing organizations to the risk of data breach, at a time when proper data management should be at the forefront of...

Netwrix Auditor 9.9: Mitigating the risk of data breaches
2019-11-18 02:00

Netwrix, a vendor of information security and governance software, announced the release of Netwrix Auditor 9.9, which enables organizations to strengthen control over access to minimize the risk...

5,183 breaches from the first nine months of 2019 exposed 7.9 billion records
2019-11-14 06:30

According to Risk Based Security’s Q3 2019 Data Breach QuickView Report, the total number of breaches was up 33.3% compared to Q3 2018, with 5,183 breaches reported in the first nine months of...

CloudVector’s API Threat Protection platform monitors and secures APIs to prevent data breaches
2019-11-13 02:00

CloudVector, the first API Threat Protection platform to go beyond the gateway, announced the launch of its namesake solution, which discovers, monitors and secures APIs to prevent data breaches....

How firewall automation can help prevent breaches caused by wrong configurations
2019-11-12 15:32

A majority of IT staffers polled by firewall management service FireMon said they still use manual processes to manage changes.

ThreatList: Data Breaches Batter Stock Prices at Public Companies, For Months
2019-11-11 18:13

When it comes to bouncing back, long-term impact to share prices from a data breach incident is significant on average for large companies.

Understanding the Ripple Effect: Large Enterprise Data Breaches Threaten Everyone
2019-11-08 19:44

Fallout from giants at the top is one of the largest drivers of cyber-impacts on everyday people and companies.

Study: Ransomware, Data Breaches at Hospitals tied to Uptick in Fatal Heart Attacks
2019-11-07 19:48

Hospitals that have been hit by a data breach or ransomware attack can expect to see an increase in the death rate among heart patients in the following months or years because of cybersecurity...