Security News

Breaches at NetworkSolutions, Register.com, and Web.com
2019-10-30 20:47

Top domain name registrars NetworkSolutions.com, Register.com and Web.com are asking customers to reset their passwords after discovering an intrusion in August 2019 in which customer account...

Majority of 2019 breaches were the result of unapplied security patches
2019-10-30 06:00

Despite a 24% average increase in annual spending on prevention, detection and remediation in 2019 compared with 2018, patching is delayed an average of 12 days due to data silos and poor...

Research finds 2019 increase in breaches and cybersecurity spending
2019-10-29 16:59

The ServiceNow and Ponemon study found an average 24% increase in cybersecurity spending and a 17% rise in attacks.

How to Avoid the Top Three Causes of Data Breaches in 2019
2019-10-24 09:34

What's the price of unprotected IT infrastructure? Cybercrime Magazine says that global damages will surpass $6 billion as soon as 2021. Here we'll go through some of the most frequent and...

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...