Security News

C-level executives increasingly and proactively targeted by social breaches
2019-05-09 05:30

C-level executives – who have access to a company’s most sensitive information, are now the major focus for social engineering attacks, alerts the Verizon 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report....

3 months, 1900 reported breaches, 1.9 billion records exposed
2019-05-09 05:15

There were 1,903 publicly disclosed data compromise events in the first three months of the year, exposing over 1.9 billion records, according to Risk Based Security. No other first quarter has...

90% of data breaches in US occur in New York and California
2019-05-07 15:32

Half a billion records have been exposed in total, with over 86 breaches affecting the two states since January, according to Risk Based Security.

New York, Canada, Ireland Launch New Investigations Into Facebook Privacy Breaches
2019-04-27 10:48

Facebook has a lot of problems, then there are a lot of problems for Facebook—and both are not going to end anytime sooner. Though Facebook has already set aside $5 billion from its revenue to...

Nearly half of firms suffer data breaches at hands of vendors
2019-04-24 05:45

As trusted partners, third-party vendors often become the overlooked or unwitting accomplice in criminal activities. As privacy laws and cybersecurity regulations continue to increase...

Data Breaches in Healthcare Affect More Than Patient Data
2019-04-15 20:03

Blue Cross of Idaho and Palmetto Health Report Financial, Payroll BreachesTwo recent data breaches at organizations in the healthcare sector illustrate that systems beyond those directly related...

Report: Healthcare Is No. 1 - For Breaches
2019-04-12 20:03

New Studies Analyzes Breach Trends and Offers Mitigation AdviceThe healthcare sector was the No. 1 target for major data breaches last year, according to a new report. And the No. 1 cause of...

Why IT pros fear employee error, not hackers, will cause the most breaches
2019-04-11 13:38

IT pros are more concerned with user error and malicious insiders than compromised accounts, according to a Gurucul report.

Planning for Financial Impact of Data Breaches
2019-04-08 18:33

Healthcare organizations need to plan ahead for the financial burden of data breaches stemming from cyberattacks and also take preventive steps to help minimize those expenses, says attorney Laura...

Sen. Warren Wants CEOs Jailed After Big Breaches
2019-04-04 21:03

Bill Would Pave Way for Criminal Charges Against Execs for Corporate WrongdoingSen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass, has introduced legislation that would pave the way for top executives at major...