Security News

Tracking Common Causes of Recent Health Data Breaches
2019-04-01 20:48

Analyzing Trends Reflected on 'Wall of Shame' Tally So Far This YearWhat are the most common causes of major health data breaches that have been added to the official federal tally so far this...

GAO: Equifax-Like Breaches Require Greater Civil Penalties
2019-03-26 21:18

Report Calls for New Rules to Pave the Way for Bigger FinesOne way to ensure greater protection for consumers and their personal information following massive data breaches is to give the U.S....

Report: Half of Breaches Trace to Hacking, Malware Attacks
2019-03-26 19:18

Business Email Compromise and Payroll Portal Hacks Are Surging, Beazley WarnsBeazley Breach Response Services, a unit of global insurance company Beazley, reports that nearly half of the more than...

2019 may be a record year for enterprise breaches, but secure collaboration tools could help
2019-03-18 05:30

Despite business executives agreeing that cybersecurity is a major challenge, businesses globally are severely unprepared for cyberattacks. 44% of business executives from Europe and the United...

Spotting Insider Breaches: Employees Can Help
2019-03-01 21:03

Two Recent Incidents Provide Important LessonsTwo recent security incidents involving insiders spotlight the importance of employee vigilance in detecting and containing breaches.

Egress releases new software to enhance protection against email data breaches
2019-03-01 00:45

People-centric data security provider Egress has announced its latest releases, which use machine learning to improve sender and end user experience, and enhance protection against data breaches....

Privileged credential abuse is involved in 74% of data breaches
2019-02-28 06:15

Most IT decision makers are not prioritizing Privileged Access Management (PAM) practices and solutions, despite knowing privileged credential abuse is involved in almost three out of every four...

Consumer attitudes towards security breaches are changing significantly
2019-02-27 06:00

Transatlantic businesses face greater short-term pain in the US but less long term retribution in the UK following a security breach, according to new data from payment security business, PCI Pal....

Accidental data breaches are often compounded by a failure to encrypt
2019-02-25 06:15

83 percent of security professionals believe that employees have accidentally exposed customer or business sensitive data at their organization. Accidental data breaches are often compounded by an...

Data Breaches of the Week: Tales of PoS Malware, Latrine Status
2019-02-22 18:32

U.S. and subcontinent consumers were the most affected by this week's exposure revelations.