Security News

Organizations Getting Better at Detecting Breaches: Report
2017-12-08 09:16

Organizations have become slightly better at detecting cyber intrusions, but malicious actors are constantly working on improving their tactics and techniques, according to CrowdStrike’s 2017...

The Cumulative Effect of Major Breaches: The Collective Risk of Yahoo & Equifax
2017-12-07 18:32

Until quite recently, people believed that a dizzying one billion accounts were compromised in the 2013 Yahoo! breach… and then it was revealed that the real number is about three billion...

75% of insider breaches are accidental
2017-11-30 13:00

Approximately 25% of insider threats are hostile with the remaining 75% due to accidental or negligent activity, according to NTT Security. This graph represents the top targeted industries based...

Data breaches hurt loyalty
2017-11-28 15:36

A majority (70%) of consumers would stop doing business with a company if it experienced a data breach, according to a survey of more than 10,000 consumers worldwide conducted by Vanson Bourne. In...

Big Breaches Are Bad; Phishing and Keyloggers May Be Worse
2017-11-13 11:18

Every Week, Pedestrian Attacks Compromise Hundreds of Thousands of CredentialsRare, massive breaches don't necessarily pose the greatest risk to organizations, according to a new study co-authored...

Phishing is a greater threat to users than keyloggers and third-party breaches
2017-11-10 16:12

When it comes to loosing access to their accounts, phishing is a greater threat to users than keyloggers and third-party breaches, researchers have found. How many valid credentials? The group,...

Former Yahoo CEO: Stronger Defense Couldn't Stop Breaches
2017-11-08 23:33

Marissa Mayer Testifies on the Challenges of Halting State-Backed Persistent AttacksThe former CEO of Yahoo, which has had 3 billion records exposed in a 2013 data breach, testified at a Senate...

7 tips to reduce risks of data breaches
2017-11-02 13:30

A recent study conducted by Forrester Consulting found that two-thirds of organizations have been breached five times in the past two years. It’s clear that traditional approaches are not working,...

Managing Third-Party Risks to Prevent Breaches
2017-11-02 13:03

To help prevent breaches caused by third parties, organizations need to improve their vendor risk evaluation methods, carefully assessing their business partners' processes and risk mitigation...