Security News

Health Data Breach Tally Update: What's Been Added?
2019-05-09 20:03

Business Associate Reports Ransomware Attack; Hacks Still Biggest Cause of BreachesA ransomware attack reported by a business associate that impacted more than three dozen clients and nearly...

Verizon Data Breach Report: Espionage, C-Suite and Cloud Attacks on the Rise
2019-05-08 16:01

Cloud misconfigurations, business email compromise (BEC) and intellectual property theft are all up in the Verizon DBIR 2019 from last year.

Verizon Publishes 2019 Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR)
2019-05-08 04:00

Verizon 2019 DBIR Shows Financially Motivated Attacks Increasing While Criminals Switch to Easiest Targets read more

Popular Online Tutoring Marketplace 'Wyzant' Suffers Data Breach
2019-05-06 19:48

Wyzant—an online marketplace that makes it easy for parents and students to connect with private tutors, in-person and online, in over 250 different subjects—has suffered a data breach exposing...

61% of IT pros have experienced a serious data breach
2019-04-30 12:00

Cybercriminals continue to target intellectual property, putting companies at risk for financial and brand reputation hits, according to McAfee.

Docker Hub Suffers a Data Breach, Asks Users to Reset Password
2019-04-27 12:03

Docker Hub, one of the largest cloud-based library of Docker container images, has suffered a data breach after an unknown attacker gained access to the company's single Hub database. Docker Hub...

Bodybuilding.com Discloses Data Breach
2019-04-23 15:10

Bodybuilding.com, a popular website for fitness and bodybuilding enthusiasts, announced last week that hackers were able to access its systems.  read more

Why a Furniture Maker Had to Report a Health Data Breach
2019-04-18 21:18

Many Employers Have Health Data That Must Be Protected Under HIPAASometimes, even a furniture manufacturer must report a health data breach to comply with the HIPAA Breach Notification Rule....

How Not to Acknowledge a Data Breach
2019-04-17 17:56

I'm not a huge fan of stories about stories, or those that explore the ins and outs of reporting a breach. But occasionally it seems necessary to publish such accounts when companies respond to a...

Yahoo Offers $117.5M Settlement in Data Breach Lawsuit
2019-04-10 15:21

Yahoo is taking a second stab at settling a massive lawsuit regarding the data breaches that the Internet company faced between 2013 and 2016.