Security News

Key security priorities for financial services: Preventing fraud and data leaks
2019-12-09 05:30

The banking and financial services sector is struggling with a skills shortage along with the sheer volume of threats and alerts as it continues its ongoing battle against cybercrime, according to...

Plugging the Data Leak in Manufacturing
2019-11-12 21:11

IIoT-generated data – calibrations, measurements and other parameters – still need to be stored, managed and shared securely.

Facebook Reveals New Data Leak Incident Involving Groups' Members
2019-11-06 10:19

Facebook today revealed yet another security incident admitting that roughly 100 app developers may have improperly accessed its users' data in certain Facebook groups, including their names and...

Two Data Leaks Expose Millions of Records
2019-10-28 18:04

Customers of Adobe and Italy's UniCredit Affected in Separate IncidentsTwo new security incidents demonstrate how easily millions of customer records can be exposed. Researchers found an unsecured...

FileCloud launches Smart DLP, a real-time data leak prevention solution
2019-10-08 03:15

FileCloud, a cloud-agnostic enterprise file sync and sharing platform, unveiled Smart DLP, an intelligent, rule-driven solution that enables enterprises to prevent data leaks in real time and...

American Man Jailed in US Over Singapore HIV Data Leak
2019-10-01 06:58

An American man who leaked confidential details of thousands of HIV-positive people in Singapore, most of them foreigners, has been jailed in the United States for two years. read more

Lion Air Data Leak Came From Contractor's Ex-Staff, Airline Says
2019-09-24 11:54

A massive data breach at Indonesian airline Lion Air that affected millions of customers stolen was the fault of staff at a contractor, the airline's Malaysia subsidiary said Monday. read more

Indonesia, Malaysia Probe Lion Air Customer Data Leak
2019-09-20 15:12

Authorities are probing a customer data leak at Lion Air, Indonesia's communications ministry said Friday, in a breach that reportedly affected millions of the carrier's customers. Two of the...

Analytics exec nicked as Ecuador tries to rush through privacy laws after massive data leak
2019-09-18 16:00

Government gave them the deets, so not a hacking charge The head of Novaestrat, the data analytics company at the centre of the huge leak revealed on Monday involving personal information about...

Industry Reactions to Massive Ecuador Data Leak
2019-09-17 18:33

Researchers at vpnMentor have discovered an unprotected database apparently storing information on nearly everyone in Ecuador, including children and deceased individuals. read more