Security News

How fake users are impacting business through acts of fraud and theft (Help Net Security)
2015-11-19 09:33

A new report by The Ponemon Institute highlights the average economic value of a company’s user base ($117M) and the financial and brand reputation damage that can be done if fraudsters are allowed to...

The worst data disasters from 2015 (Help Net Security)
2015-11-19 08:15

What’s stronger than a speeding locomotive and can survive the heat of a fire? Data. The device that contains that data is a different story. Each year, Kroll Ontrack – which performs over 40,000...

Mass adoption of mobile payment services derailed by security, privacy concerns (Help Net Security)
2015-11-19 08:00

Evaluating the mobile payment preferences of 1,217 consumers from the U.S., a new Research Now survey revealed that 17 percent of respondents who did not make holiday purchases with their mobile phone...

Mobile users continue to put personal and corporate data at risk (Help Net Security)
2015-11-19 07:29

Blancco Technology Group surveyed over 1,400 mobile users in the United States, Canada, UK and Australia, and found that inadequate security precautions taken by mobile users not only put their person...

The future of information security in the government (Help Net Security)
2015-11-19 07:27

A new report from Intel Security and the Digital Government Security Forum (DGSF) looks at the fast changing digital world, which promises to transform how our government and public services operate. ...