Security News

U.S. House Report Blasts Equifax Over Poor Security Leading to Massive 2017 Breach
2018-12-12 15:58

Equifax Could Have Prevented Massive Data Breach, Report From U.S. House Says read more

House Releases Cybersecurity Strategies Report
2018-12-11 17:27

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on Energy and Commerce has released a report identifying strategies for the prevention and mitigation of cybersecurity incidents. read more

Equifax Breach 'Entirely Preventable,' House Report Finds
2018-12-11 13:03

Democrats Slam Republican Report for Not Advancing New Breach-Prevention LawsThe data breach suffered by Equifax in 2017 "was entirely preventable," according to a report released by the House...

Credit Card System Hack Led to HIPAA Breach Report
2018-12-10 20:48

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Frisco Notifying Those AffectedThe hacking of a credit card processing system has prompted a Texas hospital to notify federal regulators and affected...

GDPR: 8,000 Data Breach Reports Filed So Far in UK
2018-12-10 16:18

Privacy Watchdog Counts 41 Daily Breach Reports Since GDPR Enforcement BeganThe U.K.'s privacy watchdog says that six months after enforcement of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation began,...

2018 Annual Report from AI Now
2018-12-10 15:27

The research group AI Now just published its annual report. It's an excellent summary of today's AI security challenges, as well as a policy agenda to address them. This is related, and also worth...

Under Fire Huawei Agrees to UK Security Demands: Report
2018-12-07 16:32

Embattled Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has agreed to British intelligence demands over its equipment and software as it seeks to be  part of the country's 5G network plans, the FT reported...

Report: Pioneering Privileged Access Management
2018-12-07 13:43

Gartner released the first-ever Magic Quadrant for Privileged Access Management*, – it is, in our view, a significant milestone for the industry. We believe it spotlights the critical importance...

Chinese Government Suspected in Marriott Hack: Report
2018-12-06 17:08

The massive Marriott data breach affecting as many as 500 million individuals may be the work of hackers sponsored by the Chinese government, Reuters learned from several people investigatin read more

Brits' DNA data sent to military base after 'foreign' hack attacks – report
2018-12-06 09:07

100,000 Genomes Project is secure, insists chair An ambitious project to map the DNA of a million Brits has experienced such sustained hack attacks that officials have had to shift the data to a...