What is the consumer impact of big data breaches such as Target's and P.F. Chang's? Victims blame the breached entities, and they want government action, says Al Pascual of Javelin Strategy & Research.
The trends impacting business today-cloud adoption, increased mobility, rise of social media and the increased amount of online data sharing- make the need for strong authentication more important than ever.
The IT department can no longer firmly establish a network perimeter and rely on simple username and...
As consumers expect a better mobile engagement experience, teams look to improve employee productivity, and BYOD takes hold within the enterprise, the business must deal with a consistent dilemma, accelerating business initiatives while mitigating risk. No longer is a device only security solution adequate, often...
A security researcher's analysis of a hotel reservation website's security vulnerabilities led to the site being taken down for maintenance and the launch of an investigation by the UK's ICO.
P.F. Chang's has issued an update to customers, saying its data breach was the work of a "highly sophisticated" gang, and that forensics experts continue to investigate the full extent of the breach.
A remote-access attack on a POS vendor may have resulted in the exposure of payment card transactions conducted at at restaurants throughout the northwestern U.S.
The "Energetic Bear," a.k.a. "Dragonfly," hacking campaign targets U.S. and Western European energy firms. While the hackers appear to be backed by Russia, the purpose of their attacks remains unclear.
Governments around the world are undergoing change. Whether reducing their data center footprints, virtualizing existing services to reduce costs and "go green", or advancing security to thwart today's advanced attacks in the field or at home, governments have different requirements of their cybersecurity solutions...
Governments around the world are undergoing change. Whether reducing data center footprints, virtualizing existing services to reduce costs and "go green", or advancing security strategies to thwart advanced attacks in the field or at home, governments are demanding more from their cybersecurity solutions today....
A class action suit against breached restaurant chain P.F. Chang's China Bistro is unlikely to succeed, some security experts say, because proving consumer losses linked to specific merchant data breaches is difficult.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including the Australian Privacy Commissioner finding several security gaps at an online dating site that led to a significant data breach.
Despite recent high-profile breaches, organizations are not buying cyber-insurance policies at explosive rates. But Gartner's cyber-insurance expert Juergen Weiss says that might not be a bad thing.
Target is the big name that draws attention to a growing challenge for banking institutions: Who ultimately is responsible for mounting retail fraud losses - the merchant whose systems are breached, or the card brands and issuing institutions whose payment cards are compromised?
It's a heated debate that has...
Microsoft is offering a new platform that's designed to help cybersecurity analysts and researchers across various industries share security and threat information. Two experts assess the effort.
The primary approaches used to fight advanced threats over the past several years simply aren't effective. Traditional methods such as user education, vulnerability patching, and malware detection have failed to protect enterprises against the current threat landscape. Attackers continuously develop sophisticated...
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