Even the brightest technologists aren't immune from cyber-attacks. Just ask Facebook. The social-media company says it fell victim to a sophisticated attack in which an exploit allowed malware to be installed on employees' laptops.
Security threats to healthcare organizations are on the rise - and so are regulatory requirements. Kim Singletary of McAfee discusses the top breach prevention and response challenges for healthcare organizations in 2013.
"The attackers were extremely sophisticated, and we believe other companies and organizations have also been recently similarly attacked," Twitter's Bob Lord says.
The latest breach impacting card data: Zaxby's restaurant chain says computer and POS systems infected with malware and other suspicious files may have exposed account information at 108 locations.
U.S. banks are improving efforts to thwart distributed-denial-of-service attacks. But they're struggling to find the balance between informing customers and giving attackers too much publicity.
The individual implementing security - the chief information officer - can't be the same as the person responsible for testing security, conducting audit and reporting on security weaknesses, South Carolina Inspector General Patrick Maley says.
The goal is admirable: Eliminate all traces of online information about an individual if that's what he or she wants. But is the right to be forgotten an impossible dream?
It's been nearly a month since the latest DDoS attack against a U.S. banking institution. What do the hacktivists say? Are the attacks over, or can we expect to see a new round of assaults?
Leaders at four security technology companies say the recent distributed-denial-of-service attacks against 10 U.S. banks highlight the need for new approaches to preventing and responding to online outages.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including an employee of HSBC stealing customers' financial information upon resigning from the bank.
A breach at a Texas credit union shows how fraudsters target financial institution employees to gain access to sensitive information. Why are institutions proving to be soft spots for compromise?
A self-proclaimed member of the hacktivist group Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Cyber Fighters says Iran is not backing DDoS attacks against leading U.S. banks. What else did he reveal about the DDoS attacks?
DDoS attacks against large organizations shouldn't come as a surprise anymore, says attorney Ronald Raether, who says institutions should be better prepared to communicate the incidents to the public.
In the wake of recent DDoS attacks against banks, most institutions are missing a prime opportunity to educate their customers about security, says Gregory Nowak of the Information Security Forum.
Top executives must be transparent with their stakeholders when their IT systems get attacked. Otherwise, their enterprises' reputations could be more severely damaged, says IBM Fellow Luba Cherbakov.
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