It's the everyday attacks, not the Flames, that are most likely to put an organization's IT infrastructure in jeopardy. Here is advice for how organizations can staff up and improve cybersecurity.
Developing a culture of responsibility could go a long way in helping business, not-for-profits and governments secure their organizations' information resources.
How can organizations mitigate increasing cybersecurity risks posed by hacktivist groups and organized crime? Verizon's Chris Porter offers recommendations.
Four recent breach incidents, including one affecting LinkedIn, have put the spotlight on the effectiveness of hashing. Why is hashing increasingly ineffective at protecting online passwords?
LinkedIn, the social network that's investigating the pilfering of nearly 6.5 million of its members' passwords, has neither a chief information officer nor chief information security officer.
Restaurant chain Penn Station's transparent response to a card breach that hit 65 of its locations provides an example of the right way to handle post-breach communications.
The online dating website eHarmony has warned a "small fraction" of its users of a June 6 breach that likely exposed hashed passwords. Whether the incident is related to a LinkedIn breach has not been confirmed.
In response to Congress' request for additional information, the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board has changed its story about how it found out about a July 2011 breach affecting its Thrift Savings Plan.
With an increase in state-sponsored hacking, Google says it will alert a select subset of its Gmail e-mail users when it believes their accounts may have been targeted.
In this week's breach roundup, read about the latest incidents, including a breach affecting restaurants in the Penn Station chain, as well as the expanding impact of a University of Nebraska breach.
LinkedIn has confirmed that a breach of its network compromised hashed passwords associated with accounts. Security experts speculate that e-mail addresses also could be vulnerable.
Restaurant chain Penn Station says debit and credit card details may have been exposed in a breach that targeted 43 franchised locations. But what was the nature of the scheme?
Why did hackers target the federal Thrift Savings Plan? Details from the FBI and the TSP have been sketchy, and Sen. Susan Collins is demanding more information - including the reasons behind the delayed notification.
Why are breaches in the payments arena so difficult to trace and investigate? Verizon breach investigator Dave Ostertag offers insights about the forensics complexities of a processor breach.
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