The official federal tally of major health data breaches shows that the healthcare sector continues to be a growing target for hackers, including those waging phishing attacks.
Laws rarely, if ever, keep up with technology, but even if they could, the consequences could prove more harmful than the benefits. That was evident at a House hearing that addressed default encryption of mobile devices.
Botnet operators are increasingly selling access to interesting zombie PCs, as well as continuing to launch DDoS and financial attacks, warns Menno van der Marel, CEO of investigation firm Fox-IT.
As the U.S. completes its payments migration to the EMV chip, merchants and card issuers should be bracing for an uptick in card-not-present fraud, says Carol Alexander, head of payment security at software provider CA Technologies.
A class-action suit filed by U.S. banks and credit unions that's pending against Target could prove fruitful for the banks and credit unions, says attorney Chris Pierson, chief security officer at invoicing and payments provider Viewpost.
A breach at St. Vincent Medical Group in Indiana is the latest example of a healthcare organization falling victim to an apparent upswing in phishing attacks targeting employees. And it was the third data breach for the provider organization.
President Obama has signed a bill that provides $320 million in funding to remove Social Security numbers from Medicare ID cards in an effort to fight identity theft and fraud. Find out the time line.
As the House prepares to vote this week on two cyberthreat information sharing bills, their fates will rest as much on the White House's reaction to the proposals as on what happens in Congress.
Three key themes tied to privacy and security emerged at this year's Healthcare Information and Management System's Society Conference, which drew more than 43,000 attendees.
Everything from playing cybersecurity offense to the limits of cryptography in the post-Snowden era are on the agenda for this year's RSA Conference. Here's our rundown of must-see events.
Attitudes about cyberthreat information sharing, as well as attack attribution, have dramatically changed in the last 18 months, says the FS-ISAC's Bill Nelson, a featured speaker at RSA Conference 2015.
Are you heading to RSA Conference 2015 in San Francisco? If so, be sure to connect with Information Security Media Group. We'll be out in full force on the Expo floor, as well as running a number of must-attend sessions and events.
Target has agreed to pay a total of up to $19 million to issuers of MasterCard payment cards over losses and expenses they incurred as a result of the retailer's massive 2013 data breach.
Over the last six months, the University of Vermont Medical Center has seen a spike in phishing attempts, including those laced with malware in an attempt to steal credentials, says CISO Heather Roszkowski, who describes her defensive efforts.
Islamic State sympathizers are exploiting a vulnerability in a WorldPress Content Management System plug-in to deface the websites of news outlets, businesses, religious groups and governments in the U.S. and abroad, the FBI says.
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