Leading this week's industry news roundup, Trend Micro introduces Deep Security, a new solution for VMWare environments, while SnoopWall launches a counterveillance engine, Privacy Shield.
An investigation into a suspected breach at JPMorgan Chase suggests that attackers used highly customized malware, and exploited multiple zero-day vulnerabilities, to breach the bank's network, according to news reports. But were other banks hit?
Too many organizations fail to adequately manage and secure their SSH keys, even though the keys secure everything from file transfers and backups to patching and database management, NIST warns in new draft guidance.
A Twitter chat featuring Gartner's Avivah Litan offered a lively discussion of numerous fraud-related issues, including card breaches, weak authentication and the need for mobile scrutiny. We'll host more chats soon.
To prevent privacy breaches involving social media, healthcare entities and their business associates need a solid plan that includes comprehensive policies and lots of communication and training.
Initial reports suggested that Russian hackers could behind an attack against JPMorgan Chase, and perhaps other U.S. banks. While it's still far from clear who the culprits are, experts discuss the potential hacking motivations of a nation-state.
Information Security Media Group recently hosted a Twitter chat on the latest fraud trends featuring analyst Avivah Litan, director of research at Gartner, Read the entire transcript of the #ISMGprotalk Twitter chat.
Early reports suggested Russian hackers are behind complex attacks and network intrusions at multiple U.S. financial services firms, including JPMorgan Chase. But security experts warn against jumping to conclusions, based on scant evidence.
The PCI Security Standards Council has issued an alert offering insights for mitigating the threat of "Backoff" POS malware, which has hit 1,000 U.S. businesses. Plus, the council is providing updated guidance for maintaining PCI-DSS compliance.
Compliance attorney Betsy Hodge discusses the last remaining HIPAA Omnibus deadline that's quickly approaching for covered entities and business associates, and the impact of the final rule nearly one year after its enforcement began.
Russian hackers stole data from JPMorgan Chase and at least one other bank in a mid-August attack against the U.S. financial system, according to a Bloomberg news report. The attack allegedly resulted in the loss of "gigabytes" of sensitive data.
The workgroups that advise the Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT on privacy and security issues are shifting gears as the ONC focuses on building an interoperable, nationwide health IT infrastructure. Find out what's on their agendas.
Following the "Operation Tovar" disruption of the Gameover Zeus botnet, security experts see related malware attacks ramping up again, this time as a result of variants of the financial Trojan.
In an in-depth interview, Adam Sedgewick, the point man for the NIST cybersecurity framework, addresses misconceptions about the guidance, the costs to implement it and its role as a marketplace catalyst.
Community Health Systems has been hit with a class action lawsuit following the recent disclosure of a data breach at the hospital chain that compromised information on 4.5 million patients.
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