Attackers likely purchased malware in underground "cybercrime-as-a-service" markets to use in recent credit card breaches, including the Target Corp. attack, a new report from McAfee Labs asserts. Adam Wosotowsky explains the report's findings.
At his March 11 Senate confirmation hearing, Navy Vice Adm. Michael Rogers, chosen by President Obama to be the next director of the National Security Agency, declines to characterize NSA leaker Edward Snowden as a traitor.
Disclosing that it fulfilled only 11 percent of the requests for customer information from U.S. law enforcement agencies during the second half of 2013, Microsoft reiterates its call for an international framework that protects customers' rights.
What are the top 20 books that all cybersecurity professionals should read? Rick Howard of Palo Alto Networks discusses his effort to develop a "Cybersecurity Canon."
A new government watchdog report says dozens of high-risk security vulnerabilities found in information systems at 10 state Medicaid agencies should serve as a warning to other states about the need to take action to prevent fraud.
A federal advisory panel has prepared recommendations for security and privacy best practices to use when a patient's representative, or proxy, is authorized to view, download or transmit electronic health records, such as through a portal.
Healthcare organizations can now take advantage of a growing number of resources offering guidance on improving medical device security. Learn about the latest security assessment framework that's now being tested.
Congress heard testimony from cybersecurity experts this week about the steps that should be taken to minimize the risk of breaches of the payments system. Learn what Troy Leach of the PCI Council and others had to say.
MasterCard and Visa have announced the formation of a cross-industry group that will work on improving U.S. payment security by advancing migration to chip cards as well as point-to-point encryption.
Advice on how to encourage information sharing while preserving control over access to data is provided in a new special publication from the National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The theft of eight unencrypted desktop computers from a business associate of two Los Angeles County health departments has resulted in a breach affecting well more than 100,000 patients.
What started as an investigation of a minor breach at a county health department in Washington state has ended in a HIPAA monetary settlement with federal regulators.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, Entrust releases a new version of IdentityGuard with biometric authentication capabilities, while Belkin unveils its Secure Web Camera Adapter.
The Obama administration's proposed fiscal 2015 budget would fund a new health IT safety surveillance program, as well as help bolster health data privacy and security activities.
The next round of HIPAA compliance audits by federal regulators are likely to focus on three key areas, says compliance expert David Holtzman, who until recently worked at the agency that enforces HIPAA.
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