Security experts analyze the latest details that big-box retailer Home Depot provided about a breach that exposed 56 million payment cards. A hot topic: the nature of the malware used in the attack.
Legislation that aims to help the Department of Homeland Security recruit and retain cybersecurity professionals is one step closer to becoming law now that it won unanimous approval in the Senate.
Home Depot says an estimated 56 million payment cards were exposed in a data breach at its U.S. and Canadian stores. The retailer says an investigation revealed the breach involved custom-built malware not used in other cyber-attacks.
The leader of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Service pledges to carry out 28 recommendations made by a watch-dog agency to improve the security of HealthCare.gov before the next open enrollment period for Obamacare begins Nov. 15.
Leading this week's industry news roundup, Cisco unveils a next-generation firewall, and SurfWatch Labs introduces a cyber-risk application aimed at the C-Suite.
A cross-site scripting vulnerability at eBay.co.uk left an undetermined number of users susceptible to an attack that attempted to steal their credentials when they clicked on links within a listing offering a used iPhone for sale.
Federal regulators have released guidance to educate healthcare entities and business associates about how the HIPAA Privacy Rule applies to married same-sex couples.
Apple announces security and privacy changes tied to the release of iOS8, including better data encryption, more secure iCloud backups, and a corporate promise to be more transparent. But it delays release of its HealthKit.
A congressional hearing scrutinizing Tiversa, the peer-to-peer security firm that's at the center of the ongoing data security dispute between medical test lab firm LabMD and the Federal Trade Commission, has been postponed until November.
Federal government auditors have identified weaknesses in the technical controls protecting the security of the federally run Obamacare HealthCare.gov website and systems, which they say create increased and unnecessary risks.
An employee of a business associate serving Aventura (Fla.) Hospital and Medical Center inappropriately accessed information on thousands of patients over a two-year period.
When IBM unveiled BIOS - Basic Input/Output System - in 1981 with the introduction of its personal computer, few perceived it as a security threat. But now, NIST has issued a new guide to mitigate BIOS vulnerabilities in servers.
Experts review new allegations that have emerged about information security practices at Home Depot in the wake of the retailer confirming that it suffered a data breach resulting in the theft of an unknown quantity of credit and debit cards details.
Home Depot has confirmed a breach that potentially impacts customers in the U.S. and Canada. The latest infographic from DataBreachToday provides an overview about what we know so far.
While a congressional committee will hold a hearing this week to probe the security of HealthCare.gov, Rep. Elijah Cummings says a hearing into the Community Health Systems breach is more urgent.
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