Health records are the new credit cards
Forget credit card numbers. The hot new data for the modern bad guy is the electronic health record, which is not only worth more on the black market, but is easier to get.
Maria Korolov | 20 Mar | Read more
Forget credit card numbers. The hot new data for the modern bad guy is the electronic health record, which is not only worth more on the black market, but is easier to get.
Maria Korolov | 20 Mar | Read more
Hundreds of Android and iOS apps are still vulnerable to a dangerous attack revealed two weeks ago that can compromise encrypted data, a security vendor said Tuesday.
Jeremy Kirk | 18 Mar | Read more
In the wake of the recent Verizon report that shows that 80 percent are out of PCI DSS compliance between audits, some vendors are urging the PCI Council to consider approving software-based point-to-point encryption, in addition to the current hardware-based standard.
Maria Korolov | 18 Mar | Read more
Yahoo released the source code for a plugin that will enable end-to-end encryption of email messages, a planned data-security improvement prompted by disclosures of U.S. National Security Agency snooping.
Jeremy Kirk | 16 Mar | Read more
Compliance rates between audits increased substantially across all PCI DSS requirements except for security testing, according to a report released Wednesday by Verizon.
Maria Korolov | 13 Mar | Read more
As concern grows about data collection by mobile apps, Apple and companies involved with its new ResearchKit software development framework for medical studies say users of the first five apps have nothing to worry about.
Fred O'Connor | 12 Mar | Read more
The average large global enterprise has about 2,400 unsafe apps on the mobile devices in its environment, according to a new study from mobile security vendor Veracode.
Maria Korolov | 12 Mar | Read more
Flintshire County Council in North Wales is deploying an encrypted email system that will make it possible to secure messages sent to recipients both inside and outside the organisation.
John E Dunn | 06 Mar | Read more
The rate of new software vulnerabilities jumped dramatically between 2014 and 2013, with 19 new vulnerabilities disclosed every day last year and an upwards trend suggesting things could only get worse this year.
David Braue | 27 Feb | Read more
Almost a year after tipping its hand at Google I/O 2014, Google announced Android for Work, a way to lock down sensitive business data on personal Android phones owned by employees--using versions of Android either old or new.
Mark Hachman | 26 Feb | Read more
Google is adding a new warning to Chrome in its continuing efforts to protect users from harmful actors on the web. The new red flag for Google's browser warns you when you're about to visit a site that encourages users to download harmful and unwanted software.
The majority of new malware is added to antivirus signature databases within 24 hours of first appearance, and 93 percent is detected within a month, but it can take as long as six months for antivirus to catch the remaining 7 percent, according to a new study by Atlanta-based security vendor Damballa, Inc.
Maria Korolov | 14 Feb | Read more
Is life getting easier or worse for admins given the job of patching Microsoft products or is it perhaps just the same as it's ever been but gradually changing in nature?
John E Dunn | 10 Feb | Read more
Access to Microsoft's new Outlook apps has been blocked for members of the European Parliament because of "serious security issues."
Loek Essers | 10 Feb | Read more
Lumension has added a plug-in to its Patch Manager Desktop that lets admins using Microsoft System Center automate one of the environment's most onerous tasks - patching third-party Windows applications.
John E Dunn | 06 Feb | Read more