Security executives should build up an arsenal of use-cases and real-world examples rather than talking in vagaries when educating employees about the threats that social-media channels have opened into modern organisations, a local IT-industry channels specialist has warned.
David Braue | 10 May | Read more
The email that caused a Snapchat employee to leak the company’s payroll data was likely requesting details about a US tax form known as "W2".
Snapchat says its payroll department leaked confidential data to attackers who posed as the company’s CEO Evan Spiegel in a phishing email.
Startup Vera promises to secure Microsoft Office 365 documents no matter where they go using policies set by the businesses that create them.
Tim Greene | 18 Jun | Read more
Uber poaches Facebook security chief... Your next PC could take mobile payments... EU investigates Apple's streaming music plans... and more tech news
IDG News Service staff | 03 Apr | Read more
Newly hired college grads are a particular security risk to your organization, and special measures need to be taken to manage this "graduate risk."
Paul Rubens | 12 Aug | Read more
Many Starbucks customers got a jolt in May when cyberthieves were discovered stealing money from their credit cards and payment accounts by first tapping into their Starbucks mobile apps. The culprit was believed to be a hole in an application-programming interface (API), though perhaps not on Starbucks' site but on another app where overused passwords were stolen and reused, according to reports.
Stacy Collett | 08 Aug | Read more
Millennials, also known as Generation Y (after Gen X) and Generation C (for Connected), should perhaps be called Generation Leaky, at least according to some experts.
Taylor Armerding | 18 Feb | Read more