Security vendor Trustwave named in US Target-related suit
Security vendor Trustwave was accused in a class-action suit of failing to detect the attack that led to Target's data breach, one of the largest on record.
Jeremy Kirk | 26 Mar | Read more
Security vendor Trustwave was accused in a class-action suit of failing to detect the attack that led to Target's data breach, one of the largest on record.
Jeremy Kirk | 26 Mar | Read more
Big data analytics tools will be crucial to enterprise security as criminals deploy faster and more sophisticated attacks in attempts to steal sensitive data, according to security firm RSA.
Matthew Finnegan | 21 Mar | Read more
Sally Beauty Holdings confirmed Monday that it fell victim to a data breach, an incident that may have coincided with a project to update point-of-sale terminals at its U.S. stores, a recent regulatory filing shows.
Jeremy Kirk | 18 Mar | Read more
Retail giant Target made headlines after announcing that 110 million Americans were affected by a massive data breach at its stores. If you want to avoid the same fate, pay attention to these four lessons learned in the wake of the Target breach.
Jonathan Hassell | 17 Mar | Read more
Target said Thursday it investigated but ultimately dismissed early signs of a data breach, a decision it likely regrets after suffering one of the largest payment-card and personal-data breaches on record.
Jeremy Kirk | 13 Mar | Read more
The attack that planted malware on Target's point of sale (POS) terminals in November's huge data breach used inside knowledge of the network rather than a vulnerability in its retail software, McAfee has said in its latest quarterly analysis.
John E Dunn | 11 Mar | Read more
As Beth Jacob's resignation from Target shows, retail CIOs are culpable for security breaches even though they might not have the resources in-house to protect the company.
Tom Kaneshige | 05 Mar | Read more
Target CIO Beth Jacob has resigned following a data breach at the retailer that may have affected as many as 110 million U.S. residents.
Grant Gross | 05 Mar | Read more
How well is incident response working for corporations effected by security incidents? A panel at RSA says there is still a lot of work to be done
Grant Hatchimonji | 27 Feb | Read more
The U.S. Congress should pass a law requiring businesses that have lost customer information in cyberattacks to notify those affected, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said Monday.
Grant Gross | 24 Feb | Read more
Data breaches are a bad thing but are some worse than others in a way that can be measured objectively?
John E Dunn | 20 Feb | Read more
The healthcare sector accounted for more than four out of ten US customer data breaches recorded by the non-profit Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) in 2013, the organisation's latest figures show.
John E Dunn | 19 Feb | Read more
The true scale of global data breaches must reach into the hundreds of millions, according to Swiss penetration testing outfit High-Tech Bridge which has discovered that 311,095 user credentials were posted to the popular Pastebin website during 2013 alone.
John E Dunn | 18 Feb | Read more
The latest details from the Target breach investigation raises questions as to the security the retailer had in place for third-party vendors accessing its partner portal and billing system.
Antone Gonsalves | 14 Feb | Read more
A group representing 22 of the world's largest banks is pushing for broad adoption in the U.S. of payment card technology called tokenization, citing shortcomings in the planned migration to the Europay MasterCard Visa smartcard standard over the next two years.
Jaikumar Vijayan | 12 Feb | Read more