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Mobile security may not be as easy to exploit as other established attack styles, but this latest news could change that for the worse. The Center for Advanced Security Research Darmstadt (CASED) in Germany has responsibly disclos... Keep Reading

If you haven't downloaded the latest Ponemon Institute report on the cost of data breaches, well, you might want it... Is that a yawn? A groan from data theft marketing fatigue and breach boredom? We get it. Talking about the fin... Keep Reading

Third Party Breaches Can Have Long Term Impact on CostBreaches happen in minutes. Lawsuits happen for years.The total costs of Target's 2013 data breach of 40 million customer credit card numbers will continue to be an unknown for... Keep Reading

By DEBORAH GAGE When Aleksandr Yampolskiy headed security and compliance for Gilt Groupe Inc., a members-only online shopping site, he said he would lie awake at night worrying. Even if he had done a good job protecting his own ... Keep Reading

Recently LinkedIn has been flooded with malicious actors using fake accounts pretending to business individuals in legitimate institutions in order to engage in an interesting variant of “419”-style phishing attacks. The attackers... Keep Reading

Anne FieldContributor 2014 was, of course, quite the year for revelations about cyber attacks and data breaches at major companies like Sony , JP Morgan Chase , Home Depot HD -2.13%, and a host of others. But there also have been... Keep Reading

BY CADIE THOMPSON Retail hacks have consumers thinking twice about how they will shop this holiday season. After a year of breaches, consumers don't feel safe anymore when shopping online, and some are even straying from their f... Keep Reading

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(October 27, 2014) - The instant the POODLE vulnerability within SSLv3 [CVE-2014-3536] was identified, SecurityScorecard R&D team moved to determine how much of the public Internet was affected by this potentially severe security... Keep Reading

Security experts say they never can be completely protected Los Angeles Times SEPTEMBER 7, 2014 | 5:00 AM The possible data breach at Home Depot Inc. that came to light this past week has raised anew the question of whether... Keep Reading