Privacy regulators in Germany have slammed clothing retailer H&M with a $41 million fine for collecting and retaining private employee data in violation of the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. H&M has apologized, instituted changes and promised to financially compensate employees.
A new malware variant dubbed Black-T developed by the hacker group TeamTnT targets exposed Docker daemon APIs to perform scanning and cryptojacking operations, according to researchers at Palo Alto Networks' Unit 42.
Digital identity is coming of age as a way to enable COVID-19 contact tracing, crack down on payment fraud and much more, says Tony Craddock of the Emerging Payments Association.
A recently updated version of the "InterPlanetary Storm" botnet is now infecting Mac and Android devices as well as those running Windows and Linux, researchers at Barracuda Networks say.
The latest edition of the ISMG Security Report analyzes cybersecurity firm McAfee's plans to again become a publicly traded company. Also featured: 'Zero trust' strategic insights and an IoT security flaw saga.
In this year of accelerated transformation, many enterprises have adopted and adapted to software-defined networking. Daniel Schrader of Fortinet and Daniel Cooke of Vandis discuss how they have partnered to empower networking transformation.
As Universal Health Services continues to recover from an apparent ransomware incident last weekend that affected system access for hundreds of its facilities, security experts say others can learn important lessons from the company's experience.
A recently uncovered business email compromise scam that's targeting executives' Microsoft Office 365 accounts has hit over 150 organizations worldwide so far and netted the scammers about $15 million, according to incident response firm Mitiga.
The attorneys general of 42 states plus Washington, D.C., have slapped health insurer Anthem with a $39.5 million settlement in the wake of a 2014 cyberattack that affected nearly 79 million individuals. Meanwhile, California's attorney general signed a separate $8.7 million settlement with the insurer.
Legislation that establishes minimum security standards for IoT devices procured by the federal government is moving closer to becoming law. A bill has passed the House, and chances are likely better than ever for Senate support following a rewrite of parts of the bill.
Prior to COVID-19, Kumar Ramachandran of Palo Alto Networks declared 2020 the "year of the early majority" for SD-WAN adoption. How has the pandemic only amped up the need for better bandwidth, visibility and centralized management - all at a lower cost? Ramachandran explains.
McAfee is set to become a public company once again, with the cybersecurity firm filing for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to trade under "MCFE" on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Separately, Ivanti announced that it would buy security firms MobileIron and Pulse Secure.
William Dixon of the World Economic Forum is calling for the formation of a "quantum computing security coalition" to help build trust in the technology, which could play a key role in enhancing security.
A fresh round of Joker malware that targets Android users has been found in Google Play as well as third-party app stores, according to reports from Zscaler and Zimperium. The Joker apps can steal SMS messages, contact lists and device information from infected smartphones.
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