The CISO for a Dallas-based school district quit his job over the district's handling of a severe data breach that occurred in August 2021. A TV broadcaster has revealed that two students in the district were responsible even though the district claimed the intruder was a "third party."
The U.S. Internal Revenue Service says it will pull back plans to use facial recognition for authentication of new users of its online accounts. The move comes amid concerns from Congress members and privacy advocates about cybersecurity, software bias and third-party transparency issues around the IRS' proposal to...
German officials are warning about an ongoing cyberespionage campaign by Chinese-backed hacking group APT27 or Emissary Panda using the malware variant HyperBro against German commercial companies.
The House of Representatives on Friday passed a bill that Democratic lawmakers say will help the U.S. compete with China economically when it comes to manufacturing semiconductor chips and bolstering both supply chains and the technology workforce.
Swissport, a global company that provides aviation-related services, confirmed it was hit by a ransomware attack on Thursday. The incident has now been contained, and a full system cleanup and recovery process is underway with no significant delays in sight, a company spokesperson says.
What are the "Four Horsemen of the Data Loss Apocalypse," and how are they causing challenges for organizations that have not yet transformed their approach to data security? Steven Grossenbacher and Jacob Serpa of Zscaler spell out a new, unified approach to enterprise data protection.
The U.S. Department of Justice's Transnational Elder Fraud Strike Force has indicted six India-based call centers for using IRS scams that targeted U.S. senior citizens. Indian law enforcement agencies have also been cracking down on fake call centers running IRS-related fraud.
Digital newbies who began using online services during the COVID-19 pandemic are not very aware of organized crimes such as scams, and this increases the number of fraud incidents, says Charles Subrt, director of the fraud and AML practice at Aite-Novarica Group. He says financial institutions need to create a full...
Meter, a blockchain infrastructure company that provides multi-chain bridging and allows users to trade multiple cryptocurrencies across Ethereum and other public chains, has been exploited for around $4.4 million, the company acknowledged via Twitter. The hack also affected the Moonriver network.
As information security officer at MVB Financial Corp., Cara Coleman says the single biggest cybersecurity threat is just keeping up with the pace of attacks - and understanding the sophistication and trickery of the broad range of attackers. Here's how she tackles the challenge.
A large-scale cyberattack has disrupted operations at oil terminals in Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands with ransomware affecting fuel distribution, oil storage and transport around the world, including Oiltanking in Germany, SEA-Invest in Belgium and Evos in the Netherlands.
Researchers report that because of increased use of multifactor authentication, attackers are developing phishing kits that steal tokens and bypass this trusted layer of security, enabling them to "man in the middle" a browser session and steal credentials and session cookies in real time.
Eset says it has patched a high-severity privilege escalation bug affecting its clients who use Windows-based systems. The company has released software updates for all affected versions of its product, as well as a workaround, and says no exploits have been reported.
U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would bring "new transparency and oversight of software, algorithms and other automated systems" making "critical decisions" for American life. The bill - an updated version of a 2019 proposal - would also combat bias in the use of such technologies, its sponsors say.
ThycoticCentrify renames itself Delinea to grow as a "seamless" security solution. Other acquisitions focus on providing tools to developers to better secure applications and software, boost healthcare device security, fight against chargeback fraud and bring smaller organizations into compliance.
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