Trump hotels confirms data breach
October 2, 2015 - Donald Trump's luxury hotel chain has confirmed that malware may have compromised customer credit and debit card data.
ISACA Privacy Survey: Companies Are Not Adequately Protecting Consumers’ Personal Information
September 29, 2015 - According to a global survey of privacy and risk professionals released today, more than half of the 780 respondents say consumers should not feel confident that companies are adequately protecting their information. The study, conducted by global IT association ISACA, also found that only 29 percent of the respondents are very confident in their enterprise’s ability to ensure the privacy of its sensitive data. In fact, nearly one in five said they have experienced a material privacy breach.
Biometric security alarm raised as hackers steal 5.6 million fingerprints
September 24, 2015 - The US Office of Personnel Management says that hackers who breached its systems over the summer made off with the fingerprint records of 5.6 million individuals, raising questions over the security of biometrically-protected identities.
ISACA Survey: 87% of Cybersecurity Experts Say Mobile Payments Data Breaches will Grow, Yet 42% Report Using this Payment Method
September 24, 2015 - A survey of more than 900 cybersecurity experts shows that an overwhelming majority (87%) expect to see an increase in mobile payment data breaches over the next 12 months, yet 42% of respondents have used this payment method in 2015. The 2015 Mobile Payment Security Study from global cybersecurity association ISACA suggests that people who use mobile payments are unlikely to be deterred by security concerns.
BitPay loses $1.8m in phishing attack
September 17, 2015 - BitPay lost $1.8 million in a phishing attack late last year, according to lawsuit filed by the bitcoin payment processing firm against an insurer it is trying to get to cover some of the losses.
Information sharing key to cybersecurity - Sifma
September 17, 2015 - SIFMA today released the following statement from Kenneth E. Bentsen, Jr., president and CEO, upon completion of SIFMA's Quantum Dawn 3 cybersecurity exercise.
Judge paves way for banks to sue Target over data breach
September 16, 2015 - A US judge has given a group of banks the go-ahead for a class action lawsuit against Target over the massive 2013 data breach at the US retail chain.
Russian national admits role in world's largest data breach
September 16, 2015 - A Russian national today admitted his role in a worldwide hacking and data breach scheme that targeted major corporate networks, compromised more than 160 million credit card numbers and resulted in hundreds of millions of dollars in losses – the largest such scheme ever prosecuted in the United States.
