IT Security and Compliance Blog Archive
Read the news, developments and opinion pieces from years gone by about IT security and compliance from industry experts New Net Technologies.
Card issuers like MasterCard, Visa, and American Express set a deadline for October 1, 2015, for businesses to install payment processors able to accept EMV chip-based cards and almost six months later, we’re still seeing businesses lack urgency in transitioning to a more secure means of payment.
Hewlett Packard Enterprises recently released its 2016 Cyber Risk Report delving into the nature of common vulnerabilities that leave companies exposed to risk, and how cyber criminals take advantage of those vulnerabilities.
A cyber attack launched against the Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center has left staff to declare an “internal emergency.”
A recent study conducted by the Ponemon Institute for IBM found that human error is a leading cause of data breaches within the financial sector.
The United States Internal Revenue Service announced Tuesday, February 9 that they have been hacked, again.
The University of Central Florida is the latest educational institute to suffer from a data breach, putting the social security numbers of over 63,000 individuals at risk.
TalkTalk, the major UK consumer telecommunications services provider, suffered a data breach in October 2015 that put the personal details of 4 million customers at risk.
Landry’s Inc. has provided the public with more information regarding the point-of-sale breaches affecting several of its brands including Landry’s Seafood, the Golden Nugget Hotel & Casino, and Rainforest Café.
The Lincolnshire County Council IT Systems have returned to normal after almost a week of cleaning up a ransomware attack.
Attackers targeting the healthcare industry has been a common trend over the past few years, with over 91 million records being compromised in the largest healthcare breaches to date: Premera & Anthem BlueCross BlueShield.
The University of Virginia announced Friday, January 22nd that some of its employee’s personally identifiable information had been accessed illegally after an extensive FBI investigation.
The US government announced Friday that the background check process used for federal employees and contractors will be revamped with a more security database. This announcement comes almost a year after the infamous Office of Personnel Management breach that rocked the federal government.
While medical ID theft continues to rise, let’s ask, what are healthcare providers doing to change this epidemic?
Financially motivated cybercriminals have been spotted trying to infiltrate the finance departments of various small & medium sized businesses in the U.S., U.K., and India, according to security firm Symantec.
Hyatt Hotels has recently published its list of 250 Hyatt Hotel locations whose payment card processing systems were infected with malware last year.
The tax software manufacturer, Tax Act, has just informed some of its customers that an unauthorized third party accessed their TaxAct account in late 2015.
DDoS attacks are extremely difficult to defend against and with each year, the severity, frequency, size, and persistence of DDoS attacks continue to increase.
Apple's infamous Chief Executive Officer, Tim Cook, had words with US Government officials in a recent meeting with technology companies including Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Microsoft, Twitter, Dropbox, and Apple.
As the White House grows more and more frustrated with the lack of success in countering propaganda by violent extremist groups, they’ve now asked for the help of major tech giants to assist in their efforts of making the internet harder for terror groups to use.
Time Warner Cable was recently contacted by the FBI who informed the cable and internet provider that 320,000 of its customers’ email addresses & passwords may have been stolen.
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