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Health care organizations were 114 times more likely to hit by ransomware infections than financial firms, and 21 times more likely than educational institutions, according to a new research report by Solutionary.The Omaha-based security firm detect…

The U.S. Department of Human Services has released new guidance for health care organizations that focuses on the growing threat of ransomware, stresses the need for better education and regular backups, and confirms that a ransomware attack against…

Only 22 percent of companies have a comprehensive plan in place to deal with major cybersecurity incidents, according to a new survey from KPMG and British Telecom.
Meanwhile, 97 percent said they have been the victims of a digital attack, and 55 p…

These days not a headline goes by without some cybercriminal jumping all over it. Now, with the Olympics coming up and travelers wary of the Zika virus, scammers are creating fake websites and apps to steal money or to infect users with malware.
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The cost of paying for fraudulent credit card transactions, previously covered by the credit card companies, shifted to the retailers themselves last October — unless they upgraded their payment terminals to accept new chip-based cards.According an…

Police officers held up a sign saying “Welcome to Hell” at the Rio airport last week, according to local and international news reports, and the region’s acting governor warned of a total collapse in public security. More funding is on its way, but …

The Flash Keyboard app has been downloaded more than 50 million times — but is capable of some extremely dangerous behaviors.”It looked like it was a convenient keyboard that had some nice features,” said Bill Anderson, chief product officer at mob…

Enterprise use of encryption saw the largest increase over the past year in over a decade, according to a report released today by the Ponemon Institute.But encryption technology spending as percent of total IT security budgets has gone down, said J…

Companies that use remote device management software to oversee employee devices used for business have the ability to collect a lot more information than employees may be comfortable with, according to a report released today.”The intent of these M…

Security managers working with industrial control systems are increasingly concerned about security, and worried about insufficient information sharing in the industry, according to a new survey.This year, 67 percent of respondents said that the thr…

If CISOs don’t do a good job of communicating, 59 percent of board members said that the security executives stand to lose their jobs, according to a new survey released today.”If they’re not up to par in the minds of the board, there will be action…

A majority of companies don’t have the technology in place to keep employees from sharing confidential documents, according to a study released today.
In particular, only 36 percent of over 600 IT practitioners at large companies said that their co…

Globally, 47 percent of consumers would switch their mobile phone carrier in the event of a security breach, up 7 percent from last year, but only 29 percent of Americans would do the same, according to a new Nokia survey of more than 20,000 custome…

Shaming carriers and smartphone manufacturers into applying patches faster is a step forward, but a lot more needs to be done to improve security of the Android platform, security experts say.
Last month, Bloomberg, citing unnamed sources, is consi…