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A new survey, conducted by Harris Poll among 2,100 U.S. adults and developed by WP Engine, discovered that 91% of Americans are concerned about their online privacy, while …

With mobile malware doubling year after year, NQ Mobile released new data and background information outlining the current threat landscape and projecting trends for the …

Being able to adapt to change is one of the most important abilities in security today, mostly because attacks to defend against are able to do the same. The sophistication of …

Security awareness has long been a point of frustration for information security professionals. While many organizations conduct awareness training of some kind, they have …

McAfee Labs revealed that phishing continues to be an effective tactic for infiltrating enterprise networks. Testing business users’ ability to detect online scams, the …

A new SANS survey reports 90% of organizations taking the survey have adopted some or all of the Critical Security Controls (CSCs), and that financial and government …

Recent headlines of Hollywood celebrities’ nude photos leaking onto the Internet remind us of the privacy risks we face when we store personal data – particularly …

Akamai Technologies is alerting enterprises to a high-risk threat of IptabLes and IptabLex infections on Linux systems. Malicious actors may use infected Linux systems to …

Big Data was supposed to be the solution to all our security problems, but this spotlight on intruders turned out to be a mess of white noise. Hiding comfortably in that …

Kaspersky Lab’s experts reported a substantial increase in the amount of financial phishing in spam. There was a 7.9 percentage points increase in the amount of scam …

Whether responding to customer orders or requesting partner data, the biggest cloud security concern for the enterprise is the direct communication between applications. To …

If your business processes, transmits, or stores credit card data, you are subject to the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards (PCI DSS). PCI DSS 3.0 went into effect …