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A Louisiana man was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for using a computer to steal money, hacking computers to obtain passwords, and attempting to sell information …

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC) published a new version of its data security standard for payment software, the Payment Application Data Security Standard …

Ransomware has emerged as the predominant online security threat to home users and small businesses. Delivered through spam or phishing emails that trick users into clicking …

The CIS Critical Security Controls are a set of internationally recognized standards outlining the most important cyber hygiene actions that every organization should …

Research analysts are forecasting positive growth for many segments of the global IT security market over the next four years as several markets including BYOD security, …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Faulty TLS implementation opens VISA sites, users to attack A group of researchers …

IT security tops the list of the skills that IT decision-makers say they want their team members to have, according to a new report by Global Knowledge, based on input from …

Twelve percent of banking CEOs say they do not have insight into whether their institution’s security has been compromised by a cyber attack in the past two years, …

Technology professionals see many steps that could be taken to improve their company’s security. Just over half of the 500 security professionals surveyed by CompTIA say …

Worldwide revenues for Big Data and business analytics will grow from nearly $122 billion in 2015 to more than $187 billion in 2019, an increase of more than 50% over the …

To help companies mitigate risks associated with an increasingly connected world, ICSA Labs, an independent division of Verizon, is rolling out a new security testing program …

Applications have become the heart of many businesses, with millions of dollars allocated to their development and millions of dollars in revenue associated with their …