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A growing number of data breaches and security incidents can be directly linked to poor code quality, according to CAST. The data reveals finance and retail industry …

The IEEE Center for Secure Design, a cybersecurity initiative focused on the identification of software design flaws, released a report based on real-world data collected and …

You’ve probably heard the phrase about “canaries in a coal mine.” In the mid 1900s, a guy named John Haldane figured out that birds die pretty quickly when …

The former acting director of cyber security at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services was convicted by a federal jury in the District of Nebraska of engaging in a …

Blue Coat researchers analyzed more than 660 million unique hostnames requested by 75 million global users over a 90-day period. They found that 71 percent of the hostnames, …

Just like professionals, more and more students are taking their own devices with them. BYOD, a trend in the business world, is also gaining popularity in schools. With …

Even before the academic semester starts, students from across the globe have begun registering for the largest set of student cyber security competitions in the world: the …

The importance of information security and technology risk management continues to grow, but many risk and security professionals continue to struggle with non-IT executive …

A northern California man who served as an information and document vendor in the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as Carder.su was sentenced yesterday to serve …

D-Link announced the DWL-8610AP, a new high power, 802.11ac unified wireless access point. Rich with advanced radio management and security features, it allows IT …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts, interviews and articles: Breaking the security of physical devices In this podcast …

A weakness believed to exist in Android, Windows and iOS operating systems could be used to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users, research at the University of …