Backoff point-of-sale malware hits over 1,000 businesses
In an advisory Friday, the U.S. government estimated that the Backoff point-of-sale malware campaign has struck over 1,000 businesses to date. …read more…
Community Health breach shows detecting Heartbleed exploits a struggle
The difficulty of detecting Heartbleed exploits means that the Community Health breach is unlikely to be the last incident linked to the OpenSSL flaw. …read more…
Breaches show information security fundamentals prove hard to learn
News roundup: Heartbleed vulnerabilities, point-of-sale malware and phishing scams are nothing new, yet numerous companies continue to fall victim to them. Shouldn’t the lesson be learned by now? Plus: HTTP Shaming, Dropbox improvements and more. …read more…