A security firm is warning this week that 88 percent of networks are at risk of being compromised via credential theft and reuse.
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Yahoo Hires Bob Lord as its CISO
Yahoo has hired former Twitter and Rapid7 security executive Bob Lord as its new CISO, taking over for Alex Stamos, who this summer left Yahoo for Facebook.
Latest BSIMM Data Puts Health Care Back of the Pack
The sixth version of the Building Security in Maturity Model (BSIMM) was released today and for the first time includes data on the software security practices of health care organizations.
Government Requests for Twitter User Data Continue to Grow
The appetite for Twitter user data from governments around the world continues to grow, with the volume of such requests increasing by 40 percent in the second half of 2014. Requests from the United States government alone went up 29 percent, the company said in its latest transparency report. Government requests for Twitter user information […]
FCC Warns Businesses WiFi Blocking is Illegal
In the wake of a recent enforcement action against Marriott for blocking guests’ WiFi hotspots in their hotels, the FCC is warning other hotel operators and business owners that such blocking is illegal and the commission’s Enforcement Bureau is taking note. Marriott last year paid a fine of $600,000 to settle an FCC enforcement action […]
Sony: Employee Health Information May Have Been Compromised
Sony Pictures Entertainment has sent a letter to employees warning them that, along with huge amounts of corporate and employee information, some personal health data belonging to SPE employees may also have been compromised in the attack that hit the company in late November. The letter, which also was sent to the California Office of […]
OWASP Releases Latest App Sec Guide
OWASP published the latest iteration of its Testing Guide, an informational manual designed to teach developers how to build and maintain secure application.