Security

What about the personal data on those millions of recalled Note7s?

Expert notes 'unprecedented' recall where users were told to stop using Note7, leaving no time to delete info

Phishing scheme crimps El Paso for $3.2 million

City/FBI has recovered almost $2 million but the menace remains

Democracy has died of dysentery: The Voter Suppression Trail

25% to 30% of users struggle with identifying phishing threats, study says

Some 8 million phishing email messages are opened every day

How to approach your first day as CSO

There are a million things to worry about but these chief security officers provide advice on how to start off on the right foot.

DDoS attack from Mirai malware ‘killing business’ in Liberia

The DDoS attacks come from the same malware responsible for last month's disruptions in the US

Mobile subscriber identity numbers can be exposed over Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi Auto Connect and Wi-Fi calling pose privacy risks for mobile device users, researchers show

Flaw in Wix website builder risked computer worm

The problem resided with a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability found in websites from Wix

Ixia’s Flex Tap Secure+ protects against injection breaches

This new network tap will be of value on networks running bandwidth-intensive, mission-critical applications that need to be secure

10 AWS security blunders and how to avoid them

Amazon Web Services is easy to work with -- but can easily compromise your environment with a single mistake