Breach

The new charges against Barrett Brown, one of the public faces of the online collective Anonymous, raise questions about the legality of simply sharing or posting a link that references stolen information.

A laptop containing unencrypted data belonging to Pepperdine University "campus community members" was stolen from an employee's car.

A recent survey from the Ponemon Institute and ID Experts found that breaches are costing the health care industry an average of $7 billion annually.

Following a breach that resulted in the exposure of millions of Social Security numbers, South Carolina's inspector general wants the state to adopt a more centralized approach to information security.

Understanding your organization's security posture can mean the difference between data that's protected from attackers and a breach that can result in major financial and reputational harm.

From stealthy to blatant tactics, 2012 has seen them all.

This month's news briefs include the massive South Carolina breach, the detection of MiniFlame, and the debacle Barnes & Noble faced after scammers tampered with its devices.

A database server, containing personal information of hundreds of thousands of people affiliated with Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Conn., was publicly accessible for nearly 3 1/2 years.