Breach

A hacker has exposed the personal information of about six million Chilean people.

Security researchers recently found a server being used to harvest private information consisting of stolen data from 40 international businesses, as well as health-related information on patients worldwide.

Processes that seemed to mimic malicious behavior led the University of Colorado-Boulder to disclose a possible breach, the school said this week.

Credit card thieves are taking advantage of the vulnerabilities in small retailers' point-of-sale check-out systems, according to a new report.

For the second time this year, a security researcher has found websites certified as McAfee HackerSafe that contain vulnerabilities.

As the use of Wi-Fi by businesses becomes more pervasive, IT departments must rethink their wireless security strategy to combat threats, a panel said Tuesday at the Interop conference in Las Vegas.

Personal data at another college has been exposed, allowing potential hackers to gain access to student information.