Data Security

More robust cybersecurity rules are being considered by the Australian government following the large data breach at Optus, the nation's second-largest wireless carrier, which has compromised 9.8 million individuals' data, according to The Associated Press.

Threat actors have been spreading the information-stealing malware-as-a-service Erbium as phony video game cracks and cheats in an effort to facilitate credential and cryptocurrency wallet theft, according to BleepingComputer.

OCR’s former health information privacy deputy director shares how the proposed national data privacy bill could better protect health data generated by consumers and health apps not regulated by HIPAA.

Fourteen federal agencies have been found by the Government Accountability Office to not have fulfilled key practices for ensuring the protection of Americans' sensitive data, according to CyberScoop.

Morgan Stanley's wealth and asset management division Morgan Stanley Smith Barney has agreed to pay a $35 million fine to settle charges filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission pertaining to federal regulation violations on customer data protection and disposal, TechRepublic reports.

Thoroughbred horse racing track operator New York Racing Association had its employees' and beneficiaries' sensitive data compromised following a cyberattack in June, according to The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.

Widely-used e-commerce site tool Google Tag Manager is being exploited by threat actors to facilitate the deployment of e-skimmers that would then exfiltrate shoppers' personally identifiable information and payment card details, reports The Record, a news site by cybersecurity firm Recorded Future.