Data Security

Tencent, a major chinese web browser with millions of users around the world, has been found leaking data with which users can be identified, tracked and attacked.

Tidewater Community College (TCC) in Norfolk, Va., reported the tax information of all its employees was hijacked in a spear phishing scam.

A recent story in the New York Times shared information on a new crop of secure messaging apps for smartphones. The article, posted in the “Personal Tech” section, offered snippets of information about the functionality of five different consumer-focused tools.

If you are going to be in Orlando in the beginning of April and are an information security professional, why wait in humid 90-minute long Disney lines when you can enjoy Orlando indoors at the Infosec World 2016 conference? Another benefit of the conference is that vendors at the expo give you t-shirts. This is the only free thing you'll find at Disney.

Concordia University discovered keylogger devices on computer workstations used by students in two university libraries.

In the first few months of 2016, dozens of businesses have come under spear phishing attacks seeking employee tax data.

Known for its highly respected Data Breach Investigations Report, Verizon Enterprise Solutions has suffered its own data breach, after a cybercriminal was discovered selling information linked to 1.5 million of its customers.

A Chinese citizen pleaded guilty yesterday to participating in a conspiracy to hack into the computer systems of several major U.S. defense manufacturers.