Data Security

A survey of IT professionals casts light on some of the trust and compliance challenges that plague the information security sector.

A security flaw on the Lyft app lets some users access the accounts of others and exposes sensitive personal and credit card information.

Twitter's password recovery systems briefly contained a bug that potentially exposed the email addresses and phone numbers of about 10,000 active account-holders.

California AG Kamala Harris released the state's data breach report; 178 breaches were reported in 2015 and 24 million personal records were compromised.

A Tax Foundation executive asked the IRS to remove its "Get My Electronic Filing PIN" webpage because it continues to offer the potential for identity theft.

Ken Munro of Pen Test partners has said that VTech toys should be boycotted after the company announced it was no longer responsible for customers' data.

An authorized party obtained employee data from California rehabilitation and nursing home health-care provider Magnolia Health Corporation, after posing as the company's CEO in a spoofed email.