Data Security

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.

Former employees may have helped a small number of mortgage lenders gain access to the personal information of LendingTree customers by sharing passwords, the company admitted in a letter to victims.