Security Strategy, Plan, Budget

An employee of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center lost a thumb drive, potentially exposing unencrypted medical and personal information of patients.

Admitting to the vulnerability, Apple is suggesting that users employ iMessage as a workaround.

Though Gauss's encrypted payload continues to perplex researchers, Kaspersky Lab has unveiled a free tool to detect the malware.

Students, vendors and others who received payments from the University of Arizona last year had their personal data posted to the school's public server.

Gauss, which researchers have linked to Flame and Stuxnet, both believed to be built by the U.S. government, functions mainly as a banking trojan -- but it also contains a mystery encrypted payload.

Kaspersky Lab researchers say they have detected five new variants of a mobile trojan known as ZitMo, and four of them target BlackBerry devices, which typically have gone untouched by hackers. Users in Europe are being targeted.

Considering the endless march of breaches, it may be time to scrap the belief that adequate passwords -- or even passphrases -- can prevent hackers from breaking into corporate environments. Instead, security pros should focus their efforts on gaining visibility into their networks.