Security Strategy, Plan, Budget

A forgotten-about root certificate authority in the Firefox web browser has been removed after Mozilla was unable to initially confirm its owner.

A new Washington state law set to go into effect July 1 will allow banks to recoup certain data breach losses from negligent businesses. Under the new law, passed by the state Legislature in late March, financial institutions can seek reimbursement from large retailers and credit card processors that have suffered a data breach — if they failed to comply with the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). The new law is similar to a Minnesota statute passed in 2007. — AM

Signature-based software just can't keep up with today's malware, says The Washington Post Co.'s Stacey Halota.

The iPhone and the latest versions of Internet Explorer, Safari and Firefox were "pwned" this week at an annual hacker conference in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Join us Tuesday and Wednesday for our special two-day SC eConference and Expo: Complying with PCI.

The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a controversial bill that would have banned the use of biometrics data in identification cards.

Federal agencies have overlapping and uncoordinated responsibilities for cybersecurity, according to a report released on Friday from the Government Accountability Office.