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The importance of information security and technology risk management continues to grow, but many risk and security professionals continue to struggle with non-IT executive …

A northern California man who served as an information and document vendor in the identity theft and credit card fraud ring known as Carder.su was sentenced yesterday to serve …

D-Link announced the DWL-8610AP, a new high power, 802.11ac unified wireless access point. Rich with advanced radio management and security features, it allows IT …

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, podcasts, interviews and articles: Breaking the security of physical devices In this podcast …

A weakness believed to exist in Android, Windows and iOS operating systems could be used to obtain personal information from unsuspecting users, research at the University of …

We all know that the Internet of Things (IoT) is coming, and it’s going to change everything. Its sheer scale alone is almost mind-boggling: Gartner reckons that the …

There are 2.4 billion Internet users in the world today. Many of these users, in good faith, leave their personal online security up to their service providers. Sadly, time …

Worldwide spending on information security will reach $71.1 billion in 2014, an increase of 7.9 percent over 2013, with the data loss prevention segment recording the fastest …

UPS Stores, a subsidiary of UPS, has discovered malware on systems at 51 locations in 24 states (about 1%) of 4,470 franchised center locations throughout the United States. …

You can’t blink these days without hearing about yet another data breach. While some may be suffering from “breach fatigue” and becoming jaded, we argue that …

While many mobile device apps such as a calendar or collaboration tools are very handy and can improve productivity, they can also introduce vulnerabilities that can put …

Infection numbers of well-established fake AV families have reached the lowest level in years, and Microsoft researchers believe the drop is the result of the antimalware …