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Web architect Cricket Liu takes stock of his 30-year career in Domain Name Systems

Facebook is under fire again for its data privacy policies.

Patients’ data compromised by attack on Mind and Motion Developmental Centers of Georgia

The fall of cryptocurrency's value doesn't signify an end to cryptomining, but attackers may be more particular about when they use it.

Steganography via tweet images gave attackers a way to pass on malicious instructions to Trojan, researchers say.

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SplashData, Inc. a leading password management application developer including SplashID has released a list of the 100 worst passwords of 2018. The company established the ranking after evaluating more than 5 million keywords leaked on the Internet this year. Their findings highlight the fact that the adoption of security practices is still underestimated by Internet users, […]

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The group continues to evolve its custom malware in an effort to evade detection.

Virtually all companies like to say they take their customers' privacy and security seriously, make it a top priority, blah blah. But you'd be forgiven if you couldn't tell this by studying the executive leadership page of each company's Web site. That's because very few of the world's biggest companies list any security executives in their highest ranks. Even among top tech firms, less than half list a chief technology officer (CTO). This post explores some reasons why this is the case, and why it can't change fast enough.

KrebsOnSecurity reviewed the Web sites for the global top 100 companies by market value, and found just five percent of top 100 firms listed a chief information security officer (CISO) or chief security officer (CSO). Only a little more than a third even listed a CTO in their executive leadership pages.

A data leak was disclosed after attackers targeted a support form, which had "unusual activity."