Insider threats — desktop attacks, security awareness, caffeine — all worthy contenders in our cartoon caption competition. And the winners are … There was an abundance of geeky humor...

Background Passwords are something you use almost every day, from accessing your email or banking online to purchasing goods or accessing your smartphone.  However, passwords are also one of...

Biometrics, in which IT captures and checks a person’s unique biological and behavioral characteristics, is spreading through the world’s workplaces. In North America, where the advent of mainframe computers...

T-Mobile is investigating a retail store employee who allegedly made unauthorized changes to a subscriber’s account in an elaborate scheme to steal the customer’s three-letter Instagram username. The modifications,...

Mobile devices, such as smartphones, smartwatches, and tablets, continue to advance and innovate at an  astonishing rate. As a result, some people replace their mobile devices as often as...

Several years ago, creating a cybersecure home was simple; most homes consisted of nothing more than a wireless network and several computers. Today, technology has become far more complex...

Overview Social media sites, such as Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn, are amazing resources, allowing you to meet, interact, and share with people around the world. However, with...

Attackers behind the epic industrial-plant hack reverse-engineered the safety-monitoring system’s proprietary protocol, researchers found. Researchers from FireEye have found proof that the hackers who breached and inadvertently shut down...

What do employees in your organization understand about security, data privacy, and compliance? According to a recent report from Bothell, Wash.-based MediaPro, perhaps not as much as they should....

Germany is a country of contradictions. It’s one of the world’s leading economies yet at the time of writing it’s been without a proper government for four months. It’s...