A new McAfee study released Monday said organizations are overwhelmed by Big Data, yet appear to be overvaluing their ability to detect data breaches.
The backdoor can steal data, create and delete files, and capture screenshots off a victim's computer.
The fallout from the NSA surveillance leaks continues to make news.
The app was purposefully designed to look like a popular app similarly named
While scenarios in which network-enabled medical devices, such as pacemakers, are hacked has shown to be possible, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration believes the real-life risk is growing.
The laptop was stolen from Monterey Park, Calif.-based SynerMed.
Hackers accessed the credit card information of tens of thousands customers of the University of Michigan's Union Ticket Office, the latest organization that has fallen victim to a breach affecting a third-party vendor.
The incident impacted patients at the Center for Language, Speech and Hearing at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
The leaks from NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden reveal a massive global effort by the U.S. government to hack various entities, including civilian targets, actions that could lead to unintended consequences.
The U.S. government is sending a clear message: We won't tolerate secrets coming to light.
Referencing the Boston bombings as terrorism prompted an unprecedented manhunt for the suspects that included a citywide lockdown. What would a similar scene have looked like on the internet?
