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This Is How Much a 'Mega Breach' Really Costs
The average cost of a data breach is $3.86 million, but breaches affecting more than 1 million records are far more expensive.
Hacker Exploits 2-Year Old Router Issue To Steal Sensitive US Military Data
A moderately skilled hacker managed to steal export-restricted data pertaining to the Reaper drone and Abrams tank from computers belonging to two US Army officials.
Newly Found Spectre Variants Bring New Concerns
Two new variants on a theme of Spectre underscore the expanding nature of the critical vulnerabilities.
6 M&A Security Tips
Companies are realizing that the security posture of an acquired organization should be considered as part of their due diligence process.
Data Breaches at Timehop, Macy's Highlight Need for Multi-Factor Authentication
Names, email addresses, and some phone numbers belonging to 21 million people exposed in Timehop intrusion; Macy's incident impacts 'small number' of customers.
Getting Safe, Smart & Secure on S3
AWS Simple Storage Service has proven to be a security minefield. It doesn't have to be if you pay attention to people, process, and technology.
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Ticketmaster Breach Part of Massive Payment Card Hacking Campaign
Threat actor Magecart has infiltrated over 800 e-commerce sites with card skimming software installed on third-party software components, RiskIQ says.

Insurers Sue Trustwave for $30M Over '08 Heartland Data Breach
Lawsuit filed by Lexington Insurance and Beazley Insurance is in response to a Trustwave legal filing that called their claims meritless.

Creating a Defensible Security Architecture
Take the time to learn about your assets. You'll be able to layer in multiple prevention and detection solutions and have a highly effective security architecture.

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7 Ways to Keep DNS Safe
A DNS attack can have an outsize impact on the targeted organization - or organizations. Here's how to make hackers' lives much more difficult.
What We Talk About When We Talk About Risk
Measuring security risk is not that hard if you get your terms straight and leverage well-established methods and principles from other disciplines.

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