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Concerns include everything from ransomware, malware, and phishing attacks on the game's infrastructure to those targeting event sponsors and fans.

Compliance standards are mandating better data security. There are several ways to do this, but most organizations would admit that erasure is not one of them.

Globally, security researchers and whistleblowers face increasingly hostile laws and judiciaries that are ready to levy fines and prison sentences.

Quantum computing will bring new security risks. Both professionals and legislators need to use this time to prepare.

The firewall specialist has patched the security flaw, which was responsible for a series of attacks reported earlier this month that compromised FortiOS and FortiProxy products exposed to the public Internet.

Malware writing is only one of several malicious activities for which the new, uncensored generative AI chatbot can be used.

The Apple iOS 18.3 update fixes 28 other vulnerabilities identified by the tech company, though there is little information on them.

One of the largest data breaches in history was apparently twice as impactful as previously thought, with PII belonging to hundreds of millions of people sitting in the hands of cybercriminals.

Attackers aim to steal people's personal and payment-card data in the campaign, which dangles the threat of an undelivered package and has the potential to reach organizations in more than 50 countries.

CISOs are planning to adjust their budgets this year to reflect their growing concerns for cybersecurity preparedness in the event of a cyberattack.

Whether you're facing growing data demands and increased cyber threats, or simply looking to future-proof your business, it's time to consider the long-term benefits of transitioning to a cloud-first infrastructure.

The number of CISOs who report directly to the CEO is up sharply in recent years, but many still say it's not enough to secure adequate resources.

A departmentwide initiative has now led to five major law enforcement actions, in an attempt to curb the increasingly common trend of North Korean hackers posing as IT job applicants.

The MITRE framework's applied exercise provides defenders with critical feedback about how to detect and defend against common, but sophisticated, attacks.

The bug has been given a 9.9 CVSS score, and could allow authenticated threat actors to escalate their privileges to admin-level if exploited.

Third-party API security requires a tailored approach for different scenarios. Learn how to adapt your security strategy to outbound data flows, inbound traffic, and SaaS-to-SaaS interconnections.

For the first time in a long while, the federal government and the software sector alike finally have the tools and resources needed to do security well — consistently and cost-effectively.

At Black Hat and DEF CON, cybersecurity experts were asked to game out how Taiwan could protect its communications and power infrastructure in case of invasion by China.