U.S. OPM cyberattacks were not state-sponsored, says China’s news agency
China’s news agency Xinhua said an investigation into last year’s U.S. federal system breach that compromised the private information of…
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BioCatch’s fraud detection platform can detect RitB malware in real-time
BioCatch announced that its fraud detection platform is the first solution that can detect RAT-in-the-Browser (RitB) malware in real time….
Chinese hackers compiling a “facebook” of breached data
This is a guest post by Ryan Wilk, director of customer success at NuData Security. Data breaches have consequences. Breaches…
OPM discovers 5.6 M fingerprints compromised in previous cyberattacks
The Office of Personnel Management reported that it has discovered that 5.6 million individual’s fingerprints were stolen as part of…
Fighting organized online fraud
This is a guest post by Ryan Wilk, director of customer success at NuData Security The Office of Personnel Management…
Data breach aftermath: recent online fraud trends to watch for
This is a guest post by Ryan Wilk, director of customer success at NuData Security Unlike previous ecommerce industry breaches,…
Researchers find major security flaws in fingerprint sensors in Android phones
FireEye’s research team has uncovered major security flaws in Android smartphones that feature fingerprint sensors which they say make them…
Assuring lessons learned from the Office of Personnel Management identity and fingerprint cyber theft
This is a guest post by Janice Kephart, founder of the Secure Identity & Biometrics Association (SIBA). The U.S. Office…
Second OPM hack sees 1.1M fingerprint records stolen
Office of Personnel Management officials have confirmed that a data breach involving security clearance files has impacted some 21.5 million…
Expect three factor authentication to be implemented following OPM hack
A Department of Homeland Security official said federal personnel will soon be required to use a three-factor authentication method that…
