SECURITY

John "Four" Flynn, the chief information security officer at Uber, discusses how enterprises can remain nimble when it comes to security.

An Android banking trojan called Red Alert 2.0 has started appearing in third-party app stores and is targeting Android devices.

More than 3,000 organizations are at risk of suffering the same type of breach that resulted in millions of personal information of U.S. consumers being stolen from Equifax.

Windows utility program CCleaner was compromised and used to distribute malware to users for nearly a month.

A user figured out that the website had added a Javascript-based bitcoin miner to its homepage.The software allows the website to use the CPU power from user computers to mine Monero coins.  

How monero keeps cryptocurrency users anonymous and safe.

Hacking collective OurMine breached music video hosting service Vevo and posted stolen documents from the company online.

A 17-year-old is now labeled a child pornographer after sending a lewd photo to a 22-year-old.

The FTC is investigating the Equifax breach that may have exposed the personal information of more than 143 million U.S. consumers while also warning of phone scams in the wake of the hack.

At least 50 Android apps in the Google Play Store were discovered to contain the money-draining ExpensiveWall malware.

In financial filings before the hack, Equifax expressed worries of a data breach, and the possibility that the company’s "insurance may not be adequate to compensate us" for an associated business loss.

Equifax failed to download a patch for a known Apache Struts vulnerability, which led to the breach that may have exposed the records of more than 143 million U.S. consumers.

The Argentinian operations of credit reporting firm Equifax used "admin" as its login and password for an employee tool.

The U.S. federal government has banned software from Russian security firm Kaspersky Lab from use in federal agencies.

Startup company Zerodium is offering bounties totaling $1 million for security researchers who can provide exploits to anonymous web browsing tool Tor Browser.

McAfee Vice President and Chief Technical Strategist Candace Worley tells International Business Times why it's important that employers teach their workers about cybersecurity.

A phishing campaign using compromised LinkedIn accounts is spreading across the social network's messaging platform.

The NSA launched a new, secretive program that will hand out more than $2.4 billion in contracts to tech firms while Congress debates a key law that allows for overseas spying.

A set of security vulnerabilities dubbed Blueborne could put every Bluetooth-enabled device at risk.

John Davis, Vice President and Federal Chief Security Officer at Palo Alto Networks, discusses the public and private side of cybersecurity and what the sectors can learn from one another.

Equifax's response to a massive data breach that may affect as many as 143 million people has been less than adequate, a U.S. Senator says.