The Better Business Bureau is warning that mobile apps are being pressed into service in a high-tech twist on an old scam.

The bank lost two unencrypted files with personal information for more than 90,000 Massachusetts customers, but didn’t tell anyone for seven months.

Repurposed attack easier than last time as it targets TLS

Only around a third are adequately tooled up

Banks and other financial institutions now have the go-ahead to pursue compensation from the retail giant via class-action lawsuits.

Shearer will succeed executive director Hord Tipton at the end of 2014.

With IoT apps such as remote control of household appliances, health monitoring devices and hotel room keys, the need to verify the identities of mobile device users will become even more urgent.

The bebe breach bucks the trend of cyber-criminals going for larger retailers; the attackers targeted customers with higher spending limits.

IBM has uncovered a vulnerability in the social log-in services provided by Amazon and LinkedIn that allow consumer impersonation.

Security vendor joins F-Secure and Trend Micro