The average organizational and per capita cost of a data breach in the US declined in 2011 for the first time in the seven years that the ‘US Cost of a Data Breach Study’ has been compiled.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released technical guidance for evaluating the usability of electronic health records (EHR), while maintaining the security and privacy of those records.

The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Security Service this week arrested eight men allegedly involved in a Carberp bank fraud ring.

At a security conference organized by Null in India, Matrix Shell claimed and demonstrated the ability to hack into GSM phones and manipulate the user’s International Mobile Subscriber Identity.

Indiana University and Microsoft researchers have uncovered flaws in Web-based single sign-on (SSO) services run by Google, Paypal, Facebook, Twitter, and others that allow hackers to get access to users’ accounts.

The Russian government has appointed Andrei Krutskikh as cybersecurity coordinator under the Foreign Ministry.

Rogue anti-virus products continue to be a major source of malware. The trick for the criminal is in getting the victim to click the link; and GFI has spotted a new development.

The average cost to UK business per record lost, according to the latest Symantec/Ponemon study, has increased from £47 in 2007 to £79 in 2011. Had it been inflation alone, it would have increased to just over £53.

The top security concern of IT professionals regarding public cloud computing is the lack of perimeter defenses and/or network control, according to a survey by cloud security provider CloudPassage.

(ISC)², a non-profit information security professional association, and the Information Technology Acquisition Advisory Council (IT-AAC), a non-profit organizations to improve IT acquisition standards, have formed an alliance to improve the US governme…