Category: Data Security

Published on July 18, 2025

via Mark Wilson and Planet Mainframe It’s high time we acknowledged that mainframe data loss is far more than a security problem. It’s fundamentally a business problem. As the old saying goes, prevention is better than cure. This applies to data loss and cyber attacks…

Published on July 17, 2025

via The HIPAA Journal  Healthcare compliance software is a comprehensive management tool that helps chief compliance officers to effectively oversee compliance efforts across their organization’s facilities, by proactively managing risk, streamlining workflows, improving collaboration, and demonstrating the achievement of compliance objectives to stakeholders. What Are The Benefits…

Published on June 27, 2025

via Phil Muncaster and Infosecurity Magazine Over half (54%) of global financial institutions experienced cyber-attacks last year in which data was destroyed by adversaries, according to a new report from Contrast Security. The runtime security specialist claimed in its Modern Bank Heists Report 2025 that the figure…

Published on June 11, 2025

via Steve Alder and The HIPAA Journal The HIPAA Journal has compiled healthcare data breach statistics from October 2009, when the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office for Civil Rights (OCR) started publishing summaries of healthcare data breaches on its website. This page is…

Published on May 23, 2025

via Davey Winder and Forbes In just the last few months, I have reported on confirmed lists of stolen passwords being made available on the dark web and in criminal forums that have risen from 800 million to 1.7 billion and even as high as 2.1 billion, mainly thanks to the…

Published on May 15, 2025

via Ernestas Naprys and CyberNews A new study of over 19 billion newly exposed passwords manifests a widespread weak password reuse crisis. Lazy keyboard patterns, such as 123456, still reign supreme, and 94% of passwords are reused or duplicated, data leaks from 2024-2025 reveal. Names like…

Published on April 3, 2025

via Kevin Poireault and Infosecurity Magazine As World Backup Day celebrates its 14th anniversary, the message has shifted from backing up your data to holistically ensuring data resilience. This year, on this commemorative date, which originated from a 2011 Reddit post, the message has evolved from…

Published on February 10, 2025

via This Is Money  Cybercrime report reveals 421% growth in password reset scams in 2023 A password reset scam now happens every seven minutes, and fraudsters are targeting vulnerable users, including the elderly. A new report by LexisNexis Risk Solutions reveals that 70,000 password reset…

Published on January 29, 2025

via Mark Wilson and Planet Mainframe Putting the AI into mAInframe security Artificial intelligence can be as much a help as a threat: a powerful tool in the hands of either the good, the bad or the ugly. Today’s threat landscape and cybersecurity requirements are…

Published on January 2, 2025

via WSAV There are few things as annoying as the sheer amount of passwords we need to log in to everything we use these days. You need bank passwords, email passwords, social media passwords — even passwords for smart fans! — and keeping track of…