It is nearly impossible not to be aware of the cyber activities that are taking place surrounding this year’s U.S. presidential election.

Kaspersky Lab announced the results of a survey which found that banking customers are hesitant to use mobile features due to fraud and security concerns.

People ignore software security warnings up to 90 percent of the time, according to a new study from Brigham Young University.

Long passphrases are emerging as a better alternative for digital security than complex codes made of letters, numbers and special keystrokes that are hard to remember.

Organizations around the world are at risk of sharing highly sensitive information through visual hacking in business office environments.

Australia launched its first online census this week, but after multiple denial-of-service attacks, it was quickly forced to shut down.

The Symantec Government Symposium, to be held Tuesday, August 30, 2016, will include a discussion from FBI Director James Comey and an afternoon session with OPM Acting Director Beth Cobert.

Fraudsters’ methods continually evolve to counter new fraud protection measures and with personally identifiable information, they could steal a customer’s identity or create a synthetic identity. Once a fraudster captures this information, if they are able to access a customer account or open an account, it creates a nightmare scenario with significant repercussions for the business and the customer.

It’s essential that boards understand the organization’s cyber risks in order to successfully oversee overall company performance. CISOs and CSOs who can clearly convey cybersecurity to the board promotes better navigation of the organization in today’s uncertain cybersecurity world.

Ideally a penetration test should simulate a real world attack; in the real world, the attacker will always have some objective beyond “get into the network.”  No matter who the attacker is, they are motivated by something that they are trying to accomplish – and getting into the network is only one step in that process for the attacker.