Two-thirds of the nation's healthcare provider organizations have experienced some kind of cyberattack in recent years and increased spending on data security hasn't improved the industry's readiness against attacks, according to a survey conducted by HIMSS.
EU lawmakers and member states struck a deal on the bloc's first cyber-security law that will require Internet firms to report serious breaches or face sanctions.
An independent survey of online shopping trends found that 90 percent of participants think that passwords provide little or no security, yet they are still the main way people access their accounts.
The number of cyberattacks where malware holds user data “hostage” is expected to grow in 2016 as hackers target more companies and advanced software is able to compromise more types of data.