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Consumer electronics vendor VTech Holdings warned of a data breach that affects 5 million customers on its Learning Lodge app store database.

Cyberattacks will continue to menace healthcare and other business sectors next year, according to the Experian Data Breach Industry Forecast.
 

New York City will fund security guards for Jewish, Catholic and Muslim students in non-public schools.

New York Gov. Cuomo announced a new smartphone app that will allow New Yorkers to report suspicious activity.
 

In an effort to increase security of passports, the U.S. State Department said U.S. passport holders will no longer have the option to pay for additional page inserts.
 

Deutsche Bank is considering scrapping traditional passwords in favor of thumbprint technology, facial recognition, and smart tech that knows how you hold a phone.
 

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.

Security measures in American high schools can have unintended consequences that hinder, rather than help students learn, according to research by the University at Buffalo.
 

A new report shows which states face the greatest threat from natural disasters.

Last week’s horrific Islamic State-linked terrorist attacks in Paris illustrate another troubling phenomenon: family-affiliated terrorist activities occurring globally.