Jaikumar Vijayan
Jaikumar Vijayan is a freelance technology writer specializing in computer security and privacy topics. Disclosure: He also writes for Hewlett-Packard's marketing website TechBeacon.
About 4.5M face risk of ID theft after hospital network hacked
About 4.5 million people in 28 states face the risk of identity theft due to a massive data breach at Community Health Systems (CHS) a Franklin, Tenn., based health network.
Supervalu breach shows why move to smartcards is long overdue
U.S. remains one of the last developed nations to use magnetic stripe cards.
Grocery stores in multiple states hit by data breach
A data breach at Supervalu Inc., one of the largest grocery wholesalers and retailers in the U.S., could affect thousands of people who shopped at the company's stores in June and July.
Tennessee firm blames bank for $193K cybertheft
A lawsuit filed in Tennessee earlier this month has resurfaced questions about a bank's responsibility in protecting customers against cyberheists.
Senator wants curbs placed on fitness data use
Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) wants the U.S. Federal Trade Commission to investigate the data gathering and sharing practices of makers of personal fitness devices and applications.
PCI Security Council moves to boost service providers' credit card security
Growing use of outsourcing companies by merchants drives need for stronger controls.
Russian credential theft shows why the password is dead
News that Russian hackers amassed log-in credentials belonging to more than 1.2 billion Internet users hammers home why companies that have not implemented strong authentication measures really need to get moving on it.
Cybersecurity should be professionalized
It's time to institute national standards and licensing requirements for cybersecurity professionals, Pell Center says.
Retail industry rallies behind open standard for tokenization
A coalition of retail industry trade groups this week called for the creation of an open tokenization standard for protecting credit and debit card data from theft and misuse.
Attackers exploit remote access tools to compromise retail systems
Malicious hackers are using remote access tools to break into retail point-of-sale systems and plant malware on them, the Department of Homeland Security warned.
Microsoft ordered to turn over customer data stored in the cloud
Microsoft has been ordered to comply with a U.S. government demand for a customer's emails stored on a company server in Dublin, Ireland.
CISOs still struggle for respect from peers
Despite greater security awareness, most C-suite executives continue to undervalue CISOs, survey shows.
There's still a security disconnect on BYOD
Corporate employees are taking a surprisingly lax approach towards security issues raised by the business use of personally owned mobile devices.
New docs show DHS was more worried about critical infrastructure flaw in '07 than it let on
The Department of Homeland Security mistakenly released details on an experiment in which a 27-ton generator was destroyed via a cyberattack.
New docs show DHS was more worried about critical infrastructure flaw in '07 than it let on
The Department of Homeland Security mistakenly released details on an experiment in which a 27-ton generator was destroyed via a cyberattack.
NSA defends collecting data from U.S. residents not suspected of terrorist activities
Spokeswoman says spy agency has long said some of the data it intercepts belonging to non-suspects.
Hackers hit more businesses through remote access accounts
More lessons in why companies must monitor third-party access to their networks.
Critics blast Microsoft's takedown of No-IP domains
Microsoft's tactics in using a court order to seize nearly two-dozen No-IP.com domains it said were used to distribute Windows malware tools were called ham-handed by several critics.
Groups fear bill would allow free flow of data between private sector and NSA
A draft U.S. Senate bill aimed at making it easier for organizations to share cyberthreat information poses serious threats to personal privacy, several rights groups said in a letter to Congress on Thursday.