Security

Broadcom Buys Symantec’s Enterprise Security Business for $10.7B

The deal comes less than a month after a full merger fell apart over price disagreements.

U.S. Blacklists Huawei Amid Escalating Trade Dispute With China

Huawei and 70 affiliates were placed on the U.S. trade blacklist.

ADT Shares Drop 6% on Unexpected Q2 Loss

The security company says it "made great progress delivering across key operating metrics" and raised its revenue outlook for the full year.

Cyber Insecurity

As the digital ecosystem grows, so do threats to the security of an organization’s data stores.

Cyber Attacks Can Cause Major Stock Drops

A new study finds some breaches have wiped as much as 15% off companies' stock market valuations.

CFOs Rethink Cybersecurity Strategies as Hackers Organize

IT-specific concerns such as malware, firewalls, and virus scans are still part of the overall cyber security strategy. However, mitigating cyber risks requires CFOs to shore up their technical and physical defenses.

Cyber Risks Threaten Physical Security, Industrial Controls

Cyber risk management should go beyond IT-specific concerns like malware, firewalls, and virus scans.

Equidate Settles with SEC Over Sale of Pre-IPO Securities

Equidate, a private-company share marketplace, failed to register security-based swaps that it sold to shareholders in pre-IPO companies.

JPMorgan Chase to Keep a Tighter Rein on Earnings Numbers

To prevent a premature release of earnings numbers, the bank announces it will no longer send out full results on the newswires.

Many Cybersecurity Incidents Involve Employees

Not all employees keep pace with a rapidly changing IT environment, says Kaspersky Lab.

Special Report: Managing Cyber Risk

Cyber risk experts have begun to work on the assumption that it's impossible to keep networks perfectly free from attack.

Software Bug Could Infect 500M Machines

The bug, "Shellshock," could "wreak havoc" with operating systems, says one expert.