Vera Bradley Announces Data Breach at Retail Stores

Vera Bradley Announces Data Breach at Retail Stores

Vera Bradley, the maker of women’s handbags and accessories, said attackers compromised its payment processing system and were able to steal card data for customers who used cards in the company’s stores from the end of July through late September of this year. It...
Microsoft Update Issued Today – Adobe Does Also

Microsoft Update Issued Today – Adobe Does Also

Adobe and Microsoft today each issued updates to fix critical security flaws in their products. Microsoft’s patch bundle for October includes fixes for at least five separate “zero-day” vulnerabilities – dangerous flaws that attackers were already exploiting...
Did Yahoo spy on its users’ emails for the NSA?

Did Yahoo spy on its users’ emails for the NSA?

Just when Yahoo email users thought they had settled their long-running privacy dispute with the company, Reuter’s Joseph Menn has revealed that those users’ emails weren’t just being scanned to improve targeted advertising: Yahoo Inc last year secretly built a custom...