Report: Websites Getting Safer, Yet XSS Bugs Persist

The number of vulnerabilities in the average Web site is actually decreasing, one of the more surprising findings in an annual study done by WhiteHat Security. The 30-page report is the culmination of a project in which the firm combed through approximately 7,000 websites and discovered 79 seriou...

Cost of Data Breaches Rose in 2009

The cost of a data breach increased last year to $204 per compromised customer record, according to the Ponemon Institute’s annual study. The average total cost of a data breach rose from $6.65 million in 2008 to $6.75 million in 2009. Read the full article. IDG News...