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• Man arrested for robbing RuneScape virtual characters

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  It is revealed that British police have arrested a man accused of stealing virtual characters and goods from players of one of the worlds most popular online games. The man, from the Avon & Somerset region, was arrested last Tuesday by officers of the Central Police e-Crime Unit (PCeU), after allegedly phishing ...
  3 days ago

• Keeping Problems Small

  
  SanDisk Enterprise Blog — Authority: 116
  We’ve all lost things at some time in our lives – car keys, wallet, mobile phone – and have experienced the frustrations this can cause.  Some might have lost things like laptops, and had to suffer the problems of paying for a replacement, and the loss of useful information that was on the device.  These ...
  3 days ago

• ICO warns of tougher penalties for future data leaks

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) is arguing in the British media that company board members need to wake up to the issues of securing personal information or risk substantial fines. The warning comes as it was revealed that a laptop containing the personal data of some 110,000 people, revealing their ...
  5 days ago

• Ahsay Backup Software Won Biz.IT Excellence Award

  
  Press About — Authority: 163
  (November 18, 2009) Ahsay, the leading provider of powerful, innovative data protection software, announces today that it is the winner of the “Biz.IT Excellence 2009 Award” organized PC Market magazine. PC Market designed this Biz.IT Excellence Award to recognize, promote and encourage I.T. applications with ...
  6 days ago

• Get Smart with Your Smartphone

  
  Lawyerist — Authority: 139
  Having your office in the palm of your hand is great, until your smartphone has a panic attack and needs to be restored to factory defaults. Having a backup for your smartphone ensures you never get caught looking like an idiot. Our office uses Dropbox, Gmail, and other cloud apps to ensure we have a mobile office. ...
  6 days ago

• Protecting a company’s confidential data can make people happier

  
  Endpoint Security Info — Authority: 110
  I’m quite convinced people who work for companies that protect their private data and do not allow it to be easily lost or stolen are happier. And I’ll explain why! I work in such a company. This company uses software that ensures protection against confidential data theft, so no company data leaves the network. ...
  1 week ago

• Palm and Sprint issue statement acknowledging Profile backup issue

  
  F-Default — Authority: 469
    Even in a world full of racket, it seems that the squeaky wheel still gets the grease. In yet another blow to this whole “cloud” agenda, a vocal segment of Palm users began to notice that information transferred from their online Palm Profile was only a fraction of what it should have been. More here: ...
  1 week ago

• Palm and Sprint issue statement acknowledging Profile backup issue

  
  F-Default — Authority: 469
    Even in a world full of racket, it seems that the squeaky wheel still gets the grease. In yet another blow to this whole “cloud” agenda, a vocal segment of Palm users began to notice that information transferred from their online Palm Profile was only a fraction of what it should have been. Today, both Palm ...
  1 week ago

• Employees Willing To Steal Data

  
  Thoughts of a Technocrat — Authority: 436
  Via Dark Reading - Employees know its illegal to steal company data, but theyre prepared to do it anyway. Companies know their employees are a chief threat to their data, but most arent doing much about it. These are the takeaways from two separate studies published today by security vendors Cyber-Ark and ...
  1 week ago

• Blue Cross Blue Shield data breach under the microscope

  
  Endpoint Security Info — Authority: 110
  A data breach that results in exposing private details usually means bad consequences. Especially when an institution fails to properly inform those affected of what had happened. Such is the case of the recent Blue Cross Blue Shield’s (BCBS) loss of confidential information, including tax identification and social ...
  1 week ago

• Lightning strikes again: iPhone malware gets truly malicious

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  Two weeks ago I reported on Ikee, the worlds first iPhone worm which was spreading between jailbroken devices in Australia, replacing wallpaper with an image of Rick Astley. As Chet reports on his blog , this weekend has seen the discovery of a new variant of the Ikee iPhone worm. However, the important thing to ...
  1 week ago

• Study shows ID Theft risk climbs by five times after data breach

  
  LifeLock.com Promo Code — Authority: 115
  Data breaches have become a common occurrence. We post about them nearly weekly here at LifeLockPromotionCode.net. Now a recent study by Javelin Research, a financial services research firm, shows an alarming coorelation between those involved in massive data losses and ID theft victims.To start, nearly 1 in 9 people ...
  1 week ago

• Hackers steal information from Climate Research Unit

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  The UK-based Hadley Climate Research Unit (CRU) , at the University of East Anglia in Norwich, is reported to have sufferered a security breach which has resulted in many confidential emails and files being uploaded to the internet. A 61MB zip file containing information stolen from one of the worlds leading climate ...
  1 week ago

• Guest blog: Evil Maid wanted, B.S. in Computer Science a plus

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  Guest blogger Michael Alfred Schmidt is iworried that next time room service tidies his hotel room they might do something rather more sinister than make the bed and refresh the mini-bar. Discover more about the "evil maid" threat and how you can reduce the risks of your laptops sensitive data being compromised. Over ...
  1 week ago

• Health Net healthcare data breach affects1.5 million

  
  DISC Infosec blog — Authority: 411
  Image via WikipediaAnother security breach related to healthcare organization which resulted in loss of patient data shows that healtcare organizations poor state of baseline security and simply... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  1 week ago

• Sarah Palin says email hack paralysed Presidential campaign

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  An email hack can ruin your chances of becoming Vice President of the United States. Thats the message that Sarah Palin appears to be sharing with the world in her new book, Going Rogue: An American Life , where according to media reports , where she describes that a hacker breaking into her personal Yahoo account ...
  1 week ago

• T-Mobile customers personal data sold to rivals

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  The story dominating the British news this evening is the revelation that staff at one of the leading mobile phone companys sold the personal details of thousands of customers for "substantial sums". Information Commissioner Christopher Graham refused to name the company concerned as it could prejudice a future ...
  2 weeks ago

• Symantec: We Don’t Fear Free DLP

  
  The VAR Guy — Authority: 479
  When Sophos introduced free data loss prevention (DLP) security software in October 2009, The VAR Guy promised to poke around and get some competitive reactions. Well, our resident blogger is finally back with thoughts from Symantec CEO Enrique Salem and Channel Chief Randy Cochran. Here are their perspectives. ...
  2 weeks ago

• Get Safe Online week 2009

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  Get Safe Online is one of the first websites I direct computer users to if they want to learn more about internet safety. Its a particularly good resource for consumer and small businesses as it explains the sometimes complex subject of computer security in simple, easy-to-understand language. The biggest shame ...
  2 weeks ago

• Hackers break into controversial WWII historians AOL account

  
  Graham Cluley's blog — Authority: 717
  World War II historian David Irving is a highly controversial figure. In 2006 he was jailed in Austria for denying the Holocaust, and people have been stabbed during his recent speaking tour of America, which has been dogged by protesters. The latest headache for the 71-year-old Brit, however, is an attack of a ...
  2 weeks ago

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