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Human Terrain: Pentagon world-sim tool making good progress, say profs
Question Everything —
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The Register/Lewis PageComputer suggests a savage bombing campaign, Mr PresidentComputer boffins in America report that their plans to create a lifelike virtual Matrix-style simulation of the entire world and human race are proceeding well.Rather than a sinister yet totally implausible plan to farm people in tanks for ...19 hours ago -
Symantec Online Store Hacked, Passwords And Serial Numbers Potentially Exposed
CyberInsecure.com —
Authority: 128
A self-proclaimed grey-hat hacker has located a critical SQL injection vulnerability in a website belonging to security giant Symantec. The flaw can be leveraged to extract a wealth of information from the database including customer and admin login credentials, product serial numbers, and possibly credit card ...2 days ago -
Make Your Password Secure
McAfee Avert Labs —
Authority: 464
No matter how sophisticated security gets, we still need to handle the basics properly. One of the most basic tasks is to create and use secure passwords. You need them to log onto your computer, reach internal applications, and enter just about every website you visit. They are pervasive in our connected world. But ...3 days ago -
Five security news items that should get your attention
IT Security —
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A mix of good and bad news caught Chad Perrin’s eye in the second half of 2009. These are five of the most interesting examples. Microsoft got the NSA’s help with Win7 security. Many are concerned with the potential for “backdoors” inserted into the code at the NSA’s insistence. Some believe that ...4 days ago -
Sorry, Confidential Corporate Data Is Not Part of Your Severance…
Digital Daily —
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Here’s a data point to consider amid the tech sector’s continuing job cuts . According to a new study by Cyber-Ark , many employees leaving their jobs aren’t above adding a little something to their separation packages: confidential corporate data . 41 percent of the 600 financial sector workers surveyed on ...4 days ago -
Data Encryption Software Not Used? How Does 5 Years Of Credit Protection Suit You?
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Authority: 131
If youll recall, BlueCross BlueShield announced a data breach last month, when an employee lost a laptop with the information of all doctors in their network (apparently, something like 90% of all doctors nationwide). While BCBS uses drive encryption software to secure data, it was in vain: the employee had ...5 days ago -
Data Security: 41% Of Employees Steal Corporate Data
AlertBoot Endpoint Security —
Authority: 131
A survey carried out in the US and UK has found that 41% of employees have willingly taken corporate information. When one has a data breach due to accidental loss or theft, data protection solutions like full disk encryption can mitigate the ensuing developments. However, what can one do when the threat comes ...5 days 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 ...5 days ago -
Opera patches extremely severe security hole
Zero Day —
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Opera has shipped a new version of its browser to fix three security vulnerabilities, one rated "extremely severe."5 days ago -
Exploit published for critical IE 7 zero-day flaw
Zero Day —
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The vulnerability could be used in malware attacks to take complete control of a Windows machine running IE 6 or IE 7.5 days ago -
Canada: Wheat board can’t explain personal data gaffe
Question Everything —
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CTVThe Canadian PressDate: Sunday Nov. 22, 2009 9:34 AM ETOTTAWA — The Canadian Wheat Board, apparently for no reason, shared “sensitive information” about farmers with companies that handle grain, says a newly released document.An internal audit completed last year says the wheat board couldn’t explain why it ...5 days ago -
University Of East Anglia Breached, Climate Research Emails Published
CyberInsecure.com —
Authority: 128
The University of East Anglia has confirmed that a data breach has put a large quantity of emails and other documents from staff at its Climate Research Unit online. CRU is one of the three leading climate research centres in the UK, and a globally acknowledged authority on temperature reconstructions.CRU declined to ...6 days ago -
Fly for $1 or Your Money Back!
McAfee Avert Labs —
Authority: 464
It is the time of year to get together with family and friends, and that often involves flying. So, how about a promotional airline ticket for just $1? That sounds like an irresistable idea! Though it also sounds too good to be true. As you can imagine, there is something wrong here. Instead of flying for a buck, you ...1 week ago -
What does the future hold for our personal data?
The Next Web —
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On an increasing frequency, UK consumers are opening their evening newspapers or sitting down to their TV dinners to the news that more of their personal data has been lost, stolen or hacked. I’ve been taking a increasingly keen interest since my own personal information was stolen following the Guardian Jobs ...1 week ago -
Spanish Payment Breach Prompts Huge German Card Recall
CyberInsecure.com —
Authority: 128
German authorities have recalled more than 100,000 credit cards over fears that crooks may have obtained details of the cards via an unnamed Spanish payment processing firm.Holidaymakers who used their Visa or Mastercard credit card in Spain may be at risk of fraud following the reported security breach, which ...1 week ago -
Inside the Google Chrome OS security model
Zero Day —
Authority: 583
Google will use a combination of system hardening, process isolation, verified boot, secure auto-update and encryption that thwart malicious hackers from attacking its new Google Chrome OS.1 week ago -
Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame
Zero Day —
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A security researcher in the Microsoft Vulnerability Research (MSVR) has discovered a "high risk" Google Chrome Frame security vulnerability that could allow an attacker to bypass cross-origin protections.1 week ago -
UK Call Centre employees caught peddling stolen data
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T-Mobile has been no stranger to screw-ups, but we’d always just figured that their UK counterparts were stand-up guys. After all, they’re British – as we all know, every one from that side of the pond is charming, affable, and rocks a bloody good accent. Unfortunately, it looks like not everyone employed there ...1 week ago -
U.K. Prepares Heavier Hammer For Data Breaches
StorefrontBacktalk —
Authority: 551
Alarmed about an "unacceptable" level of data loss and theft during the past year, the British Government is proposing fines of up to 500,000 pounds (about US$841,000) for retailers that commit "serious breaches" of the nations data protection regulations. "This reflects the importance that government places on ...1 week ago -
Going Out On A Limb With Out Of Scope
StorefrontBacktalk —
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This week marks the debut of StorefrontBacktalks new PCI columnist, Walter Conway, and Conway debuts by trying to decipher encrypted tea leaves of the PCI Councils position on out-of-scope data. what does “the means to decrypt” include? We need, as always, to look at the Council’s intention and not just dissect ...1 week ago
