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Original Technorati articles tagged “data loss”

• in Technology
  Thanks For The Memory - Digital Amnesia
  The WORST thing you can do is back up your data...
  by jdredmond / on Sep 8, 2011
• in Gadgets
  Microsoft Too Much in the Pink, Ruin Sidekicks Forever?
  Microsoft's handling of the Sidekick data disaster allows others to shape a story of incompetence and sabotage.
  by tuffyr / on Oct 13, 2009

Latest blogosphere posts tagged “data loss”

 

• Apples iCloud syncs stolen iPhone photos to nab thief

  
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  A Facebook user used Apples iCloud to identify the thief who stole her iPhone on a Disney cruise. While an interesting story, what can you do to better protect your smartphone or tablet to not have to repeat this process if your device is stolen?
  3 days ago

• Yahoo leaks its own private key via new Axis Chrome extension

  
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  Yahoo just released a new iOS browser called Axis, along with corresponding extensions for desktop browsers. The Chrome extension came with a little something extra: Yahoos private key.Oops.
  4 days ago

• SSCC 91 - Utah explains data breach, Facebook hacker jailed, FlashBack removal for Leopard, Pentagon expands data sharing

  
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  This weeks Chet Chat returns to our usual news format this week with guest Gary Korhonen (@hundredaire). Gary and Chet discuss the Utah data breach, Facebook hackers prison term, OS X Leopards FlashBack removal tool, Pentagon data sharing and Operation Phish Phry sentancing.
  6 days ago

• State of Utah outlines mistakes made allowing theft of 780K records

  
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  After losing nearly 800,000 residents personal information the State of Utah admits to not encrypting the data, leaving default passwords in place and not performing regular audits to find the mistakes.
  1 week ago

• Reasons of Data Loss on Windows and successful Ways to Recover Deleted Windows Data

  
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  Corporate businesses require the most stable and reliable computing environments, such as Windows. Any small data loss on these Windows workstations deployed at various small to medium-sized organizations can wreak havoc on the whole organizational process. For the organizations with a huge workforce, the growth of ...
  1 week ago

• Backups are good - but dont forget to check your backups work [VIDEO]

  
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  The "Toy Story 2" movie was nearly lost forever because of failing backup software.Watch the video to find out the story, and how the classic animated movie was recovered.
  1 week ago

• US man confesses to part in $1.3M bank and payroll phishing scam

  
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  A 31-year-old US man from Atlanta, Georgia, admitted last week that he and his gang stole more than $1.3 million USD by phishing confidential account information from e-commerce sites.
  2 weeks ago

• Belgian bank blackmailed by hackers threatening to expose customer data

  
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  Hackers break into a Belgian bank, steal confidential customer information, and then blackmail the bank: pay us or we expose your customers confidential data. Who is the real victim here?
  3 weeks ago

• Osama Bin Laden didnt encrypt his computer files - not such a mastermind then..

  
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  Ooops. If youre running a terrorist organisation, it might make sense to encrypt your files.Clearly Osama Bin Laden didnt realise that - as some of the documents seized during the raid on his hideout in Pakistan have been made public for the first time.
  3 weeks ago

• The importance of having electronic storage devices

  
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  Guest post Many parts of day-to-day life are increasingly driven by data, a fact that impacts most of us on both a personal and a professional level. While the Information Age has created unprecedented opportunities and levels of efficiency in our lives, it does present us with one serious challenge: the need ...
  3 weeks ago

• Skype knew about IP address security flaw since November 2010

  
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  Skype learned about a security hole that reveals users IP addresses about 18 months ago, according to the security researchers who discovered the vulnerability.
  3 weeks ago

• Google coder behind Street View data breach named

  
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  The New York Times claims to have uncovered the identity of the Google software engineer who wrote the code used by Street View cars when they controversially scooped up private Wi-Fi data including emails, text messages, browsing histories and passwords.
  3 weeks ago

• 64% of people think cloud storage is risky, but 45% still go right ahead and use it

  
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  Sophos polled people at their InfoSec Europe booth last week to find out their views on security in the workplace. Heres what they found.
  3 weeks ago

• Traps to Avoid When Taking Credit Cards

  
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  Do you use footers to help protect your business from a chargeback?  If you have a policy that all sales are final then it needs to be on the receipt.  Signs on the wall are not enough or the cardholder could successfully chargeback that sale.  Have you trained your employees to check the signature panel and verify ...
  3 weeks ago

• Intruder compromises user database for Star Trek Online

  
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  Studio behind Star Trek Online, City of Heroes, City of Villains, and Champions Online suffered a user account database breach 16 months ago... and is only warning users about it now.
  4 weeks ago

• Dont Worry, Your Records are Safe - Part IV

  
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  At past posts " Dont Worry, Your Electronic Medical Records Are Getting Safer With Every Passing Day ", " Another Episode of "But Dont Worry, Your Records are Safe... " and " Still More Electronic Medical Data Chaos, Pandemonium, Bedlam, Tumult and Maelstrom: But Dont Worry, Your Data is Secure ", I wrote on the ...
  4 weeks ago

• Python-based malware attack targets Macs. Windows PCs also under fire

  
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  A new malware attack is targeting Mac computers with a Python-based backdoor Trojan.And Windows computers arent getting away scott free either.
  4 weeks ago

• Opinion: America is under cyber attack, so what should we do?

  
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  Yesterday, the US House of Representatives announced “cybersecurity week,” kicking it off with a Subcommittee Hearing entitled "America is Under Cyber Attack: Why Urgent Action is Needed." Is using Hollywood-style language really the way to deal with a really serious issue?
  4 weeks ago

• Mobile phone carriers oppose law requiring warrants for location data

  
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  The proposed US bill doesnt stop the carriers from handing over location data, but it does require that police get a warrant first. So what is CTIAs problem with it?
  4 weeks ago

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