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• Hard Disk Encryption Not Used On Stolen Bloomsburg U Laptop?

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  Heres another story that shows how drive encryption software could have prevented a data breach.  Current and former students at the Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania are being notified of a data breach. The breach affects only students who took psychology classes taught by professor Julie Kontos, from spring ...
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• Laptop Encryption Software And Rickrolling Having Something In Common

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  What does laptop encryption software have in common with the cultural zenith that was, and is, Rick Astley?  Passwords. Rickrolling iPhone Worm Australians with jailbroken iPhones got the treat of a lifetime when their wallpaper got changed to that of a young Astley looking impishly serious (check out the ...
  4 days ago

• Data Breach Costs: Canadian Government Pays $751,750 For Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  The Canadian federal government paid out $751,750 to approximately 120,000 people who were affected by a data breach on September 2003, when six computers were stolen.  The computers contained personal information but were not protected via drive encryption software . Six years for resolution.  That must be some ...
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• iPhone/iPod Touch Owners Rickrolled By ikee Worm

  
  great big geek — Authority: 124
  A self-propagating program believed to be the first iPhone worm, that changes an iPhones (or iPod Touchs) wallpaper to a picture of Rick Astley with the message "ikee is never going to give you up", has been unleashed in Australia. Known as "ikee" the worm only affects devices that have been jail-broken, have had SSH ...
  5 days ago

• Hard Disk Encryption Not On Laptop: Follow Up On Connecticut Data Breach

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  A little over two years ago, a laptop computer belonging to the Connecticut Department of Revenue Services (DRS) was stolen.  It did not use hard drive encryption software like AlertBoot to protect its contents and led to the breach of personal information for 106,000 people. An investigation was started since ...
  1 week ago

• Laptop Heist Exposes Doctors’ Personal Data

  
  DISC Infosec blog — Authority: 119
  Another stolen laptop puts thousands of people’s personal data at risk but this time it’s the caregivers — not the patients — who are at risk.November 6, 2009By Larry... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Senate Panel Clears Data Breach Bills

  
  DISC Infosec blog — Authority: 119
  Image via WikipediaLegislation Heads for a Senate VoteNovember 5, 2009 - Eric Chabrow, Managing EditorThe Senate Judiciary Committee Thursday approved two companion bills that would require... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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• Health care reform in the breach

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 163
  Two weeks ago, I received a letter from the radiology department at a large university medical center in my state. The return address specified their mammography registry. Assuming that it was a reminder to get my yearly exam, I started to toss it out. Then I remembered that Id never had a mammogram at that hospital. ...
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• McClatchy Reports:

  
  InvestmentWatch — Authority: 450
  Secrets of G0LDMAN’ Success: Contrary Bets, Predatory Lending, Government Connections, Offshore Tax Havens 2006-2007 G0LDMAN peddled $40 Billion Derivatives based on 200,000 risky home mortgages G0LDMAN Misrepresented their High Risk Products to Buyers as LOW RISK “AAA” Products “Misrepresentation” = ...
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• Delhi police files FIR over security breach at Ferozeshah Kotla

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 706
  New Delhi, Nov 2 (ANI): Delhi police on Monday filed a First Information Report (FIR) over the seven live cartridges that were found from the Ferozeshah Kotla stadium in the national capital under Section 25 of the Arms Act.The cartridges were found barely two hours before the start of the third ODI game between India ...
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• Wrongful Termination Gives You Job Security: Think Again, An Employer Can Legally Fire You At-Will

  
  Bizcovering — Authority: 120
  My husbands job was recently threatened, as his superior simply does not like him as a person. He hasn’t had one write-up for anything- work ethic, absences, performance, etc… So, when he told me about this threat to his job security, my immediate reaction was that an employer can’t just fire someone without ...
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• Lawmakers and an accidental disclosure

  
  DISC Infosec blog — Authority: 119
  Image via WikipediaBy Ellen Nakashima and Paul KaneWashington Post Staff WriterFriday, October 30, 2009 House ethics investigators have been scrutinizing the activities of more than 30 lawmakers... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
  2 weeks ago

• File Security: Junior Staffer Leaks US House Ethics Doc Via P2P

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  The US Ethics Committee has announced that a recent document leak was caused by junior staffer who installed file-sharing software on his personal computer.  This statement actually raises questions.  It is also testament to how data security requires a holistic approach that includes data loss prevention and data ...
  2 weeks ago

• Data Breach CalOptima – CDs Lost in Transit with Information on 68,000 Members

  
  The Medical Quack — Authority: 515
  It appears the CDs have been lost, but they could also be found.  I used to work in the logistics business and sometimes even up to many months later, stuff would show up, in the meantime the word has be put out just in case as the opposite is also possible.  Not too long ago we had the news about the stolen Blue ...
  2 weeks ago

• Wi-Fi Cable Modems Leave Customers Vulnerable

  
  Laptop Security Blog — Authority: 417
  PC World recently wrote a story about Wi-Fi cable modem routers and how a security hole left thousands of Time Warner customers vulnerable to hackers.  Incredibly, the company isn’t responsible for uncovering the problem. A customer needed help with his Wi-Fi network and asked a friend for help with the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Don’t trust call centers with your private details!

  
  Endpoint Security Info — Authority: 108
  That is the natural conclusion one reaches after seeing the results of a new survey on how call centers handle private details of customers. According to the survey conducted by Veritape , more than 95% of call centers kept customers’ credit card information on phone call recordings, practice that overtly breaches ...
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• Drive Encryption Software: UK Companies Report 356 Data Breaches In Less Than One Year

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  A Freedom of Information request has revealed that UK CIOs have reported 356 instances of data breaches since November 2008.  Of these, 222 instances (60%) would have been fully preventable via the use of drive encryption like AlertBoot. The 222 instances I mentioned include the loss or theft of hardware (memory ...
  2 weeks ago

• LA OKs Google Apps deal

  
  Recording — Authority: 469
  Los Angeles contract for Google Apps requires that integration CSC promise to pay a penalty if there is a security breach.
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• Data Encryption Software: CalOptima Loses Unencrypted CDs

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  CalOptima in Orange County has announced the loss of several CDs containing personal information of members.  It will affect approximately 68,000 people.  The use of data encryption software like AlertBoot would have been extremely useful, on a number of fronts. What Was Lost The CDs contained "names, home ...
  2 weeks ago

• Cost Of Computer Security Breach: Judge Rejects TD Ameritrade Offer

  
  AlertBoot Endpoint Security — Authority: 130
  The judge presiding over the TD Ameritrade lawsuit has rejected a settlement he himself had pre-approved nearly three months ago.  I can see how instances can justify the various data security measures companies across the US are choosing to take, despite their seemingly "heinous" upfront costs. (A drop in the ...
  2 weeks ago

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