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Cybercrime

March 10, 2008

Monday, March 10, 2008 9:58 AM/EST

Hackers wanted their MTV records

More than 5,000 employees of MTV, a division of media giant Viacom, are monitoring their credit reports after being notified that a security breach compromised filed that contained their names, Social Security numbers and compensation information. In an internal...

February 20, 2008

Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:26 AM/EST

Governments Sanction Hacking When It's In Their Favor

Jerome Kerviel's scheme that cost France's Societe Generale more than $3.5 billion has captured the world's attention to the threat of insider hacking, but it's the case of Heinrich Kieber that should get people's attention. Kieber, a former employee of...

February 3, 2008

Sunday, February 03, 2008 7:17 AM/EST

Lessons of Severed Cables

Not once, not twice, but three times last week major undersea Internet cables were severed, disrupting service between Europe and India and severely decreasing bandwidth availability to much of the Middle East. These remarkably coincidental physical breaks are the stuff...

January 27, 2008

Sunday, January 27, 2008 7:19 PM/EST

Hackers Gain Real Power Over Electric Grid

Reports are circulating that the Central Intelligence Agency is openly warning about the "real" threat of foreign hackers' ability to infiltrated the U.S. power grid. The message is short and crystal clear: If the threat isn't recognized and precautions taken,...

January 2, 2008

Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:49 PM/EST

2007 Data Breaches Not As Bad As We Think

The roster of identity thefts for the past year is as disturbing as it is lengthy. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 446 known data breaches in 2007, resulting in the compromise of more than 127 million...

December 17, 2007

Monday, December 17, 2007 9:43 AM/EST

The Real Value of Cybersecurity Insurance

If you missed the announcement a couple of weeks ago, here it is again: the good insurance folks over at Chubb will give you a discount on cybersecurity insurance if you use Core Security's automated penetration testing software. How much...



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