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Data BreachesMarch 22, 2008
Saturday, March 22, 2008 9:31 PM/EST
Defining the Difference Between Endpoint Security and Data Loss PreventionA couple of nice guys from SanDisk paid me a visit the other day at my New York office to unveil their version of endpoint security. I took the meeting because, frankly, I was intrigued by the idea that a... March 12, 2008
Wednesday, March 12, 2008 8:16 AM/EST
Hacks and Heart AttacksI awoke this morning to reports that researchers have found a way to hack into and disrupt implanted deliberators and heart regulating devices. The research conducted by the Medical Device Safety Institute at Beth Israel Deaconess Hospital in Boston is... March 10, 2008
Monday, March 10, 2008 9:58 AM/EST
Hackers wanted their MTV recordsMore 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 25, 2008
Monday, February 25, 2008 7:57 AM/EST
New Vulnerabilities Shake Security ComplacencyVulnerability in VMware's desktop application and a method for retrieving software-based encryption keys reminds us to never get complacent with security assumptions. February 20, 2008
Wednesday, February 20, 2008 10:26 AM/EST
Governments Sanction Hacking When It's In Their FavorJerome 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 CablesNot 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 7, 2008
Monday, January 07, 2008 10:02 AM/EST
Security Flaw Turns 787 into Latest Video GameWhen the new 787 Dreamliner takes flight later this year, passengers will have Internet access at 37,000 feet...and perhaps control of the aircraft. At least that's what some security experts are reading into a Federal Aviation Administration assessment of the... January 2, 2008
Wednesday, January 02, 2008 12:49 PM/EST
2007 Data Breaches Not As Bad As We ThinkThe 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 21, 2007
Friday, December 21, 2007 11:50 AM/EST
Security Breach Costs TJX Surprisingly LittleWhy am I not surprised the TJX customers have returned to the TJMaxx and Marshall's, waving their credit cards and freely giving cashiers their zip codes and phone numbers? It's probably the same reason why the NFL reinstated Ricky... December 11, 2007
Tuesday, December 11, 2007 8:49 AM/EST
A Question of Data OwnershipThe State of Maine is going to court to reclaim a public document that fell into private hands, citing a statute that says a public document remains public until it is expressly released by the government authorities. The document...
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