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Device-Level Encryption Comes to Android
As attacks on mobile devices such as iPhones, iPads, Android phones and tablets have surged in recent months, security researchers and customers have continued to look for ways to lock down their devices and protect the data they store on them. Whisper Systems has jumped into the fray with...
IRS Security Holes Put Taxpayer Data At Risk
With the deadline for filing U.S. tax returns fast approaching, the U.S. Government’s watchdog agency warns that the Internal Revenue Service still hasn’t implemented steps to secure its IT infrastructure and protect taxpayers’ financial data. The U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO issued ...
Compliance and the Cloud
"The Cloud" is a hot topic right now. Yet most people cant even define what "the cloud" really is. As I talk to more companies, who are considering the move, they all have two main concerns: security and compliance. Of course, security and compliance are key when it comes to cloud computing, but...
Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust website Hacked !
HACKERS brought down a website for a health trust serving 700,000 NHS patients in Dorset. The attack, which disabled the site over the weekend, blocked access to the Dorset HealthCare University NHS Foundation Trust website. The trust provides treatment for mental health issues, addiction,...
Experts Agree: No Easy Fix For Mobile Security
SAN FRANCISCO — Mobile phones, tablet PCs and other new technologies are poised to take over the workplace, but organizations that hope to secure them before they do so face an uphill battle, according to a symposium on mobile security. Experts at the half day mobile security event on Monday warn...
Spanish Police Arrest Alleged Nintendo Hacker !
Spanish police say they've arrested a hacker who threatened to go public with personal information he found in a Nintendo database on about 4,000 of the company's users. Nintendo's Spanish division, Nintendo Ibérica, was approached by the hacker, who was seeking to blackmail the company, Spain's...
Spammers steal 400k user identities from Irish recruiter !
Job seekers' identities compromised in massive data breach. The Irish job website RecruitIreland.com was hacked last week, resulting in breached systems and the theft of the credentials of 400,000 users. The website was temporarily taken offline after the breach was discovered last Tuesday. A...
Hacked Irish Website RecruitIreland.com Exposes The User Names, Addresses !
Employment search site RecruitIreland.com opened its doors, after the security breach that exposed the names and email addresses. The site, which aims to add 350 new users every day and mail a newsletter to 170,000 registered candidates, said that some customers have received spam that tried to...
How to Respond to a Data Breach
You’ve been robbed. Maybe you don’t know to what extent. Perhaps the crook simply took the opportunity to snag a notebook sitting in the back of a car and doesn’t care about the data. Perchance it was a planned burglary and now a competitor or political activist group has gigabytes of potentially...
1000s of users data stolen in Fine Gael site hack !
The Data Protection Commissioner is investigating the attack on the Fine Gael website yesterday, after an Evening Herald journalist claimed he was sent data of 2,000 users of the site after the hack occurred. The Data Protection Commissioner said Fine Gael contacted him after their site was...
Digital Affluence Is Making Us Less Secure
Our digital affluence is making us insecure, writes Dan Geer, the CISO at In-Q-Tel. Like addled consumers trying to choose from among 20 different types of toothpaste in the supermarket aisle, IT is paralyzed by an overabundance of security products, unable to decide which products are worth the...
Fine Gael website Hacked by Anonymous hackers !
Ireland's main opposition party confirms that the personal details of up to 2,000 people have been compromised by the attack Ireland's main opposition party's website has been hacked into by a group which has recently come to prominence for attacks on companies related to the WikiLeaks controvers...
VSR Advisories: Citrix Access Gateway Command Injection Vulnerability
VSR Security Advisory http://www.vsecurity.com/ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Advisory Name: Citrix Access Gateway Command Injection Vulnerability Release Date: 2010-12-21 Application: Citrix Access Gateway Versions: Access Gateway Enterprise...
Millions of customer's email addresses stolen from Honda !
American Honda says it has contacted millions of its customers after hackers stole a database containing names, email addresses, and VINs the Vehicle Identification Number, or unique 17 character ID for your motor vehicle. The obvious danger is that cybercriminals might use the list to send out...
Citrix Access Gateway Command Injection
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 VSR Security Advisory http://www.vsecurity.com/ - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Advisory Name: Citrix Access Gateway Command Injection Vulnerability Release Date: 2010-12-21 Application: Citrix Access...
Video: Wikileaks, Data Security and the SMB
Threatpost editor Paul Roberts discusses issues that matter to small businesses including the impact of the recent Wikileaks debacle and the need for improved endpoint security, patch management and data protection on Pulse Network’s ITEC This Week with hosts Tyler Pyburn and Bill Sell...
HP Data Protector Manager MMD Service Stack Buffer Overflow
Added: 12/10/2010 BID: 45128 Background HP Data Protector is a backup solution for enterprise and distributed environments. The Data Protector environment consists of a Cell Manager, backup agents, and backup device servers. The Cell Manager is the central point from which backup agents and devic...
7) Reputation matters – check it!
When you walk into a doctor’s office, you like to see those frames hanging, right? The degrees from the prestigious medical school and certificates of completion from a reputable hospital residency program? The license from your state’s Board of Registration in Medicine, maybe? They don’t mean yo...
EU, U.S., and NATO Approve New Plans to Combat Cybercrime
Over the past three days, the European Union, the U.S., and NATO have approved new plans to combat cybercrime. On Monday, the European Commission announced its proposals to develop three systems aimed at enhancing cybersecurity for citizens and businesses. First, the E.U. plans to establish a...
