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Anti-fraud service bamboozle consumers

DISC — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 21:42:37 PST

Image via Wikipedia by Edward Wyatt provided by – NYTimes.com Lifelock, the company that brazenly broadcast its chief executive’s Social Security number as part of its claim that it could...

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Nuke hack attack puts military on high alert

DISC — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:56:51 PST

Chinese, North Koreans suspects in security breach By Mike Maloof WASHINGTON, D.C. – A message that North Korea had conducted a nuclear attack on the Japanese island of Okinawa turned out to be...

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RSA 2010 and Cybercrime Strategy

DISC — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:31:48 PST

Howard Schmidt U.S. Cybersecurity Coordinator In a keynote address at RSA, national cybersecurity coordinator Howard Schmidt announced that the White House was releasing an unclassified version of...

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HITECH Act increases HIPAA security requirements

DISC — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 11:03:52 PST

by Marcia Savage The health care industry was buzzing with the news: For the first time ever, a hospital was being audited for compliance with HIPAA security requirements. The audit of Piedmont...

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New phishing scams attack with precision

DISC — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 09:10:38 PST

Phishing: Cutting the Identity Theft Line When TippingPoint’s president and chief technology officer, Marc Willebeek-Lemair, received an e-mail from the Federal Trade Commission informing him...

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Security risk assessment process and countermeasures

DISC — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 12:01:30 PST

The Security Risk Assessment Handbook: A Complete Guide for Performing Security Risk Assessments The following are the common steps that should be taken to perform a security risk assessment. These...

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Spam, malware proliferate in late 2009

DISC — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 10:16:50 PST

Image by colodio via Flickr Alejandro Martínez-Cabrera Online security firm Websense has released a report on the cyberthreat landscape during the second half of 2009, and some of the findings are...

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Long Awaited ISO/IEC 27003:2010

DISC — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:43:50 PST

The long awaited international standard to the implementation of an information security management system, ISO/IEC 27003:2010, is now available. It’s a must have – Buy the hard copy...

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UCSF laptop containing patient files stolen

DISC — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 11:46:20 PST

Image via Wikipedia The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO—The medical records of more than 4,000 patients at the University of California, San Francisco may have been compromised after a laptop they...

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Google attack highlights ‘zero-day’ black market

DISC — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:40:35 PST

Image by Laughing Squid via Flickr By Jordan Robertson, AP The recent hacking attack that prompted Google’s threat to leave China is underscoring the heightened dangers of previously...

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If Your Password Is 123456, Just Make It HackMe

DISC — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 10:20:50 PST

by Ashlee Vance, NYTimes Back at the dawn of the Web, the most popular account password was “12345.” Today, it’s one digit longer but hardly safer: “123456.” Despite all...

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How to manage risk in the cloud

DISC — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:06:29 PST

What is Cloud Computing and does it provide more protection to your business? Pre-order the Softcover; Pre-order the eBook. Cloud Computing will bring many benefits to organisations, some of which...

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