Monday, 4 April 2011

Bank customers warned after breach at Epsilon marketing firm

Google App would identify faces to access their personal info | Thieves are stealing children's identities

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Bank customers warned after breach at Epsilon marketing firm
JP Morgan Chase and the Kroger supermarket chain are warning customers that their names and e-mail addresses may have fallen into the wrong hands after someone broke into computer systems at e-mail marketing giant Epsilon. Read More


WEBCAST: Dell

Security: A Multilayered Approach
The resources in this Security KnowledgeVault provide expert advice on everything from creating a multilayered security strategy and deploying a more proactive fight against cybercrime, to realizing when it's time to stop going it alone and seek outside, expert help. Learn more.

WHITE PAPER: Dell

Guidelines for Choosing a QSA
The independent white paper in this security KnowledgeVault is just one of the resources to help you make the right decision. It details the top 5 questions to ask a prospective QSA firm and offers guidelines on everything from making sure they adequately handle compensating controls to assessing their expertise with virtualization. Learn more.

Google App would identify faces to access their personal info
Google crawls trillions of sites, many of which have publicly available personal photos on them (think Facebook and Flickr) that might be tagged and make it oh-so-easy if face-enabled searches were to become a reality. Imagine for a moment that you are out and about when someone who you don't even know happens to snap your picture which they could later use to find out where you lived, what you do... Read More

Thieves are stealing children's identities
Identity theft has saddled thousands of children with debt, sometimes for years before they ever discover their personal information has been stolen, a study says. Read More

Ridiculous DHS list: You might be a domestic terrorist if...
We've all heard the "You might be a Redneck If" jokes, but in this series "You might be a Domestic Terrorist If" you believe in civil liberties, or if you actually believe in your Constitutional rights. Sadly, this is not a joke. You might also be a terrorist if you have ever expressed concerns of Big Brother. Are you a Christian who has ever discussed the anti-Christ, the apocalypse, or even mentioned... Read More


WHITE PAPER: Dell

Elements of a Proactive Data Security Solution
See all the survey results along with more data security resources, including an expert Webcast outlining six vital security steps, in the security KnowledgeVault. Learn more.

Which Cisco VPN client should I go with?
  Cisco has two main options when it comes to vpn clients, IPSEC or anyconnect. IPSEC has been there for a while, since the vpn3000 and to date, it is probably the most known and used vpn client among Cisco customers. At some point when 64bit OS started to be popular there was no IPSEC client option and it almost eliminated this option, since it did not have 64bit support. Then, the 64bit support... Read More

RSA hackers exploited Flash zero-day bug
Last month's hack of RSA Security began with an exploit of a then-unpatched vulnerability in Adobe Flash Player. Read More

When you can't trust your own company
The 'Net is just one hack away for disaster Read More


WEBCAST: IBM

Malware is Everywhere
Get up to speed on the proliferation of security issues and hear about new techniques that combine IBM Rational AppScan and Internet Security Systems (ISS) technologies to scan and identify unwanted, embedded malware. View Now

IEEE suffers a data breach
The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers suffered a data breach last year that compromised credit card information of 828 people who registered for an IEEE conference. Read More

SCADA security arms race underway
Following Stuxnet, security researchers are now taking a closer look at the software that controls industrial systems. Read More

Miami hospital tightens security in advance of medical records system revamp
Miami Children's Hospital is replacing its older network and clinical applications with a modern electronic medical record system to give medical staff faster and more unified access to patient information, a major step toward a paperless work environment. Read More



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