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Firefox will use HTTPS by default
Firefox will use HTTPS by default
Encrypted searching should become available by default for all Firefox users within a few months – a big win for privacy.
March 23, 2012
Europe’s first information risk maturity index developed
Europe’s first information risk maturity index developed
PwC and Iron Mountain have joined together to develop a risk maturity index for European SMEs; and finds them generally lacking.
March 23, 2012
Kaiser Permanente data breach affects thousands of employees
Kaiser Permanente data breach affects thousands of employees
Managed health care consortium Kaiser Permanente has notified thousands of current and former employees that their personal information was found on an external hard drive purchased in a second-hand store in California.
March 23, 2012
US government extends period that intelligence on citizens can be retained
US government extends period that intelligence on citizens can be retained
The US government has issued new counterterrorism guidelines that allow for the retention of intelligence on US citizens for five years, rather than the current 180 days.
March 23, 2012
StubHub turns to fraud specialist to combat abuse of its platform
StubHub turns to fraud specialist to combat abuse of its platform
StubHub, an online ticket exchange, was having trouble with criminals using its open platform to verify credentials that had been stolen from other sources. The website turned to SilverTail for help, explained Robert Capps, senior manager of trust and safety at the company.
March 22, 2012
Michaels fraudsters headed to prison
Michaels fraudsters headed to prison
Two southern California men pled guilty this week to participating in a PIN-pad tampering scheme at 84 Michaels craft stores that resulted in the theft of 94,000 debit and credit card account numbers.
March 22, 2012
China says most foreign cyberattacks come from Japan, US, and South Korea
China says most foreign cyberattacks come from Japan, US, and South Korea
In an apparent effort to turn the public relations tables, China is claiming that most of the foreign cyberattacks against Chinese computers are coming from Japan, the US, and South Korea.
March 22, 2012
Indian company hacks GSM and usurps IMSI
Indian company hacks GSM and usurps IMSI
At a security conference organized by Null in India, Matrix Shell claimed and demonstrated the ability to hack into GSM phones and manipulate the user’s International Mobile Subscriber Identity.
March 21, 2012
Russian authorities arrest eight in bust of Carberp bank fraud ring
Russian authorities arrest eight in bust of Carberp bank fraud ring
The Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Federal Security Service this week arrested eight men allegedly involved in a Carberp bank fraud ring.
March 21, 2012
NIST publishes guidance for electronic health record usability and security
NIST publishes guidance for electronic health record usability and security
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released technical guidance for evaluating the usability of electronic health records (EHR), while maintaining the security and privacy of those records.
March 21, 2012
US data breach costs decline for first time in seven years
US data breach costs decline for first time in seven years
The average organizational and per capita cost of a data breach in the US declined in 2011 for the first time in the seven years that the 'US Cost of a Data Breach Study' has been compiled.
March 21, 2012
IT pros lack confidence in public cloud's perimeter defenses
IT pros lack confidence in public cloud's perimeter defenses
The top security concern of IT professionals regarding public cloud computing is the lack of perimeter defenses and/or network control, according to a survey by cloud security provider CloudPassage.
March 20, 2012