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Stolen laptop exposes data on four million Sutter Health patients
Stolen laptop exposes data on four million Sutter Health patients
Sutter Health, a healthcare system in northern California, reported that an unencrypted laptop containing personal information on more than four million patients was stolen from its Sacramento offices.
Nov. 17, 2011
Hitchcockian thriller: Angry Birds can find you anywhere
Hitchcockian thriller: Angry Birds can find you anywhere
Alfred Hitchcock could not have written a better script. It seems that the Angry Birds can find out where you live simply by your downloading their app.
Nov. 16, 2011
(ISC)² says governments need infosed community to drive strategy and standards
(ISC)² says governments need infosed community to drive strategy and standards
(ISC)², the not-for-profit IT security association, says that, against a backdrop of more and more governments recognising the need for cyber security strategies, they now need to recognize the requirement for internationally recognised skills, principals and practices to tackle what is a very sophisticated global threat landscape.
Nov. 16, 2011
Valve breach puts 35 million video game customers at risk
Valve breach puts 35 million video game customers at risk
Video game company Valve admitted to a data breach last week that could affect the personal information of its 35 million Steam game download customers.
Nov. 16, 2011
US Justice Department makes an offer Congress can’t refuse
US Justice Department makes an offer Congress can’t refuse
The Department of Justice (DoJ) wants to be able to prosecute international cybercriminals under a US law originally intended to take down the Mafia, a representative told a House Judiciary panel yesterday.
Nov. 16, 2011
Codenomicon gets fuzzy on security testing
Codenomicon gets fuzzy on security testing
Codenomicon has taken the wraps off a completely reworked version of Defensics X, its security and robustness testing application. The new version is billed as using fuzzing techniques to enhance its capabilities.
Nov. 15, 2011
Next-gen Android trojan uses Google Library disguise
Next-gen Android trojan uses Google Library disguise
China's NetQin - in conjunction with a research team with North Carolina state university - claim to have discovered a new type of Android trojan that disguises itself as a Google Library.
Nov. 15, 2011
Verizon says high-IQ network and enterprise clouds will be the security challenges for 2012
Verizon says high-IQ network and enterprise clouds will be the security challenges for 2012
In its annual review of the top business IT trends for the year ahead Verizon says that high-IQ networks and the enterprise cloud will foster business innovation and a borderless workstyle in 2012.
Nov. 15, 2011
Barclay Simpson publishes first quarterly rate card for security contractors
Barclay Simpson publishes first quarterly rate card for security contractors
Barclay Simpson’s information security contract division has published its first quarterly rate card for contractors in the IT security industry, noting that technology risk consultants can earn £710 a day, ranging down to data privacy analysts who can command £475 a day.
Nov. 15, 2011
Free Android anti-virus products "virtually useless", says report
Free Android anti-virus products "virtually useless", says report
An in-depth report from AV-Test.org claims that the raft of Android anti-malware apps that have arrived in the last 12 months or so are all virtually useless.
Nov. 14, 2011
Estonian group revealed as key ChronoPay investors
Estonian group revealed as key ChronoPay investors
The saga of Russia’s ChronoPay electronic money operation – which has been hit by arrests and dark accusations over the last 12 months – continued this week with the revelation that an Estonian company is a key investor in the firm.
Nov. 11, 2011
Computershare hit by rogue employee data theft
Computershare hit by rogue employee data theft
Computershare, the international share dealing company – which claims to be the largest in its market – has been hit by a data theft incident from a former employee. What perhaps makes matters worse is that the staffer was an audit risk professional.
Nov. 11, 2011