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Social Security Administration publishes private data of the living on death list
Social Security Administration publishes private data of the living on death list
The Social Security Administration (SSA) published personally identifiable information, including social security numbers, of 36,657 living individuals erroneously listed on the agency’s death master file (DMF) over a three year period, the SSA’s Office of the Inspector General (IG) concluded.
April 26, 2011
Facebook intros two-factor authentication to beef up security
Facebook intros two-factor authentication to beef up security
Facebook has begun introducing two-factor authentication designed to prevent hackers from accessing users' accounts.
April 25, 2011
Oak Ridge National Lab shuts down internet access after phishing attack
Oak Ridge National Lab shuts down internet access after phishing attack
A phishing email attack that injected data-stealing malware into its networks forced the Oak Ridge National Laboratory to shut down internet access and email last week, according to news reports.
April 22, 2011
Transition to IPv6 poses information security challenges, says Fortinet
Transition to IPv6 poses information security challenges, says Fortinet
Information security challenges are confronting organizations as they transition from IPv4 to IPv6, according to Patrick Bedwell, vice president of product marketing at network security appliance provider Fortinet.
April 22, 2011
Infosecurity Europe 2011: NuBridges intros cloud-based tokenisation-as-a-service
Infosecurity Europe 2011: NuBridges intros cloud-based tokenisation-as-a-service
NuBridges, an authentication services specialist that has just been acquired by Liaison Technologies, has taken the wraps off what it claims is the industry's first tokenisation-as-a-service (TaaS) facility that stores all data in the cloud.
April 22, 2011
Eugene Kaspersky's son missing, reported kidnapped
Eugene Kaspersky's son missing, reported kidnapped
Infosecurity is saddened to report that the 20-year-old student son of Kaspersky Labs founder Yevgeny (Eugene) Kaspersky has gone missing and may have been kidnapped.
April 22, 2011
Skype fixes flaw in Skype for Android application
Skype fixes flaw in Skype for Android application
Skype has released a new version of Skype for Android that fixes a vulnerability in the application identified last week. Adrian Asher, Skype’s chief information security officer, announced the news in recent blog.
April 22, 2011
BlackBerry's security strategies revealed
BlackBerry's security strategies revealed
Some observers have criticised the PlayBook, the BlackBerry tablet computer, which was unveiled this week, for not having on-tablet email and allied office functions. But, says Nader Heinen, a security advisor with BlackBerry's security group, there's a reason for this omission - security.
April 21, 2011
Terrorists using bluetooth for subversive and illegal information relay
Terrorists using bluetooth for subversive and illegal information relay
Al Qaeda - AQ - is now using bluetooth broadcasting to radiate terrorist material between users' mobiles. The technology has been successfully used by the terrorist organisation to broadcast subversive promotional videos and material, including ritual beheadings, on a pocket-to-pocket basis between cellphone users.
April 21, 2011
Infosecurity Europe 2011: Cyber Security Challenge 2011/2012 gets rolling
Infosecurity Europe 2011: Cyber Security Challenge 2011/2012 gets rolling
The Cyber Security Challenge UK 2011/2012 – the second year-long challenge designed to raise awareness of IT security skills amongst students of all ages – is now under way.
April 20, 2011
Infosecurity Europe 2011: ViaSat launches blistering attack on ICO strategy
Infosecurity Europe 2011: ViaSat launches blistering attack on ICO strategy
ViaSat, the new name for Stonewood, has analysed more than 2,500 data breaches reported to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) and concluded that the ICO needs penalise organisations more for data breaches.
April 20, 2011
Infosecurity Europe 2011: Panel tacitly endorses BlackBerry for enterprise mobile security
Infosecurity Europe 2011: Panel tacitly endorses BlackBerry for enterprise mobile security
While a panel of infosec practitioners during one keynote did not go so far as to outright endorse BlackBerry mobile devices, the general consensus was that the handsets from Research In Motion offer greater security for the mobile workforce – above and beyond today’s increasingly popular consumer smart devices, which received mixed reviews on security.
April 20, 2011