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Boston-based restaurant firm agrees to pay $110,000 for credit card data breach
Boston-based restaurant firm agrees to pay $110,000 for credit card data breach
The Briar Group, a Boston-based operator of restaurants and bars, has agreed to pay a $110,000 fine for failing to protect credit card information, the first penalty levied under Massachusetts’ new data privacy law.
March 30, 2011
Australian prime minster involved in email hack
Australian prime minster involved in email hack
The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) is investigating a major hack of the government's email systems down under.
March 30, 2011
ANSI, Shared Assessments to study financial impact of patient data breaches
ANSI, Shared Assessments to study financial impact of patient data breaches
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the Shared Assessments Program have launched a study examining the financial impact of patient data breaches.
March 30, 2011
iPhone falls 1,000 feet – tracked down by owner using GPS
iPhone falls 1,000 feet – tracked down by owner using GPS
How robust is an Apple iPhone? Very, judging from a report from US Air Force combat controller Ron Walker, whose iPhone fell out of his jumpsuit pocket – from 1,000 feet in the air.
March 29, 2011
Amex leapfrogs Visa in secure micropayments market
Amex leapfrogs Visa in secure micropayments market
American Express has neatly leapfrogged Visa's P2P micropayment gameplan by announcing plans to launch its own service, months ahead of Visa, and offering the service on the web, as well as on Apple iPhone, Android and BlackBerry handsets.
March 29, 2011
Scammers use current events to steal money, personal information
Scammers use current events to steal money, personal information
Scammers are increasingly using current events, such as the Japan earthquake and tsunami, to trick people into donating money to bogus organizations or clicking on bogus news reports that contain embedded malware.
March 29, 2011
Trusteer CEO warns over highly targeted malware attacks
Trusteer CEO warns over highly targeted malware attacks
In-browser web security specialist Trusteer has warned internet users about the apparently new problem of targeted malware attacks, where criminals use business social networking sites to identify their victim, specifically infecting the target's computer and then heisting their user credentials from the machine.
March 28, 2011
Census 2011 data privacy questioned
Census 2011 data privacy questioned
Last night was Census 2011 night and all UK householders are now requested by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) to fill in the required forms under threat of a possible fine. But questions have been raised about the security of the census data, which is being processed at sites in Manchester and Scotland.
March 28, 2011
Maine state park visitors may have had credit card data exposed
Maine state park visitors may have had credit card data exposed
Around 970 visitors to Maine state parks, between March 21 and Dec. 22, 2010, may have had their credit card numbers exposed as the result of a malware attack against the online state-park pass system, the Maine Conservation Department announced.
March 28, 2011
Hackers steal member email details from TripAdvisor site
Hackers steal member email details from TripAdvisor site
A number of TripAdvisor members may receive spam after hackers stole email details from the travel website.
March 25, 2011
Comodo certificate compromise has Iranian fingerprints
Comodo certificate compromise has Iranian fingerprints
This week's widely reported compromise of a batch of Comodo digital certificates, which resulted in hackers being able to fake trusted sites from the likes of Google and Yahoo, has been blamed on Iranian hackers with possible government assistance.
March 25, 2011
Apple rejects cellphone radiation monitoring app
Apple rejects cellphone radiation monitoring app
Despite the software already being developed for the Android and BlackBerry app stores, Apple has apparently rejected a radiation monitoring application for the iPhone.
March 25, 2011