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  • Study shows it's not possible to be too paranoid about web tracking

    Posted October 11, 2011 - 11:00 pm

    So many web sites are feeding so much private data on so many people so quickly that even the warped expectation that our privacy will be constantly invaded vastly underestimates the reality. There seems to be no hope in sight to even stem the tide, let alone turn it back.

  • Citigroup hit with another data leak

    Posted August 8, 2011 - 10:05 pm

    Citi Card Japan, a unit of Citigroup, reports that the data of more than 92,000 customers has been breached.

  • Study shows 8% of Android apps leak private data on purpose

    Posted July 21, 2011 - 10:44 am

    A study to be presented at Black Hat shows 8 percent of Android apps phone home with private data and identifies the two most prevalent infection sources for smartphones.

  • Inside a data leak audit

    Posted May 11, 2009 - 10:19 am

    When the director of IT at a Boston-based, midsize pharmaceutical firm was first approached to participate in a data leakage audit, he was thrilled. He figured the audit would uncover a few weak spots in the company's data leak defenses and he would then be able to leverage the audit results into funding for additional security resources. But he got way more than he bargained for.

  • Most common data leak violations

    Posted May 11, 2009 - 10:16 am

    With more than two decades of security audits under his belt, Networks Unlimited President Harry Segal has seen it all. Here are the most common violations he encounters.

  • Creative ways to fight data leaks

    Posted April 27, 2009 - 4:37 pm

    Data leaks are a hot topic in information security. But what if you can't afford the tools that are specifically designed to keep employees from intentionally or mistakenly leaking private or valuable corporate data to the outside? It turns out there are some creative ways to use what you have to tackle the problem.

  • Data can leak from partially encrypted disks

    Posted July 16, 2008 - 3:28 pm

    If you're using encryption software to keep part of your computer's hard drive private, you may have a problem, according to researchers at the University of Washington and British Telecommunications.
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