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House approves CISPA over privacy objections

Posted April 18, 2013 - 1:45 pm

The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, despite opposition from the White House and several privacy and digital rights groups.
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US House moves toward passage of CISPA

Posted April 17, 2013 - 6:00 pm

The U.S. House of Representatives moved closer Wednesday toward the passage of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), despite concerns that the cyberthreat information-sharing bill will allow Web-based companies to share a wide amount of customer information with government agencies.
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Microsoft moves to optional two-factor authentication

Posted April 17, 2013 - 2:02 pm

Following similar initiatives by Apple, Google and Facebook, Microsoft is enabling two-factor authentication for its Microsoft Account service, the log-on service for many of its online and desktop products.
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Go beyond FTP with Secure Managed File Transfer

Posted April 17, 2013 - 11:30 am

Learn about managed file transfer and how it can help you and your organization.
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CISPA sponsor compares opponents to 14-year-olds

Posted April 17, 2013 - 9:58 am

The chief sponsor of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) in the U.S. Congress has ignited a Twitter storm by suggesting many opponents of the proposed cyberthreat sharing bill are 14-year-olds in basements.
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Pirate Bay co-founder charged with hacking IBM mainframes, stealing money

Posted April 16, 2013 - 12:02 pm

This is the biggest data intrusion investigation ever performed in Sweden, the prosecutor said.
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Symantec report finds small businesses battered by cybercrime

Posted April 16, 2013 - 2:27 am

Cybercriminals are increasingly targeting small businesses due to their less sophisticated defenses, according to a new report from Symantec.
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US House to vote on CISPA cyberthreat bill this week

Posted April 15, 2013 - 4:47 pm

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a controversial cyberthreat information-sharing bill, will be debated on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives this week, despite continued opposition from some privacy and digital rights advocates.
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Schnucks supermarket chain struggled to find breach that exposed 2.4M cards

Posted April 15, 2013 - 4:20 pm

The Schnucks supermarket chain struggled for two weeks to find the source of a breach that exposed credit and debit card information on as many as 2.4 million customers.
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Gambling software developer moves to fix poker game flaws

Posted April 14, 2013 - 8:46 pm

A poker software developer plans to implement a fix this week for a vulnerability recently discovered by two security researchers who analyzed one of its gambling applications.
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Build Your IT Security Business Case

Posted April 11, 2013 - 1:00 pm

In this latest whitepaper from Kaspersky Lab, you'll find useful facts, examples and business case arguments to help you get buy-in and commitment from your business.
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Hackers could start abusing electric car chargers to cripple the grid, researcher says

Posted April 11, 2013 - 11:07 am

Hackers could use vulnerable charging stations to prevent the charging of electric vehicles in a certain area, or possibly even use the vulnerabilities to cripple parts of the electricity grid, a security researcher said during the Hack in the Box conference in Amsterdam on Thursday.
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Bitcoin volatility caused by surge in demand, slow software

Posted April 10, 2013 - 10:55 pm

Bitcoin's roller-coaster price swings on Wednesday were caused by an influx of new buyers and software that couldn't keep up, according to the largest exchange, Mt. Gox.
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The impossible enterprise data security challenge

Posted April 10, 2013 - 1:39 pm

Securely deleting data in a personal context is hard enough, but it's far more complicated when enterprise storage is involved.
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The worst data breaches (so far)

Posted April 10, 2013 - 12:59 pm

It’s early but it has been a bad year for personal data exposure already
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EU watchdog: Data collection can't fly under 'user experience' flag

Posted April 10, 2013 - 12:21 pm

“Improving users' experience” is not justification for using consumer information in Big Data projects according to Europe's top data protection officials.
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Hackers turn a Canon EOS camera into a remote surveillance tool

Posted April 10, 2013 - 9:29 am

The high-end Canon EOS-1D X camera can be hacked for use as a remote surveillance tool, with images remotely downloaded, erased and uploaded, a researcher said during the Hack in the Box security conference in Amsterdam on Wednesday.
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The Weekly Hash - April 5, 2013

Posted April 5, 2013 - 10:53 am

A goofy romp through this week’s top tech stories and, also, the only time today (or probably ever) that Justin Bieber and Harvard University will be mentioned in the same article
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Japanese web portals hacked, up to 100,000 accounts compromised

Posted April 4, 2013 - 7:39 am

Two of Japan's major Internet portals were hacked earlier this week, with one warning that as many as 100,000 user accounts were compromised, including financial details.
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White Paper

Oracle Cloud Solutions Knowledge Vault

Posted April 3, 2013 - 9:15 am

Visit this KnowledgeVault to access brief videos that explore the benefits of Oracle Cloud Solutions from three perspectives: Cloud Developers, Cloud Builders, and Line of Business Managers.
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Dataguise introduces field-level encryption for Apache Hadoop database

Posted April 2, 2013 - 12:18 am

Dataguise says the latest version of its data-protection product enables users to encrypt sensitive data right down to specific fields within an open source Apache Hadoop database.
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Android messaging malware targets Tibetan activists

Posted April 1, 2013 - 10:55 pm

An analysis of a piece of Android spyware targeting a prominent Tibetan political figure suggests it may have been built to figure out the victim's exact location.
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White Paper

Ransomware: Hijacking Your Data

Posted April 1, 2013 - 2:45 pm

Messages warning that your computer is locked and you need to pay to get back access are very commonplace today. SophosLabs takes an in-depth look at the ransomware variants, delivery mechanisms, and shows how you can protect your data.
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White Paper

Simplifying Data Protection

Posted March 29, 2013 - 2:00 pm

IT requires solutions that are not only simple to deploy, use and fit into their budgets, but most importantly ensure that systems are protected and met with the recovery time and points needed in the event of a disaster.
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White Paper

CA ARCserve r16 vs. Symantec Backup Exec 2012

Posted March 29, 2013 - 2:00 pm

In this report, Network Testing Labs puts CA ARCserve r16 and Symantec Backup Exec 2012 to the test. Both products boast an abundance of new features and enhancements.
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