Items Tagged with "Headlines"
Universities Hammered by Data Breaches
January 13, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The breadth and volume of personal data collected by universities, coupled with high turnover and a financially un-savvy population, makes the problem of data loss at these institutions nearly epidemic in nature...
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Pentagon Fails to Disclose Covert Cyber Ops
January 13, 2011 Added by:Headlines
A classified report on military operations provided to Congress by he Pentagon failed to disclose the military's use of cyber-based operations. The Pentagon's Michael Vickers, replied by questioning whether or not cyber ops are covered by the law that dictates what should be covered in the reports...
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IBM's DeveloperWorks Website Hacked
January 12, 2011 Added by:Headlines
IBM's DeveloperWorks website was breached by hackers over the weekend. The messages left by the hacker(s) read: "Defaced by Hmei7," and, "You have been Hacked !!!, not because of your stupidity That's because we love you, and we want to warn you That your web still has large of vulnerability."
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Oracle Hit With $100 Million Source Code Theft Suit
January 12, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Software firm 2FA has filed a $100 million dollar lawsuit against Oracle subsidiary Passlogix alleging the outfit stole source code related to authentication software. The suit is specific to Passlogix's v-Go product, which was developed prior to Oracle's acquisition of the company...
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Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 Sending Phantom Data
January 12, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Microsoft is looking in to reports that its Windows Phone 7 software is sending from mobile devices unexpectedly. Reports indicate the data transfers are relatively large, ranging from 2MB to 5MB in size per transfer, and some complaints have the totals levels as high as 30MB to 50MB per day...
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Vulnerabilities Found in Many Fortune 500 Websites
January 11, 2011 Added by:Headlines
In a survey of the websites belonging to all Fortune 500 listed companies and an additional selection of 175 other businesses, researchers found that nearly fifteen percent contained serious security flaws that leave the sites open to cross-site scripting (XSS) and open redirect exploitations...
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China is Vulnerable to Widespread SCADA Exploit
January 11, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"I'm not sure whats worse, a 0day for the most popular SCADA software in China floating around in the wild or a team of security professionals from China's CERT sleeping behind the wheel..."
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Decade's Top Ten Technology Panics
January 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Some of the items are expected, and some obvious choices are not in the mix. Nonetheless, they make for an interesting read and good fodder for reminiscing some of the low-lights of the past decade...
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EMC Engineer Stole Nearly $1 Million in Hardware
January 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Kevin Kelly, a former test engineer with EMC, has plead guilty to making off with almost one million dollars worth of equipment. Kelly concealed the hardware in a duffel bag and then he sold it on the internet. Most of the stolen goods were sold to BL Trading, a Massachusetts-based reseller...
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Internet Security Alliance to Present at RSA Conference
January 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
ISA will present on "How to Assess the Financial Impact of Cyber Risk" at the RSA conference. ISA’s mission is to integrate advanced technology with the realistic business needs of its members and enlightened public policy to create a sustained system of cyber security...
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Anonymous Hacks Into Fine Gael Website
January 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The website of the second largest political party in Ireland, Fine Gael, has been breached by hackers associated with the international script-kiddie movement known as Anonymous. Fine Gail's recently launched website was defaced, and the following message was inserted...
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NSA Building Billion Dollar Cyber Security Facility
January 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
There is a clear mandate for a public-private partnership - led on the government side by DHS - but supported by all elements of the U.S. government, to include federal, state and local organizations represented here today...
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US Military and Government Exposures Down in 2010
January 10, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Other then breaches reported by the media and a few progressive state websites, there is little or no information available on many data breach events.It is clear without a mandatory national reporting requirement that many data breaches will continue to be unreported, or underreported...
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Vodafone Investigating Database Breach Allegations
January 09, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"Any unauthorised access to the portal will be taken very seriously, and would constitute a breach of employment or dealer agreement and possibly a criminal offence. All passwords have been reset and a review is being undertaken of the training and process as an additional precaution..."
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Commerce Department to Reign Over Cyber Identities
January 08, 2011 Added by:Headlines
"We are not talking about a government-controlled system. What we are talking about is enhancing online security and privacy, and reducing and perhaps even eliminating the need to memorize a dozen passwords, through creation and use of more trusted digital identities..."
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DOJ Gets Subpoenas for WikiLeaks Twitter Accounts
January 08, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The DOJ requested subpoenas to access the Twitter accounts of WikiLeaks and several supporters in an ongoing criminal investigation of the whistleblower organization. The information sought includes residential, email and IP addresses, session times, billing records, and bank account details...