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- Data breaches: 2007 IT failure superstar
- Data breaches represented the most important category of IT failure during 2007. The year 2007 saw spectacular failures, ranging from improperly-paid teachers at Arizona State University ASU and the Los Angeles Unified School District LAUSD, to a massive implementation problem at the UK National Health Service NHS,...
- Tags: Breach, Information Technology, Data Breach, Disaster Recovery, Strategy, Data Management, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-12-29
- Most security breaches caused by careless human error
- Security expert David Litchfield analyzed data breaches during 2007 and came up with interesting results: Word documents and spreadsheets mistakenly left on a web server or indexed by a search engine account for 20.6% of the 276 breaches, both physical and digital, recorded up to the 23rd...
- Tags: Breach, Data, Productivity, Web Servers, Search, Security, Internet, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2007-11-09
- TJX. Un-answered questions.
- Repercussions from the biggest reported data breach incident in history are still being felt. Last month's arrest of a dealer in stolen credit cards in Istanbul is just one example of how information stolen from TJX Companies is still being used by criminals. As I prepare for a talk...
- Tags: Security, Breach, Credit Card, Arrest, Florida, TJX, Richard Stiennon
- Blog posts 2007-09-09
- MSDN Webcast: Computer Crime and Security - Level 200
- The typical misconception is that a hardware firewall will prevent a security breach. In fact, the majority of today's IT security breaches occur through a web application. This webcast discusses the most pervasive methods that hackers use to penetrate systems, where these attacks originate from, how they are accomplished and...
- Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Misconception, Webcast, Breach, Web Application, Computer, Security, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology
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- 75% of online banking sites found vulnerable to security design flaws
- In a paper entitled "Analyzing Web sites for user-visible security design flaws" to be published at the Symposium on Usable Privacy and Security meeting at Carnegie Mellon University July 25, Atul Prakash and two of his doctoral students examined 214 financial institutions in 2006, finding that over 75% of all...
- Tags: Bank, Online Banking, Flaw, Security, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appear
- First hints of Microsoft's "fight back" ads appearPerception IS reality.The damage is done. Apple is #3 in US home computer sales today. Perception [b]is[/b] reality and unfortunately for microsoft they've got battered, much of it being well deserved. This is the proverbial finger to plug a dyke breach.RE: First hints...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., advertisement
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on board
- Yahoo, Icahn settle proxy fight: Icahn on boardIcahnThe cancer of the communications industry. He's almost so big the body can't reject his attacks and soon the it will die along with it's customers, not to mention all the jobs lost. Maybe he will sell it's soul to another country before...
- Tags: Corporate governance, board, Icahn, Yahoo! Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-21
- NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?
- NebuAd: Galileo or pariah?Double Pariah!!NebuAd is not only a Pariah but a double Pariah! And evoking the spirit of Galileo won't solve the shameless acts they have been doing to innocent consumers. I hope congress get very tough with them: Privacy Breach: Behavioral Targeting Needs Closer Look (http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=544&doc_id=153592&F_src=flftwo)RE: NebuAd: Galileo...
- Tags: NebuAd, Galileo
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- US spam levels up, state of Illinois is the worst offender
- From MessageLabs: Spam levels for the US in June have reached 86% compared to spam levels at 81.5% in the rest of the world. Breaking this information down further, MessageLabs reports that some US states are more affected than others. Varying socioeconomic factors are thought to affect the spam...
- Tags: MessageLabs Ltd., State, Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Spam And Phishing, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Apple vs. Psystar complaint excerpts: 'Invaluable good is being eroded'
- Update: Apple has sued Psystar in U.S. district court over copyright infringement. Apple's complaint (view the Apple Complaint Against Psystar PDF, filed against Psystar back on July 3, alleges copyright infringement, induced copyright infringement, breach of contract, trademark infringement, trade dress infringement and unfair competition and asks...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Productivity, Operating Systems, Software, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- Fear and enterprise in the PaaS channel
- Fear and enterprise in the PaaS channelSaaS and PaaS still not an Enterprise SolutionInternet based solutions whether they are software or platform do not pass any type of sanity test.1. Data ownership. No matter what the license agreements always have 2 clauses that allow them to do what ever they...
- Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, PaaS, storage
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Apple releases patches for dangerous QuickTime flaws in Apple TV 2.1 product
- Apple releases patches for dangerous QuickTime flaws in Apple TV 2.1 productDoes anyone use AppleTV?[i]Some of you might be saying, why do I care, I don’t use Apple TV.[/i]AppleTV sales have been abysmal.does this really matter in the case of appleTV?an appleTV is not like a computer or even like...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Web browsers, Apple TV, patch management, appleTV, Apple Inc., Apple QuickTime, Apple Safari
- Discussion threads 2008-07-11
- ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar
- ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrarSo...It figures... It almost always has to be something simple and stupid. Oh well. I hope they learned from it.
- Tags: registrar, ICANN
- Discussion threads 2008-07-09
- Keeping the web open, by letting the EU deal with things
- Privacy International have said that Google's new Street View tool could breach data protection laws if people's faces are shown, according to the BBC, whereas the creator of the web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has made it clear that the success of the web has been because it's open for...
- Tags: Imagery, Google Inc., Web, European Commission, Europe, Street View, Channel Management, Marketing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- News to know: iPhone; DNS patch; Online privacy; VMware; Vista
- Notable headlines: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: A Modest Privacy Proposal Richard Koman: Congress looks at next-gen ad networks Techmeme: iPhone reviews Matthew Miller: MSM Apple iPhone reviews are up and may just have saved me some cash ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, DNS, Online Privacy, Microsoft Windows Vista, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., HP iPAQ 910, 3G, Domain Names, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Networking, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-09
- ICANN says hijacking attack due to breach at their registrar
- As we commented on, ICANN, the group that manages top-level domain TLD naming systems for the web, recently had several of its domains hijacked by a Turkish hacking group. ICANN has now commented that the hijacking was due to a security breach at the registrar that manages those URLs. From...
- Tags: Registrar, ICANN, Attack, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-08
- Stolen: Google employees' personal data
- Names, addresses, and Social Security numbers of pre-2006 staffers were taken from offices of Colt Express Outsourcing Services. Google has confirmed that personal data of U.S. employees hired prior to 2006 have been stolen in a recent burglary. Records kept at Colt Express Outsourcing Services, an external...
- Tags: Google Inc., Social Security, Sales Channel, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Government, Sales, Finance, ZDNet Australia, Privacy & data protection
- News items 2008-07-03
- Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?
- Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?.....“[B]Had this not happened, Viacom would have made a huge amount of profit, but have now obviously lost out.[/B]”Subjective speculation that is unsubstantiated.“[B]YouTube could get shut down, Google could get fined to the nth degree, or maybe Google will get sued and it have...
- Tags: Pandora, YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-03
- Q'n'A: Are Youtube users are royally screwed?
- I've been reading the headlines today, and the main headlines on most of the top technology websites are about the YouTube/Google/Viacom saga. I'd like to call this: Youglecomgate, a potentially volatile situation hovers over the midst of everyone who has been on YouTube ever, so that's probably the majority of...
- Tags: Google Inc., YouTube Inc., Viacom Inc., Corporate Communications, Internet, Networking, Marketing, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-03
- Security researchers hack the London underground train for free ride
- A group of Dutch security researchers were able to clone the "smartcards" that commuters use to pay fares in the London Underground system, allowing the group to ride for free. This is an interesting attack vector that I actually talked to Adam Laurie about when I was at Black Hat Amsterdam. ...
- Tags: Card, Smart Card, Researcher, London, Smart Cards, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
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