Information Security Breaches: Avoidance and Treatment based on ISO27001
If you are running a business, you learn to expect the unexpected. Even if you have taken all the right precautions, your company might still find itself confronted with an information security breach. How would your business cope then?
There are lots of books that will tell you [...]
“Tango down – cia.gov – for the lulz,” the group, which had earlier claimed responsibility for hacking into the websites of the U.S. Senate, Sony, Nintendo and Fox News, wrote on its Twitter feed.
“While some people think this is a fun game that can also help point out corporate security weaknesses, the truth is that [...]
US Senate Hacked! “We Don’t Like The U.S. Government Very Much” LULZ Security
The video states some reasons in significant rise of hack attack by Lulz Security on US information assets including critical assets (US senate) which is a growing threat to national security.
Leon Penetta warned in last week hearing that next Pearl Harbor might [...]
“Citigroup says it has discovered a security breach in which a hacker accessed personal information from hundreds of thousands of accounts.
Citigroup said the breach occurred last month and affected about 200,000 customers.”
“During routine monitoring, we recently discovered unauthorized access to Citi’s account online,” said Citigroup, in a prepared statement. “A limited number — roughly 1 [...]
LONDON — Nearly 180 passwords belonging to members of an Atlanta-based FBI partner organization have been stolen and leaked to the Internet, the group confirmed yesterday.
The logins belonged to the local chapter of InfraGard, a public-private partnership devoted to sharing information about threats to US physical and Internet infrastructure, the chapter’s president said.
“Someone did compromise [...]
LONDON: Unknown hackers have broken into the security networks of Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and several other US military contractors, a source with direct knowledge of the attacks told this news agency.
They breached security systems designed to keep out intruders by creating duplicates to “SecurID” electronic keys from EMC Corp’s (EMC.N) RSA security division, said [...]
A complete solution to manage an information security incident
Managing Information Security Breaches
Even when organisations take precautions, they may still be at risk of a data breach. Information security incidents do not just affect small businesses; major companies and government departments suffer from them [...]
By Doug Woodburn
Rival SecurEnvoy claims channel partners are being inundated with calls from panicked RSA end users in wake of security attack
RSA Security ’s customer-data breach has sparked “panic” among the vendor’s customers and channel partners, according to rivals.
In an open letter to customers posted on RSA’s website yesterday, executive chairman Art Coviello admitted that [...]
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By Tom Murphy
INDIANAPOLIS – WellPoint Inc. has notified 470,000 individual insurance customers that medical records, credit card numbers and other sensitive information may have been exposed in the latest security breach of the health insurer’s records.
The Indianapolis company said the problem stemmed from an online program customers can use to track the progress [...]
Russian Hacker ‘Kirllos’ Claims He Stole Accounts of 1 in 300 Facebook Users
By LIZ HERON
Want a great deal on a Facebook account? A Russian hacker who calls himself “kirllos” claims he can sell you 1,000 unsuspecting users’ login credentials for just $25, or $45 if the accounts have more than 10 friends each.
The hacker [...]
