“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 [...]
For the second time in 17 months, Google is pointing its finger at China for a security breach in one of its systems.
This time, Google says Chinese hackers were responsible for breaking into the personal Gmail accounts of several hundred people _ including those of senior U.S. government officials, military personnel and political activists.
The latest [...]
‘Best Practices for Keeping Your Home Network Secure’ is a new guide published by the National Security Agency. This document provides home users directions for keeping their systems secure and protected.
Users are faceing lots of security issues now a days, and trying to apply all the required security measures is complicated due to the [...]
by Davey Winder
It’s a scenario that every small online business fears: site security is compromised, hackers steal customer data including credit-card details, and your brand and your reputation are left in ruins. No wonder then, that many small online businesses are looking to insure against hackers and the resulting financial impact of a security breach. [...]
Security 2020: Reduce Security Risks This Decade
Identify real security risks and skip the hype. After years of focusing on IT security, we find that hackers are as active and effective as ever. This book gives application developers, networking and security professionals, those that create standards, and CIOs [...]
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Mobile Malware Attacks and Defense
WASHINGTON (AFP) – A virus infecting mobile phones using Google’s Android operating system has emerged in China that can allow a hacker to gain access to personal data, US security experts said.
A report this week from Lookout Mobile Security said the new Trojan affecting Android devices has been dubbed [...]
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Fraud-related losses rose 20 percent to $1.7 billion in the past year, Kroll study says
Incidence of theft of information and electronic data at global companies has overtaken physical theft for the first time, according to a study released yesterday.
According to the latest edition of the Kroll Annual Global Fraud Report, [...]
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Security Log Management: Identifying Patterns in the Chaos
Arcsight offer $49 entry level logging solution – a monumental change from the SIEM vendors, since they were trouncing their clients at price of 200K and up.
Data security and compliance specialist ArcSight has taken the wraps off a slew of product updates – Enterprise Security [...]
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By Kevin Poulsen @wired.com
The federal agency in charge of protecting other agencies from computer intruders was found riddled with hundreds of high-risk security holes on its own systems, according to the results of an audit released Wednesday.
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team, or US-CERT, monitors the Einstein intrusion-detection sensors on nonmilitary government [...]
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By Mary Mosquera
Last year’s HITECH Act toughened the rules and enforcement penalties health information handlers must follow to protect patient privacy.
Under the new policy regime, providers will have to pay more attention to the confidentiality and safety of patient information as they move more of their operations toward electronic health record-keeping.
Without [...]
