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VeriSign employee data exposed in laptop theft
Current and former employees of VeriSign were exposed to potential data fraud when a laptop housing their information was stolen from the car of a former employee. Article | 08 Aug 2007
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Black Hat 2007: New database forensics tool could aid data breach cases
Database security researcher, David Litchfield of UK-based NGS Software will release a free Forensic Examiners Database Scalpel, he says could aid data breach investigations. Article | 02 Aug 2007
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Black Hat 2007: Researchers demonstrate webmail, social networking flaws
Users of popular social networking Web sites and Webmail such as Google's Gmail, are at risk of having their sessions hijacked by an attacker, researchers at Errata Security warn. Article | 02 Aug 2007
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PCI compliance costs often underestimated, study finds
Companies are moving forward with PCI DSS projects, but many are underestimating the costs associated with compliance. Article | 24 Jul 2007
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Data breaches, compliance drive intellectual property protection
Recent high profile data breaches and compliance pressures are forcing companies to spend more on technology to protect intellectual property, according to a new study. Article | 10 Jul 2007
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Malicious insider sells Fidelity National customer data
A database administrator at Fidelity National Information Services Inc. was fired for stealing and selling up to 2.3 million customer bank and credit card records. Article | 05 Jul 2007
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SSNs at risk in government records, lawmakers say
Americans concerned about ID theft also have to worry about their Social Security numbers' use by the federal government, which leaves them exposed in a variety of records. Article | 22 Jun 2007
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Data breach affects 17,000 Pfizer employees
A Pfizer employee's spouse exposed the identities of 17,000 current and former colleagues by installing unauthorized file-sharing software on a laptop where the data was stored. Article | 13 Jun 2007
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Richard Clarke: Don't ignore data risks, deploy encryption
At a recent keynote with CISOs during the Gartner IT Security Summit, former White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke warned that firms are doing little to prevent data theft. Article | 12 Jun 2007
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Two men plead guilty in supermarket data security breach
Two Los Angeles area men plead guilty to using devices to bilk debit and credit card data from Stop & Shop supermarkets in Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Article | 31 May 2007