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Black Hat: Targeted network security attacks beating forensics efforts
Targeted, persistent attacks are supported by a great deal of automation and new functionality that is having little difficulty bypassing traditional security defenses and forensic investigations, two researchers revealed at the Black Hat Briefings. Article | 28 Jul 2010
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Mass. hospital deals with lost backup data files
Third-party firm hired by the hospital to destroy its backup data can't confirm it carried out its services, leaving 800,000 people at risk to identity theft. Article | 20 Jul 2010
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Tokenization vs encryption: RSA touts tokens to reduce PCI DSS pain
Payment industry executives and security experts are currently debating over the right way to preserve and protect credit card data. Merchants can choose between a variety of formats, from format preserving encryption, which replaces the 16-digit cre... Interview | 23 Jun 2010
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Man sentenced in pump and dump stock scam
Indian national receives 81 months and $2.4 million fine for fraud scheme Article | 28 Apr 2010
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Former Societe Generale trader accused of stealing computer code
Ex-employee allegedly stole proprietary code from bank's high-frequency trading system. Article | 21 Apr 2010
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Apache.org suffers attack, warns of password breach
Software foundation warns users to change passwords as targeted cross-site scripting, brute force attacks penetrate Apache servers. News | 14 Apr 2010
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Stolen portable media device blamed in breach of 3.3 million
Educational Credit Management Corp. (ECMC), a major federal loan guarantor, blames a stolen portable media device for the data loss on approximately 3.3 million individuals. Article | 29 Mar 2010
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TJX hacker gets 20 years in prison in Heartland case
A day after his sentencing in the TJX hacking case, Albert Gonzalez is sentenced to 20 years in prison for Heartland Article | 26 Mar 2010
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Twenty-year prison sentence in TJX hacking case
Albert Gonzalez receives stiff sentence for hacking into TJX and other retailers and stealing millions of credit and debit cards Article | 25 Mar 2010
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At RSA Conference, experts dismiss end-to-end encryption claims
Payment industry "buzz" term isn't really reality, say some industry experts at RSA Conference 2010. Article | 04 Mar 2010
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