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Tuesday, June 28, 2005

Data security: It doesn't take a breach to get the FTC's attention

Cyber Eye: For crying out loud encrypt data at rest

http://www.gcn.com/24_16/security/36229-1.html?CMP=OTC-RSS

Feds feel bite of cybercrime

 There is something about the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. that seems to attract cybercrime.

A Day in the Life of an Information Security Investigator: Case Of The Mischievous Minotaur - Part III

Jury acquits Scrushy in HealthSouth case

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Lessons learned from the MasterCard/Visa heist

 How could MasterCard and Visa allow 40 million customer credit card numbers to be sucked out of their systems and into the hands of criminals? Last week I called them both to find out.

Feeding an enterprise-wide security mindset

 How to create a culture of security in a company

New worm lures users with 'breaking news'

 Internet users alarmed over news of Michael Jackson's death or dark conspiracies behind the demise of Pope John Paul II should perhaps just be worried that they received another new e-mail worm.

Data Security Lapses and Increased Cyber Attacks

 Content-Wire Jun 26 2005 2:54PM GMT

News from StorageTek, EMC, Iron Mountain, VeriSign, Microlite

 eWeek Jun 27 2005 7:53PM GMT

New Phishing Attacks Eliminate Need for Target Web Site

Monday, June 27, 2005

Criminal IT - There's no cure-all for information security

  Silicon: "While there are many ways to establish security of IT systems, none can be bought as a commoditised product"

SecurityDocs: Laptop Security

BBC News: Passwords 'up for grabs'

 "Half of IT managers employed by large-sized companies believe it would be relatively easy to gain the core passwords for their computer systems"

 

Windows AntiSpyware beta 'refreshed' again

 Microsoft late last week released a second "refresh" of the first Windows AntiSpyware beta. This refresh is not to be confused with the official second beta version, which is...

ChoicePoint overhaul falls behind

WiFi Watchdog 5.0 Tracks Wi-Fi Users By Location > June 27, 2005

University Of Connecticut Discovers Server Breach > June 26, 2005

Phishing Costs Nearly $1 Billion > June 24, 2005

BlackBerry Service Interruption > BlackBerry Service Goes Down Again > June 24, 2005