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CHART: Types of Data Breaches

05/17/2012 - Criminals target strikingly different types of data in large and small organizations.
Daily Headline : IT Security

Forrester Report Touts Next Generation Firewalls, Greater Network Visibility

05/17/2012 - Increasingly popular next generation firewalls can be highly effective at thwarting network attacks and may eventually become more popular than standalone firewall devices, according to a new Forrester report.
Daily Headline : Privacy

Myspace Settles with FTC Over Shady 'Pre-Acquisition Advertising Practices'

05/09/2012 - A social networking site has agreed to settle with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it misled users about how their personal information was being used.
Daily Headline : Maritime Security

IP Video Market Info Reviews the Security Management Digital Edition

05/09/2012 - “This is much more likely an example of how security trade magazines will evolve online,” John Honovich says.
Daily Headline : Investigations

Morning Security Brief: Cell Phone Tracking, New Hacker Collective Appears Online, Sensitive Record Breach, and More

05/04/2012 - Congress wants to know how many times cell phone companies have provided data to law enforcement. A new hacker group calling itself the Unknowns says it wants to show NASA and the Air Force how it breached their networks. An anti-abortion group says it leaked patient medical records from a Kansas City abortion clinic. And more.
Daily Headline : IT Security

House Passes Controversial Cyber Threat Info Sharing Bill

04/27/2012 - The U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill yesterday aimed at helping the government and private sector share information about cyber threats.
Daily Headline : Cybercrime

Facebook Taps Sophos to Help Expand User Protection Against Malware

04/25/2012 - Facebook and the data protection company Sophos are teaming up to make it easier for users to protect themselves from malicious links on the social networking site.
Daily Headline : Cybercrime

Morning Security Brief: Mad Cow Case Reported, Military Operations in Afghanistan, Nissan Hacked, and More

04/25/2012 - A case of mad cow disease is discovered in California, but officials say people aren’t at risk. A new report says NATO press releases are intentionally deceptive about troops involved. The number of incidents reported by federal agencies to the federal information security incident center has increased by 680 percent. Nissan announces it was hacked. And more.
Daily Headline : International Security

Morning Security Brief: Security Tense at the Grand Prix, Fake Instagram App, Drug Subs, and More

04/20/2012 - Security is heightened in Bahrain ahead of planned protests. A fake Instagram app contains malware. The Coast Guard intercepts its 30th drug sub. And more.
Daily Headline : Surveillance

Worth a Look: iSpy

04/09/2012 - Associate Editor John Wagley reviews an inexpensive surveillance app with a breadth of features and controls.
Daily Headline : Crime

Morning Security Brief: Arrests in Tulsa Shooting Spree, Spies in College, Medicaid Breach, and More

04/09/2012 - A Tulsa task force makes two arrests for the Friday shootings that left three dead and two injured. Foreign countries are infiltrating America’s colleges with questionable motives, the FBI says. Medicaid breach larger than originally thought. And more.
Daily Headline : Privacy

Controversial ‘Girl-Finding’ App Raises Privacy Concerns

04/02/2012 - The controversial app, Girls Around Me, has been pulled from the Apple Store amid protests by privacy advocates and the geomapping social networking site Foursquare. Critics, however, say the problem isn’t Girls Around Me, but the amount of information social media sites share about its users by default.
Daily Headline : Cybercrime

Cybercrime Dominated by Gangs: Study

03/29/2012 - A new study out of London finds that most cybercrime is committed by organized crime rings.
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