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Privacy and data protection

  • August 30, 2006 30 Aug'06

    Survey: Data breaches difficult to spot, prevent

    IT pros worry that false positives and a lack of resources are preventing them from blocking data breaches

  • August 30, 2006 30 Aug'06

    Malware database access sparks debate

    Should an emerging database of more than 300,000 malware samples remain a walled community for trusted users, or is open access the best way to fight off digital desperados?

  • August 29, 2006 29 Aug'06

    AT&T breach affects 19,000 customers

    Online outlaws hacked into an AT&T computer system and stole credit card data on thousands of customers. AT&T has offered to pay for credit monitoring services for those affected.

  • August 24, 2006 24 Aug'06

    What is the most important aspect of data protection when it comes to DR?

    You could answer that with one word really, and I would have to say "testing." Just "testing." Whatever you do when you're protecting data, whether it's a backup, whether it's replication, whatever it is, make sure that you test what you put in ...

  • August 24, 2006 24 Aug'06

    Aren't backups and archives essentially the same thing?

    The answer to that can be a "yes" and "no." If we look at a very high level, a copy of data is a copy of data, and that's where a lot of people confuse both as being somewhat the same -- one copy is just kept longer. When we start digging into what ...

  • August 24, 2006 24 Aug'06

    Cisco patches flaws in multiple products

    Attackers could corrupt files, cause a denial of service and bypass security restrictions via flaws in several of Cisco's firewall and VPN products.

  • August 20, 2006 20 Aug'06

    AOL data spill leads to dismissals, resignation

    AOL has fired two employees and its CTO has left the company after search data from 658,000 customers was accidentally exposed earlier this month.

  • July 14, 2006 14 Jul'06

    CSI survey: Data breaches still being swept under the rug

    The annual CSI/FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey shows companies are reporting fewer financial losses from data breaches. That doesn't mean the good guys are winning.

  • November 14, 2005 14 Nov'05

    Hackers installing keyloggers at a record rate

    iDefense researchers have found that keylogger infections are up 65% over the year before, putting the private data of tens of millions of users at risk.

  • November 10, 2005 10 Nov'05

    Security Bytes: FTC cracks down on alleged spyware distributors

    Patches fix serious RealPlayer flaws, IM malcode launches phishing attacks; Microsoft warns of Macromedia Flash flaw; Liberty Alliance pushes stronger authentication; FEMA data security is in question; patches fix Veritas flaws and TransUnion ...