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Corporate Spying

2008-01-16 12:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...corporations, it is our corporate responsibility to have systems in place, including software systems, to monitor threats to our network, intellectual property and our people," Wal-Mart spokeswoman Sarah Clark said in a statement in April. Following the Gabbard firing, Wal-Mart said it conducted a review of its monitoring activities. "There...
 
Tags: agents, intelligence agents, wal-mart, off-duty police officers, officers, wal-mart employee fired, cell-phone calls, phone calls, obtain
 
 
 
 
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How to spot - and stop - a spy

2008-04-17 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472c20 in Network World on Security
 
Corporations are woefully unprepared to counter attempts at corporate espionage, say experts who perform vulnerability assessments designed to uncover security weaknesses. U.S. corporations lose as much as $300 billion a year to hacking, cracking, physical security breaches and other criminal activity, according to Ira Winkler, author of Spies...
 
Tags: performs espionage simulations, espionage, uncover security weaknesses, perform vulnerability assessments, physical security breaches, internet security advisors, counter attempts, criminal activity, ira winkler
 
 
 
 
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Common Criteria and answering the question 'Is it Safe'

2007-12-20 16:57:00 by sdl in The Security Development Lifecycle
 
...corporations who will have different needs from government security agencies. To answer that question, security professionals require time (usually at substantial cost) to analyze not only the considerations above, but also examine in depth the software itself, its intended use, the environment in which it will be used, and a variety of other...
 
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Select Medical Corporation charged by the Texas Attorney General

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2008-01-11 16:20:31 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...corporations who contracted with Select Physical Therapy Texas Limited Partnership to conduct employee physicals and drug screenings Investigators also discovered sensitive medical information among the records, including initial evaluation and plan of care forms, insurance verification sheets, drug and alcohol testing verification forms,...
 
Tags: clients personal information, personal information, sensitive personal information, information, sensitive medical information, customers sensitive information, texas attorney, texas, attorney
 
 
 
 
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Security experts warn: Dont get bitten by bots

2008-01-11 00:00:00 by HASH0x84732a4 in Network World on Security
 
A year after the Storm Trojan attacks started, security experts are predicting botnets, instant messaging and social networking sites will continue to pose a threat to corporations that allow their workers Internet access
 
Tags: security experts, storm trojan attacks, workers internet access, sites, threat, corporations, social, instant, botnets
 
 
 
 
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Cyber espionage seen as growing threat to business, government

2008-01-17 00:00:00 by Ellen Messmer in Network World on Security
 
Cyber espionage is getting renewed attention as fresh evidence emerges of online break-ins at U.S. research labs and targeted phishing against corporations and government agencies here and abroad
 
Tags: cyber espionage, fresh evidence emerges, research labs, government agencies, online break-ins, attention, corporations, abroad
 
 
 
 
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Keeping the Computer in Good Condition Using Free Spyware Adware Programs

2007-08-01 19:21:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...corporations charge a certain fee. This can either be bought from the store or downloaded from the web, which usually comes with a free trial period that will surely impress and eventually make the customer buy it Having a software program that can fight against spyware and adware will help prevent damage from happening to the computer. In...
 
Tags: adware programs, adware, computer, spyware, free, adware program, entire computer, free trial period, handle spyware
 
 
 
 
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Awareness in Installing Some Types of Software

2007-08-01 19:14:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...corporations. Advertisements (adware) already included and mainstay of the program could present a threat or traffic nuisance for reason of its vulnerability to information disseminations, causing notorious cases of "identity theft," that'd been threatening risk on the loss of personal properties, finances, bank's credibility, financiers, and...
 
Tags: software, spyware software, computer owners, support adware usage, original computer owners, usage, adware, spyware, adware companies
 
 
 
 
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Reducing MP3 copyright risks

2008-02-13 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b3cce8 in Network World on Security
 
MP3 music files likely take up a nontrivial amount of a corporations shared file-server resources. This not only constitutes misuse of corporate resources but also, at its worst, could expose the company to copyright-infringement violations for inadvertent housing of illegally obtained MP3 files
 
Tags: resources, file-server resources, mp3 music files, constitutes misuse, mp3 files, nontrivial amount, corporations, worst, expose