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Virus Center: Tips for online holiday shoppers to safeguard against banker trojans

2007-12-17 22:43:37 by Editor in Help Net Security - News
 
Banker trojans, whose primary goal is financial gain, work in various ways, from capturing keystrokes to redirecting users to fake banking sites. Another threat that consumers face during the holiday
 
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42,000 West Penn Allegheny Health System Patients

2007-12-28 17:06:00 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
 
...safeguard to the laptops If patients have any questions or concerns call 1-866-559-6309 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. or e-mail the hospital at askquestions@wpahs.org Commentary Should we be surprised about another unencrypted laptop containing sensitive personal information? Although we have seen this over and over, my...
 
Tags: sensitive personal information, personal information, information, nurse, home care nurse, patients, home, information warrants, computer
 
 
 
 
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Stolen laptops affect 337,000 Davidson County voters

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2007-12-29 11:30:26 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...safeguard against any future security problems Evan] I wonder what these people will come up with. Not only "immediate changes", but also effective changes. There are likely numerous changes that could be suggested. It all starts with policy The Election Commission says it does not anticipate that the theft will cause any problems in the...
 
Tags: voters, davidson county voters, davidson county, tennessee voters, information technology department, information, voters monitor, sensitive personal information, confidential information
 
 
 
 
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GE Money and Iron Mountain unable to locate tape

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2008-01-07 14:01:37 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...safeguard your personal information seriously and regret any inconvenience this incident may have caused. We appreciate your understanding and thank you for being a GE Money Bank customer. If you have any questions about this situation, please do not hesitate to contact us at 1-866-913-6690, we are available Monday through Friday, 9:00 am to...
 
Tags: money, sensitive personal information, personal information, iron mountain, breach, hampshire breach notification, information, sensitive consumer information, tape
 
 
 
 
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Show 001 - An Interview with Avi Rubin

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2006-04-19 17:47:13 by rmacmich in The Silver Bullet Security Podcast
...Safeguard Democracy in the Age of Electronic Voting , Avis forthcoming book ACCURATE - A Center for Correct, Usable, Reliable, Auditable, and Transparent Elections Froot Loops and Corn Flakes Subscribe to IEEE Security & Privacy
 
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The Naval Surface Warfare Center warns employees

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2008-01-16 09:51:41 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...safeguard their identity. The message is currently posted to the NSWCDD internal website At this time, NSWCDD has no information as to how the individual(s) came to be in possession of this hard copy report. The compromise of personal identity was immediately reported to all appropriate law enforcement authorities and is currently under...
 
Tags: company data destruction, company data, employees personal information, personal information, destruction, information, information security, employees, employment information
 
 
 
 
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Corporate Spying

2008-01-16 12:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...safeguard its employees and operations Wal-Mart has tapped its massive data warehouse of information, now believed to be larger than 4 petabytes (4,000 terabytes), to look for potential threats. It tracks customers who buy propane tanks, for example, or anyone who has fraudulently cashed a check, or anyone making bulk purchases of pre-paid...
 
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OmniAmerican Bank targeted by cyber criminals

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2008-01-28 11:26:35 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...safeguard against future fraudulent activity, Carter said. Each needs a revised personal identification number Martin Carmichael, the Plano-based chief security officer at McAfee, a computer-security firm, said this type of cyber-attack has become "a commonplace occurrence," although some banks are reluctant to admit that their security has...
 
Tags: omniamerican bank, bank, omniamerican bank systems, omniamerican, internal, internal bank systems, debit cards, cards, bank employees
 
 
 
 
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Security vs. Privacy

2008-01-29 05:21:41 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...safeguard people's private communications and financial information." Did you catch that? You're expected to give up control of your privacy to others, who -- presumably -- get to decide how much of it you deserve. That's what loss of liberty looks like It should be no surprise that people choose security over privacy: 51 to 29 percent in a...
 
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Davidson Companies illegal network intrusion exposes clients

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2008-02-01 14:51:54 by Evan Francen in The Breach Blog
...safeguard client information, a computer hacker using sophisticated techniques illegally accessed a database and obtained access to confidential client information," said William A. Johnstone, Davidson Companies president and CEO Evan] I respect Mr. Johnstone for communicating his thoughts about this breach. It demonstrates his understanding...
 
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