The Lifestyle Hackers
Wed Nov 04, 2009The new insider threat is more likely to manifest itself as a gung-ho new employee or contractor.
Toronto Star Article Says Small Business in the dark about IT security
Mon Nov 02, 2009The Toronto Star says most small firms spend little time addressing key issues that could cost them time, money and reputations. This is because smaller companies tend to ignore the risks of a breach since they think it won't happen to them. However the head of assurance services development for the Canadian Institute of Charted Accountants says otherwise.
Confirmation That a Data Breach Increases Risk of Fraud for the Victims by 400%
Mon Nov 02, 2009Risk of Fraud is 4 times more likely once an individual receives notification from a company of a data breach. However, since data breaches are becoming more common, people are not taking protective action.
Conficker Worm Infects More than 7 Million Computers, Some Repeatedly
Mon Nov 02, 2009The Conficker Worm has infected more than 7 million computers, some machines multiple times.
New Attack Cracks WPA Wi-Fi Encryption in a Minute
Thu Aug 27, 2009Japanese researches claim they found a way to break the WPA encryption in as short as one minute.
Canadian cardholders may have been exposed in U.S.'s largest theft of credit and debit card data
Tue Aug 18, 2009A Miami man and two Russian hackers stole data on about 130 million credit and debit card customers. A number of Canadians could have been affected.
Distributed Denial-Of-Service (DDOS) Attacks Hitting Twitter. Google & Facebook
Sun Aug 09, 2009Twitter was down for hours and they keep on fighting the DDOS attack that is also affecting services like Facebook, Google's Blogger and LiveJournal.
Business Threat from Malware is Increasing in 2009.
Mon Aug 03, 2009Criminals are infecting clean computers on networks with even just a single infected PC. "The Internet is one of the most important communications vehicles -- used for business, schooling and leisure. It has also become a channel for criminals to gain access to a vast number of computer systems, financial data and information," said Vlad Vlceanu, Head of BitDefender Antispam Research Lab.
Network Solutions breach exposes half a million cards accounts
Mon Jul 27, 2009Hackers penetrated a Network Solutions server and planted unauthorized code that sent out transaction information, exposing details of more than 500,000 credit and debit card accounts. Article from The Register.
Elance Data Leakage
Sun Jul 19, 2009Elance.com admits that user information was disclosure without authorization.
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Did you know...?
According to the Global state of information security survey 2008 by PricewaterhouseCoopers, "More than three out of every ten respondents cannot answer basic questions about the risks to their company’s information."
