Wednesday, February 27, 2013

FTC: Identity theft retains its throne as No.1 worst scourge in Top 10 consumer complaint list

  Hospital unresponsive to multiple alerts about stolen data | Security firm Trustwave targeted by phishing campaign
 
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FTC: Identity theft retains its throne as No.1 worst scourge in Top 10 consumer complaint list
Identity theft has been the top consumer complaint to the Federal Trade Commission now for 13 years running. Read More


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Hospital unresponsive to multiple alerts about stolen data
Security experts trying to tell a rural hospital that a pile of its sensitive data belonging to staff and possibly patients sits exposed on the Internet have been stymied for five days now by the fact that no one at the medical facility will respond to their repeated warnings. Moreover, says one of the experts, this kind of situation happens with alarming regularity. Read More

Security firm Trustwave targeted by phishing campaign
Customers of security firm Trustwave are being targeted by a phishing campaign that masquerades as a PCI DSS compliance scan, the company has warned. Read More

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McAfee acquires ValidEdge sandboxing technology
McAfee yesterday said it has acquired the ValidEdge anti-malware sandboxing technology from LynuxWorks in order to add a new type of malware detection to its network and endpoint products. The first integration of sandboxing into its product line is expected in the second half of this year. Read More

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Security for Virtualization
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Windows XP and Firefox browser amass worst vulnerability record over past 25 years
In a look at the number of vulnerabilities recorded over 25 years in software products and open source, a researcher at Sourcefire has determined that Microsoft Windows XP and the Mozilla Firefox browser stand out as the two with the largest number of high-severity vulnerabilities. Read More

New Box security features aimed at user, device and content protection
Box is rolling out several new security features aimed at making its 150,000 business customers feel more confident in its cloud storage and file sharing service. Read More

RSA 2013: Weatherford outlines 'cyber 9-1-1' plan
Mark Weatherford, deputy undersecretary for cybersecurity at DHS, wants to set up a cyber 9-1-1 system for critical infrastructure. He outlined his vision today at the Cloud Security Alliance Summit, held as part of the RSA Conference. Read More

Start-up tracks risky security behavior in the cloud
Start-up Skyhigh Networks today introduced a service aimed at tracking risk associated with enterprise use of about 2,000 cloud services, in order to spot any rogue cloud services or to identify high-risk exposure that cloud use might bring to the enterprise. Read More

Researcher unearths two new Java zero-day bugs
A Polish security firm known for rooting out Java vulnerabilities has reported two new bugs in the browser plug-in to Oracle, Security Explorations said today. Read More

 
 
 

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