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Remember the NASDAQ Breach? It's worse than previously thought
Oct 27, 2011 05:05pm

By Mathew J. Schwartz
InformationWeek
October 25, 2011

Last week, two experts with knowledge of Nasdaq OMX Group's internal
investigation said that while...

Researchers Demo Cloud Security Issue with Amazon AWS Attack
Oct 27, 2011 08:41am

By Lucian Constantin, IDG News

Researchers from the Horst Goertz Institute (HGI) of the Ruhr-University Bochum (RUB) in Germany have demonstrated an account hijacking attack against...

Researchers find way to tighten control over mobile device data
Oct 24, 2011 08:45am

The technology focuses on securing data and applications rather than the device.

October 20, 2011CSO

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Anonymous Hackers Hit Child Porn Web Sites
Oct 21, 2011 09:50am

Members of the Anonymous hacktivist movement are claiming responsibility for taking down more than 40 secret child-pornography websites and leaking the names of more than 1,500 members of one of...

SEC Requires Cyber Attack Disclosure
Oct 17, 2011 08:20am

Publicly listed companies in the US have been asked to disclose when they've been hacked, according to new guidance issued by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The market...

Sony Falls Under Attack Again As Hackers Crack 93,000 User IDs
Oct 13, 2011 08:45am

By Tim Wilson
Dark Reading

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Some of Today's Security Articles
Oct 11, 2011 09:41am

Here is a list of some of today's top Security items in the news:

1.  TD Ameritrade settles lawsuit over major breach -...

Stanford Hospital faces $20 million lawsuit over patient data breach
Oct 07, 2011 09:34am

06 October 2011

A class-action lawsuit for $20 million has been filed against Stanford Hospital & Clinics over a patient data breach in which personal information on 20,000...

US Gov't Accountability Office IT Security Report: Weaknesses Continue Amid New Federal Efforts to Implement Requirements
Oct 06, 2011 09:06am

What GAO Found


Weaknesses in information security policies and practices at 24 major federal agencies continue to place the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of...

Facebook Uses Websense to Improve Security for Users
Oct 05, 2011 08:26am

Facebook is trying to improve its security by using a tool that will check every web link that its users click on.
From today a system by web security company Websense will visit pages...

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