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Survey: Identity fraud climbs, but costs less
The number of people falling victim to identity crimes jumped 22 percent in 2008, while the average cost to recover has dropped, an annual report finds. 2009-02-11 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Microsoft plugs eight security holes The software giant publishes four patches to close serious vulnerabilities in its browser, e-mail server and database software. 2009-02-10 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Reports: Obama to tap intel official for cyber post The Obama Administration plans to assign a top intel advisor to oversee a review of the United States' cybersecurity efforts, according to media reports. 2009-02-09 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Kaspersky: No personal info accessed by breach An initial investigation of the weekend breach has revealed that, while 2,500 e-mail addresses were put at risk, they were not accessed. 2009-02-09 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Data-breach lawsuit follows $9 million heist Three law firms sue payment processor RBS Worldpay, following reports that an intrusion into the company's network resulted in a brazen $9 million theft from ATMs in 49 cities worldwide. 2009-02-06 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Alleged attacker flaunts details of phpBB hack A flaw in the PHPlist newsletter manager used by the Web software developers allowed access to critical files, the person says. 2009-02-05 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Mozilla shutters seven Firefox flaws The company releases an update to its open-source browser closing seven holes affecting the security of the software. 2009-02-04 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Data breach costs rise, response costs fall A study by the Ponemon Institute finds that the costs of data breaches rose in 2008 to $6.6 million per incident, despite companies' improvement in handling the incidents. 2009-02-03 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Heartland faces first lawsuit in massive data loss A Pennsylvania law firm files suit against the payment processor, claiming that the company waited to tell consumers about the breach and failed to adequately protect their data. 2009-02-02 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment Google mistakenly calls entire Net malicious A typing mistake leads the Internet giant's malicious code filter to mark every site as possibly posing harm to people's computers. 2009-02-01 Read more ... | Comment(s) | Post Comment |
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