DATA PROTECTION Articles
Women ace Defcon social engineering test
Organizers of a recent Defcon social engineering contest will release their results next week. One conclusion is that women did well in protecting corporate secrets.
For security, Facebook adds remote logout
Facebook users will soon have a new way of knocking spammers out of legitimate accounts.
What security can learn from the $15M Sprint employee breach
Several former Sprint employees are charged with cloning customer information to make fraudulent phone calls. What researchers are learning about this type of insider breach
What IT folks can learn from the acrimonious Arizona Immigration debate
Max Huang says the biggest lesson is that one-off solutions can bring about more problems than solutions
Botnet takedown may yield valuable data
Researchers are hoping to get a better insight on botnets after taking down part of Pushdo, one of the top five networks of hacked computers responsible for most of the world's spam.
As Earl Looms, Tips to Batten Down IT
With forecasters predicting a very active hurricane season, experts say IT managers must review business continuity and disaster recovery plans to ensure to prepare for potential power outages and data center damage.
Discover gets $5M from Heartland for breach
Heartland Payment Systems has agreed to pay $5 million to Discover to settle claims arising from the massive data breach disclosed by the payment processor last year.
Krebs: FCC must make ISPs crack down on spammers and malware
The FCC is looking for industry guidance on its cybersecurity roadmap. Brian Krebs says measuring security efforts by US-based ISPs and hosting companies is a critical first step.
Moscow probes alleged ransomware gang
Russian police are reportedly investigating a criminal gang that installed malicious "ransomware" programs on thousands of PCs and then forced victims to send SMS messages in order to unlock their PCs.
DLL hijacking attacks continue
Microsoft on Tuesday again abstained from naming which of its Windows programs, if any, contain bugs that could lead to widespread "DLL load hijacking" attacks.
