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Data theft tops IT security agenda
News Corporate IT professionals are concerned about data theft and regulatory compliance, but threats to their VoIP networks provoke less fear. Thirty-eight percent of respondents placed theft of information as their primary concern, while 33 percent...
[April 19, 2007, 17:08]
Keeping it Classified: Data Theft Risks & Costs Exposed
White Papers Data theft can occur externally from malware, phishing, P2P, keylogging, viruses or internally through inappropriate user behavior - either accidentally or purposefully. Is your business secured against the risks that could harm your reputation...
[January 25, 2007, 13:49]
Businesses address laptop data theft
News Businesses are using encryption, thin-client and other security technologies to tackle the increasing problem of laptop theft and the associated risk to corporate data. But Paul Hopkins, IT director at Newcastle University, said more needs to be...
[May 16, 2007, 11:56]
University suffers massive ID data theft
News However, it is possible that the data on the server could be used for identity theft. It appears that the hackers were looking for access to other campus systems rather than specific data," Hughes wrote.
[January 11, 2005, 7:40]
Financial data theft soared at Easter
News A four-fold increase in financially motivated electronic information theft attempts occured in the two days prior to the Easter weekend, according to Web services company Scansafe. It's virtually guaranteed that many organisations have been...
[April 24, 2006, 16:50]
PCI-DSS: Avoiding the Data Theft Disaster
White Papers The paper focuses on how to use cryptography to achieve PCI-DSS compliance and avoid a business threatening cardholder data theft. This new whitepaper considers the topical issue of how to ensure your customers credit and debit card information is...
[December 4, 2007, 14:39]
Latest Symantec Security Report Sheds Light on Data Theft
White Papers Today's threat environment is characterized by an increase in data theft and data leakage, and the creation of malicious code that targets specific organizations for information that can be used for financial gain.
[May 9, 2008, 1:02]
Halifax theft exposes customer mortgage data
News The theft further highlights the risk of taking data outside the organisation — whether in a digital or hard-copy format. Earlier this year the Nationwide building society was fined nearly £1m by the FSA after the theft of a laptop exposed customer...
[March 27, 2007, 14:52]
Thousands fall victim to data theft
Talkback I have been directed to your site, following a phone call from my isp telling me they had recived an email from met police telling them i am the victim of the data theft described on yours site, according to their press release they want to be...
[October 23, 2006, 19:34]
Thousands fall victim to data theft
Talkback I believe that I may be a victim of this virus. My PayPal account was hacked into 2 weeks ago and used by someone on eBay. I contacted the hacker via eBay. He/she apologised for 'borrowing' my account and then proceeded to deposit various sums of...
[October 12, 2006, 12:21]
Data broker admits theft of 32,000 records
Talkback How many similar incidents are kept under wraps? From the article: The only reason the public is aware of these incidents is because of a California law that requires companies to disclose them.
[March 10, 2005, 12:54]
Thousands fall victim to data theft
News Police are trying to contact thousands of UK computer users who have fallen victim to an massive personal data heist. According to the Metropolitan Police Computer Crime Unit, the data was stolen via a piece of malware that was secretly installed...
[October 10, 2006, 17:30]
ICO urges gov't to retain data-theft laws
News Pressure is building on parliament to quash part of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill that would mean those buying or selling data would face prison (clause 76). An ICO spokesman said: "We want to deter people from the illegal buying and...
[April 2, 2008, 9:30]
Boeing criticised following data theft
Blog ZDNet's readers have been quick to pour scorn on Boeing, the aeroplane maker, for letting a thief run away with its sensitive employee data. The other two said why on earth was such sensitive data stored on the hard drive of a portable device.
[December 22, 2006, 11:19]
Data Theft, Breach, Infection - a Solution?
Talkback Data breaches and thefts are due to a lagging business culture - and people aren’t getting the training they need. Price Waterhouse Cooper and Carnegie-Mellon’s CyLab have recent surveys that show the senior executive class to be, basically...
[January 22, 2009, 10:23]
Charity defends PC recycling after data theft claims
News Responding to recent reports which claimed that criminal gangs in Nigeria were able to find confidential data stored on refurbished PCs sent from the UK, Computer Aid chief executive Tony Roberts insisted that there are safe ways to donate...
[August 22, 2006, 16:00]
Keeping it Classified: Data Theft Risks & Costs Exposed
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[September 5, 2006, 17:02]
County council hit by laptop theft
News Thousands of Worcestershire County Council employees have become victims of data theft after a laptop containing sensitive personnel information was stolen in a street robbery. Organisations face heavy penalties for not preventing the theft of...
[February 28, 2007, 15:42]
FBI: Cybercrime will be the next Enron
News One of the FBI's leading agents in the field of computer crime has warned that industrial espionage and targeted data theft are on the increase. With physical theft — such as stealing laptops — becoming a key component in data theft, Dave Marcus...
[July 21, 2006, 16:55]
ID theft gang thwarts police with encryption
News Three ID thieves have been jailed for their part in a massive data theft operation. One of the ringleaders of the gang, Anton Dolgov — also known as Gelonkin — was sentenced to six years at Harrow Crown Court on Wednesday for his part in the theft...
[December 18, 2006, 11:16]
