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Pod Slurping - An Easy Technique for Stealing Data
White Papers A common misconception is that perimeter security measures such as firewalls and anti-virus software are enough to secure corporate data residing on the corporate network. This white paper explores how the uncontrolled use of portable storage...
[September 21, 2006, 1:00]
Twitter plays host to data-stealing malware
News The profile, with an alias that means 'pretty rabbit' in Portuguese, has posted a link that purports to be a pornographic video, but is instead Trojan software, masquerading as MP3 files, that steals data from users' machines, according to...
[August 6, 2008, 13:04]
Smart Protection E-Book
White Papers "Outthink the Threat: Why conventional protection is no match for new data-stealing malware & the Trend Micro Smart Protection Network is. Discover how cyber criminals are rendering traditional security solutions ineffective and stealing your...
[April 7, 2009, 8:36]
Burglars plunder Verizon's London data centre
News Criminals posing as policemen conned their way into a data centre near London's King's Cross station, tying up staff and stealing computing equipment, the Metropolitan Police said on Friday. The men tied up five members of staff at the data centre...
[December 10, 2007, 12:12]
RFID tags may be implanted in patients' arms
Talkback This is stealing my personal data. This is stealing my personal data. RFID chips are in many of the products that consumer pursch. I would like to get a list of products that contain RFID tags. It should be mandatory to disclose this information to...
[July 2, 2006, 20:12]
Website-based malware hits all-time high
News Typically, the host site is legitimate such as BusinessWeek's, not a phishing site created for the sole purpose of stealing consumer data. Another report issued this week shows that IT security professionals view cybercrime and data breaches as the...
[December 11, 2008, 13:50]
More cloud tales - what happens on rainy days?
Blog Comment Being a data-miner, unless you're already conversant in the technology involved, stealing somebody's IP would be an exercise in "slash and grab" since you may not know what you're looking at. As to the issue of illegal data-mining, that probably...
[December 1, 2008, 7:35]
Governments prepare for 'cyber cold war'
News The data had, in part, been stolen from the NIPRNet, a US military network which is open to the internet and used for the transmission of non-classified documents. They warn that a "cyber cold war" is developing, in which governments are using...
[December 3, 2007, 10:58]
Data-matching could catch VAT-dodgers
News Revenue departments must make better use of data matching to catch people who are who are pocketing billions of pounds of value added tax (VAT), according the latest report from the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee.
[July 29, 2004, 14:20]
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. If voice is overlaid onto a data network, it can potentially open up a whole new attack vector for hackers.
[April 19, 2007, 17:08]
USB devices offer an old-school way to steal data review
Reviews We've heard a lot recently about data thieves stealing personal data, especially credit card and social security information, through phishing scams and keystroke-logging Trojan horses sent anonymously over the Internet.
[August 22, 2005, 11:05]
Shadowcrew members sentenced
Blog The BBC has reported that four Britons have been sentenced for their role in a criminal network stealing personal data. He told me that stolen personal data is worth more the longer you keep hold of it, because the trail of the theft gets colder...
[December 20, 2007, 15:46]
The Data Dilemma: The Value of Secure Transaction Solutions
White Papers The challenges associated with the protection of data will increase proportionally to the ingenuity of the data thieves committed to stealing that data. Companies are less able to divert scarce resources from their core competency to the protection...
[March 14, 2009, 0:18]
UK under attack from Asian Trojans
News Three hundred key business and government organisations are threatened by a wave of data-stealing attacks from Asia, the government has warned. According to the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre (NISCC), hackers in East Asia...
[June 16, 2005, 14:50]
Three indicted in largest-ever US hacking prosecution
News Two Russians and a Florida man were charged on Monday with hacking into Heartland Payment Systems, 7-Eleven and the Hannaford Brothers supermarket chain, and stealing data related to more than 130 million credit and debit cards.
[August 18, 2009, 9:17]
Spammer hit with criminal charges
News A bulk emailer in Florida has been charged with electronically breaking into a massive data warehouse and stealing gigabytes of personal information on Americans, federal prosecutors said Wednesday. Scott Levine, 45, of Boca Raton was indicted by a...
[July 22, 2004, 8:45]
Data Loss During Downsizing: When Employees Exit, so Does Data
White Papers According to the results, more than half of ex-employees admit to stealing company data. The presenter of this webcast addresses "Data Loss During Downsizing," the results of a survey conducted by the Ponemon Institute.
[April 25, 2009, 1:23]
Memory Stick Lockdown Is Imminent
Blog Comment We had some security incidents with stealing of sensitive project data with usb storage sticks. Hi, Christian! Thanks for your article. I can fully agree with all this statements. Usb memory sticks can constitute a biggest security threat.
[April 11, 2008, 16:00]
What if
Talkback the data is stolen via a hacker breaking into the servers, and stealing personal information? And supposing it is due to a flaw in the main OS, with all security in place? Do they go after the organization, or do they go after the OS vendor?
[November 13, 2009, 12:18]
Data Loss Risks During Downsizing: As Employees Exit, so Does Corporate Data
White Papers Moreover stealing proprietary data, such as customer lists, can put the company at a competitive disadvantage. In addition to the HR issues, companies should be aware of the possibility that these employees may be walking off with their sensitive...
[August 5, 2009, 1:21]
