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Theft of game code fuels hacking fears
News Valve wouldn't otherwise comment on the theft, but confirmed on Monday that the post was authentic. Posted on 2 October, the account of the theft said that in mid-September a network intruder had access to Valve Software's email accounts and, on 19...
[October 7, 2003, 12:00]
Theft of Information: A Multilayered Prevention Strategy
White Papers Data is vulnerable to theft when at rest, in transit, and being processed. Technical controls, the focus of this white paper, must address access control, perimeter protection, remote access, endpoint protection, and safeguards against internal theft.
[March 3, 2009, 0:28]
Credit card cookie theft 'unlikely'
News Leading security experts have been quick to play down fears of a possible new form of online credit card theft that uses the cookie technology in Web browsers. In recent days, it's been reported that Novell CEO Eric Schmidt believes his credit card...
[December 6, 1999, 9:32]
Arrests made over £350,000 router theft
News Five men have been arrested over the theft of thousands of D-Link routers, police have revealed. Kent Police said on Friday that they had arrested five men from North and East London in relation to the theft.
[October 13, 2006, 17:45]
Insiders pose ID theft threat
News Complaints about identity theft have risen 73 percent from a year ago, according to a new report from the Federal Trade Commission. Identity theft topped the list of consumer complaints in 2002, accounting for 43 percent of all complaints, the FTC...
[January 23, 2003, 13:32]
Companies warned over corporate identity theft
News Police say companies need to be more aware of the growing risk of corporate identity theft, following a recent spate of frauds that targeted customers of several high street banks. Over the past month, Internet banking customers of NatWest, Lloyds...
[October 28, 2003, 16:30]
ID theft: The next IT industry boom?
News As e-business grows, online fraud will evolve from stealing credit card numbers to corporate identity theft, having profound implications on companies' bottom lines and employee behaviour, according to IBM's Stacy Cannady.
[June 13, 2002, 8:52]
Shepherd and Wedderburn Secure Confidential Client Information Against Loss or Theft
White Papers Shepherd and Wedderburn is a leading law firm in UK, with volume of sensitive data inside the organization, it needed to protect client information and intellectual property, securing against loss or theft.
[August 4, 2008, 19:08]
Liberty Alliance takes on ID theft
News In the wake of several high-profile data breaches, the Liberty Alliance is branching out to take on identity theft. The organisation, formed to develop technology standards for online authentication, plans to launch its Identity Theft Protection...
[June 14, 2005, 15:50]
Identity Theft: Managing the Risk
White Papers Identity theft occurs when someone steals and misuses an individual's personal data such as their name, address or passport number. Whilst this theft of identity is, by itself, not a crime under UK law, misusing the identity information to...
[July 27, 2006, 9:27]
Identity theft hits millions
News For several years, we have been seeing anecdotal evidence that identity theft is a significant problem that is on the rise," said Howard Beales, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. James Huse Jr.the Social Security Administration's...
[September 4, 2003, 9:30]
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]
Identity Theft and U.S. Data Protection Legislation: An Overview
White Papers Encryption is the best and only true way to protect sensitive personal information and other mission-critical data from loss or theft. In one bill after another, encryption is being identified by lawmakers and industry experts as an essential...
[May 26, 2006, 1:00]
Insurance fraud adds to mobile theft figures
News The recent surge in mobile phone theft is partly caused by fraudulent insurance claims, according to latest research from the mobile industry. The MPICAF's claim comes just days after the Home Office announced new measures to tackle mobile phone...
[May 7, 2002, 18:39]
Banks 'must try harder' on ID theft
News Identity theft has been in the headlines again in recent weeks in both the US and in the UK, where an undercover reporter from one tabloid newspaper, The Sun, was promised the details of thousands of bank accounts from a computer engineer in an...
[July 5, 2005, 11:40]
Biggest ever Web credit card theft?
News If this is correct, it would represent by far the largest Internet credit-card theft ever. US online mega-retailer Egghead.com admitted Friday it had been hacked, in what could be the Internet's largest ever credit card heist.
[December 22, 2000, 14:29]
Schneier: ID cards will worsen ID theft
News Security expert Bruce Schneier has slated the UK's ID card scheme, saying that not only will it not solve e-crime, it will also make ID theft worse. ID theft is fraud due to impersonation. The security guru told ZDNet UK on Wednesday that the risks...
[April 27, 2006, 12:50]
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. An "unusual" combination of older malware and emerging threats was...
[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]
Monster job site warns users of identity theft
News In an attempt to curb identity theft on its service, online career listing site Monster.com has begun warning its users of fake job postings bent on stealing personal information. The email offered suggestions to prevent theft, such as never...
[March 1, 2003, 18:57]
