FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009

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• FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009
• HSBC Private Bank: Data of 15,000 clients stolen
• Former Barclays programmer gets four years for role in TJX attacks
• Open government talk buzzes across Canada
• Microsoft admits Office patch gaffes
• SQL Injection, Active X on decline: IBM X-Force

FBI: Cyberfraud losses doubled in 2009 Posted: 13 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Last year was a tough one for most businesses, but for cybercriminals it was one of the best yet.

HSBC Private Bank: Data of 15,000 clients stolen Posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST HSBC Private Bank (Suisse) Thursday revealed more details about a data theft in Switzerland that took place more than three years ago. The incident affects 15,000 existing clients, enormously more than the figure reported last December when the bank said the number of account records taken was less than 10.

Former Barclays programmer gets four years for role in TJX attacks Posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST A former Barclays Bank programmer who helped launder money for the mastermind behind the data thefts at TJX Companies Inc. and other retailers, was sentenced to four years in prison by a federal court in Boston.

Open government talk buzzes across Canada Posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Experts in open government and social media discussed everything from government-as-a-platform to app stores to the creation of a MuniForge during a panel discussion at the Open City Workshop in Edmonton. Plus, CIO Chris Moore's take on the risks of open government.

Microsoft admits Office patch gaffes Posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST Microsoft confirmed today that a security update for its Excel spreadsheet had turned English text in an important Windows tool into Chinese.

SQL Injection, Active X on decline: IBM X-Force Posted: 12 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST IBM's X-Force 2009 Trend and Risk report shows an 11 per cent drop in discovered vulnerabilities compared to 2008, including a decline in the largest categories like SQL Injections and ActiveX.

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