Social Security agency leaks thousands of SSNs every year, report says

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Social Security agency leaks thousands of SSNs every year, report says

Social Security agency leaks thousands of SSNs every year, report says

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 08:57 AM PDT


The Social Security Administration puts thousands of Americans at risk of identity theft each year by accidentally leaking their Social Security Numbers and other data, according to an investigative report by the Scripps Howard New Service.

Enterprises need to focus on data, enterprise culture

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 07:58 AM PDT


It's no secret that enterprise users are bringing more types of IT devices to work -- devices not necessarily condoned or managed by IT -- while they're also using more cloud-based services to store, manage and share their work related files.

Bing and Yahoo sponsored results lead to hard-to-remove rootkit

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 06:37 AM PDT


Searching for Flash Player on Bing and Yahoo can lead to rogue pages distributing a hard-to-remove rootkit, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor GFI Software.

SpyEye malware continues to plague computers

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 04:53 AM PDT


The SpyEye banking malware continues to plague computers across the world and is proving to be a difficult foe to detect and remove from infected Windows PCs, according to two researchers from EMC's RSA security division.

Querying (and Conquering) Big Collections in AS3 With Realaxy Editor

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 02:52 AM PDT


Good news, everyone. Everybody who works with arrays and vectors – so, all developers – will enjoy the new opportunities: since the late August 2011 build of Flash, Realaxy ActionScript Editor (RASE) supports the new Collections AS3 language extension. In this post we'll show you what it can do.

Symantec details Android malware threats

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 03:00 AM PDT


Google Android is one of the top operating systems for smartphones with a 43% market share. No wonder cybercriminals are starting to pay attention. A new Symantec report outlines the potential threats and the various monetization techniques employed in Android-focused malware.

Researcher uses Google Earth to track India's nuclear program

Posted: 14 Oct 2011 02:27 AM PDT


The Institute for Science and International Security in Washington has used imagery from Google Earth to arrive at the conclusion that India may be constructing a gas centrifuge plant for uranium enrichment for military purposes, reinforcing Indian fears that Google Earth can be misused to compromise national security.

After Stuxnet, a rush to find bugs in industrial systems

Posted: 13 Oct 2011 05:01 AM PDT


Kevin Finisterre isn't the type of person you expect to see in a nuclear power plant. With a beach ball-size Afro, aviator sunglasses and a self-described "swagger," he looks more like Clarence Williams from the '70s TV show "The Mod Squad" than an electrical engineer.

Former HBGary Federal CEO Barr regroups after Anonymous

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 11:07 PM PDT


One might think that former HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr would stay far away from anything associated with the hacking group Anonymous, which waged an embarrassing hacking campaign earlier this year that resulted in his resignation.

Lawmakers disagree on need for online privacy legislation

Posted: 12 Oct 2011 10:35 PM PDT


While representatives of the online advertising industry questioned whether new laws are needed to protect consumer privacy online, several U.S. lawmakers on Thursday called for new regulations targeting online tracking.

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