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Smartphones and tablets create huge corporate security challenge
Adapting security and management for the new generation of mobile devices -- everything from the Apple iPhone and iPad to Google Android devices to name a few -- is turning out to be a huge corporate challenge. Read More


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10 iPhone passcodes to pass on
Attention iPhone users: You're not fooling anyone if you're using 1234, 0000, 2580, 1111, 5555, 5683, 0852, 2222, 1212, 1998 as your smartphone passcode. Read More

The Funniest Sites on the Web
Online privacy is dead. Our data may be in jeopardy. Haters, hackers, and trolls abound. Advertising and porn have taken over. But on the other hand, there's still a lot of funny on the Web Read More

Want to stop cybercrime? Follow the money
At Usenix, a cybersecurity researcher explains how the key to stopping computer criminals is in the economics of cybercrime. Read More

Citigroup reveals breach affected over 360,000 cards
Over 360,083 credit card accounts in North America of Citigroup were affected as a result of a compromise of its card account management website in May, the bank said in an update on Wednesday. Read More

Cisco backs embattled RSA SecurID in new security architecture
With all of the recent security problems around RSA's SecurID two-factor authentication technology as a backdrop, Cisco today made it clear that it's still a major supporter of SecurID by including the two-factor authentication token as a main security component in what Cisco calls its "PCI 2.0 Architecture" of assembled Cisco, EMC, RSA, VMware and HyTrust products. Read More


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When LulzSec attacks: A survivor's story
Security start-up Unveillance fell prey to LulzSec. In this interview, founder Karim Hijazi talks about how the hack unfolded and what lessons he sees for companies. Read More

Firms target mobile security hole with antiphishing browser
Lookout joins other security firms, releasing a browser for smartphones that can blacklist known phishing sites. Read More

Virtualized environments painfully insecure?
John Burke of Nemertes Research says while organizations are hot for virtualization technology, they are ignoring security in the rush to adopt Read More

Microsoft rings alarm bell on fake Windows support calls
Microsoft today warned that scammers have taken to the phone lines to dupe Windows users into putting malware on their machines or paying for worthless help. Read More

EU ministers seek to ban creation of 'hacking tools'
Justice Ministers across Europe want to make the creation of hacking "tools" a criminal offence, but critics have hit back at the plans saying that they are unworkable. Read More


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Court says Comerica Bank must pay after customer is hacked
A Michigan court has ruled that Comerica Bank is liable for a US$560,000 cyberheist, saying the bank should have done a better job to spot millions of dollars in fraudulent transactions after one of the bank's customers was tricked in a phishing attack two years ago. Read More

Hospital turns to palm reading to ID patients
NYU's Langone Medical Center is the first hospital in the Northeast to use a new infrared palm-scanning technology that ensures patients are linked to their medical records and helps prevent medical ID theft. Read More

LulzSec attacks gaming sites ... just for laughs
The hacking group known as LulzSec called it Titanic Takeover Tuesday. Gamers called it by a variety of names, many of which cannot be reprinted here. But for system administrators at a handful of gaming companies, Tuesday, June 14 was a nightmare: the day their websites went down under an online attack. Read More

Why CIOs Should Care About Privacy
Customers will judge your company's competence according to how well you protect their data, says Don Peppers, co-founder of customer relationship advisory firm Peppers & Rogers Group. CIOs are on the front line. Read More

Get your money for nothing, get your certs for free
A new SSL certificate authority squeezes so much overhead out of supplying certs that it plans to give them away starting next month and to continue at least through the end of the year. Read More

Spear phishers sharpen skills, craft 'incredible' attacks, say experts
Recent break-ins at high-profile targets like the International Monetary Fund (IMF) demonstrate just how proficient hackers have become at 'spear phishing,' researchers said today. Read More



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