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More consumers let their smartphones do the shopping
Posted on December 10th, 2010 No commentsMobile phones offer shoppers the resources of the Web while they’re in a store and enable retailers to deliver the most relevant deals. But shoppers can also use them to make purchases with their credit or debit cards, though they could be opening themselves up to identity theft…
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Data Breaches: Patterns and Their Implications
Posted on September 9th, 2009 No commentsOne problem that every information security organization faces is how to accurately quantify the risks that they manage. In most cases, there is not enough information available to do this, but there is now enough known about data breaches to let us draw interesting conclusions, some of which may even have implications in other areas of information security.
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Privacy for Health Information Executives : New Class-action Case Offers New Theories
Posted on September 9th, 2009 No commentsHannaford Bros. Co., a grocer, faced a number of class-action lawsuits from its customers as a result of a third party stealing electronic payment data from credit cards and debit cards used by its customers to purchase groceries
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Bank of America, Citigroup Reissue Cards After Breach
Posted on August 12th, 2009 No commentsMassachusetts Customers Impacted by Unidentified IncidentTwo US banks recently reissued new credit and debit cards to Massachusetts customers after a data breach at an unnamed merchant. Bank of America and Citigroup both issued replacement cards and notified customers that their account numbers may have been compromised.
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Adobe Releases Update for Shockwave Player
Posted on June 24th, 2009 No comments(added June 24, 2009) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom
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5 Tips for Safer Social Networking
Posted on June 24th, 2009 No commentsFacebook and LinkedIn Can Help – or Hinder – a Career, Depending on How You Use ThemFacebook, Linkedin, Twitter.com. These are just a few of the most popular social networking websites that are used extensively to find, meet and greet new people through a vast array of advanced web tools. Social networking sites allow individuals and organizations to build communities through online profiles, affinity groups and networks of contacts and supporters.
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Alaska to Roll Out New Identity Theft Law
Posted on June 24th, 2009 No commentsMore Americans are concerned about the threat of identity theft, and even though many take precautions, it’s reassuring to know that the government is taking an interest in preventing such fraud.
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Nevada toughens data protection law with crypto, PCI requirements
Posted on June 24th, 2009 No commentsNevada is getting serious about mandating the use of encryption to secure personal information. On May 29, Gov. Jim Gibbons signed into law Senate Bill No.
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17 Mass. banks affected in data breach – The Boston Globe
Posted on May 13th, 2009 No commentsTens of thousands of Massachusetts consumers have been forced to get new credit or debit cards after cyber thieves hacked one of the nation’s largest payment processors and accessed consumers’ account information.
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