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Advances in health care IT increase data breach risks, says Deloitte

Health care organizations using advanced technologies are at increasing risk for patient data breaches, warns a new Deloitte report.
24 February 2011

Twitter short URLs still problematic

The January 2011 threats report from ESET claims that Twitter users are too trusting and regularly click through to unknown short URLs, even when, for example, a goo.gl short link comes in from a trusted source.
24 February 2011

Exxon, Shell, BP hacked in Night Dragon attacks

Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP were among the oil companies targeted by hackers working through internet servers in China, say US reports.
24 February 2011

Comodo CEO paints anti-virus marketing as “unethical”

Melih Abdulhayoglu, founder of Comodo, is never afraid to make some bold claims or call out the big boys of the anti-virus industry. Once again, the company’s chief executive did not fail to disappoint when he sat down with Infosecurity at last week’s RSA Conference in San Francisco.
23 February 2011

Libyan authorities restrict internet access

The Libyan government could pull the plug on the country's internet as protests sweep the country.
23 February 2011

Libyan authorities restrict internet access

The Libyan government could pull the plug on the country's internet as protests sweep the country.
23 February 2011

Iranian Cyber Army turns Voice of America into pro-Iranian propaganda service

The self-styled Iranian Cyber Army was able to hack into the US government-funded Voice of America website and transform the home page into a pro-Iranian banner that instructed the US government to “stop interfering with Islamic countries.”
23 February 2011

Internet banking security? It's "trivially vulnerable" against Zeus says researcher

The number of banking incidents where cybercriminals have siphoned off funds has been rising and, in one recent instance, criminals drained a company account of $63,000. And after investigating the case, as well as several others, a leading security researcher has found the "meagre security measures" of banks to be wanting.
23 February 2011

ENISA warns about privacy threat from next-generation cookies

The European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA) is warning that new types of cookies with “privacy-invasive” features for marketing, tracking, and profiling pose increased privacy risks for computer users.
22 February 2011

Senators re-introduce cybersecurity bill, with key difference

Senators Joe Lieberman (I-CT), Susan Collins (R-ME), and Tom Carper (D-DE) have introduced cybersecurity legislation similar to a bill they introduced last year, but with a key difference: the new bill prohibits any government official from shutting down the Internet.
22 February 2011

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