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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 253 days ago
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http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080324/NEWS01/80324038/1075By Bill Cotterell Florida Capital Bureau Political Editor The News-PressMarch 24, 2008TALLAHASSEE -- State employees who tried to hide their computer tracks by using a "proxy site" might have exposed their personal information to hackers in Germany.The Department of Financial Services found out late last week that, at least five times, employees contacting the state payroll system had gone through the proxies that read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 233 days ago
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You might know how to secure your network devices and datacenters to keep your corporate intelligence safe. But do you know how to teach your employees how to guard against attacks -- not generically, but based on the work they do? read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 203 days ago
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http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/05/five-irs-employ.htmlBy Kevin Poulsen Threat LevelWired.comMay 13, 2008Five workers at the Internal Revenue Service's Fresno, California, return processing center were charged Monday with computer fraud and unauthorized access to tax return information for allegedly peeking into taxpayers' files for their own purposes."The IRS has a method for looking for unauthorized access, and it keeps audit trails, and occasionally it will pump out information about who's do read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 188 days ago
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Employees can pose security threats to your enterprise IT infrastructure through mobile devices such as smart phones and laptops, as well as the various networks and applications with which their unsecured devices are liable to interact. Enterprise IT administrators, network administrators, and enterprise security workers and consultants should be aware of these security risks.... read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 177 days ago
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http://news-service.stanford.edu/news/2008/june11/laprelease-061108.htmlStanford ReportJune 6, 2008Stanford University determined yesterday that a university laptop, which was recently stolen, contained confidential personnel data. The university is not disclosing details about the theft as an investigation is under way.The university is sending e-mails and letters to current and former employees whose personal information may be at risk, as well as posting information on the Stanford homepage at: http://w read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 126 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:17:00 -0500 (CDT)http://www.dailypress.com/news/dp-local_busch_0729jul29,0,6332846.storyBy NICOLAS ZIMMERMAN dailypress.comJuly 29, 2008 JAMES CITY - A laptop containing personal information of current and former employees, including some from Hampton Roads, was stolen from a St. Louis-area Anheuser-Busch office in June, according to a statement from the company.The global beverage company, whose local properties include Busch Gardens Eu read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 119 days ago
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From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 04:03:22 -0500 (CDT)http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-health5-2008aug05,0,1525641.storyBy Charles OrnsteinLos Angeles Times Staff WriterAugust 5, 2008Even after UCLA Medical Center warned employees that it was cracking down on unauthorized access to medical records, the privacy of a "well-known individual" was breached by two nurses and an emergency room technician who called up the patient's computerized records in mid-April read more »
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Category: news | Posted by Avatar Staff 30 days ago
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Companies need to protect their electronic assets. IT departments need to get employees on board with password security policies-not as another bothersome procedure imposed by management, but as a reasonable security precaution that they understand and willingly embrace. Knowledge Center contributor Bill Carey explains five steps a company can take to educate their employees on how to strengthen password security. - Alaska Governor Sarah Palin might not have realized how important her online e-mail acco read more »
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