TV News Presenter Accused of Hacking an E-mail Account
	Larry Mendte, who used to work as a news presenter for a Philadelphia TV station, somehow managed to gain access to the e-mail of his co-presenter, Alycia Lane. The information he had access to for a period in excess of two years was later on leaked to abloids and resulted in Lane's downfall. Since the start of this year and until the month of May, Mendte fraudulently accessed the e-mail account 537 times. The former newscas ... [read more >>]
	22 July 2008, 11:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Sabre Security CEO Figures Out DNS Vulnerability
	Recently, the DNS flaw discovered by Dan Kaminsky made all the headlines, first of all because of its gravity, and secondly because the Director of Penetration Testing for IOActive ... [read more >>]
	22 July 2008, 05:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Stolen Blackberry Puts Downing Street Servers in Peril
	While in China earlier this year, a senior adviser to Gordon Brown, who has yet to be named, managed to have his Blackberry device stolen after spending the night with a Chinese woman that approached him in a night-club in Shanghai. Although data loss incidents are quite common in t ... [read more >>]
	21 July 2008, 11:00GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

US Presidential Candidate to Tackle Cybersecurity
	During a speech held last week at Purdue University, Senator Barack Obama has stated that the future administration must take cybercriminals just as seriously as it does terrorists. A terrorist hacker attack could put the computer networks all over the US in jeopardy, and that is why cybersecurity will be a top priority if he is to be elected president of the United States. "It's time to update our national security ... [read more >>]
	21 July 2008, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

UK MoD Not Ready for “Super Database”
	The UK has recently proposed the creation of a so-called "super database" with the purpose of logging information about every telephone call, text message, and e-mail sent. The thing is that, over the past four years, from 2004 up to this day, the MoD (Ministry of Defense) has officially admitted to losing a total of 658 laptops and 121 USB memory devices. To put things into perspective, the two disks that the British Government ... [read more >>]
	19 July 2008, 04:39GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

YouTube Posts Get UK Youth Booted Off the Web
	The person in question is 23-year-old Andrew Kellett from Swarcliffe, West Yorkshire, who uploaded to popular web page YouTube a total of 80 videos, where he can be seen doing illegal acts, such as consuming class A drugs and racing cars at speeds in excess of 120mph. The punishment given to him by Judge Christopher is a 24 month Asbo (Anti-social Behavior Order), meaning that for the duration of the sentence he is no longer allowed to pos ... [read more >>]
	18 July 2008, 07:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Name Behind the Gmail Address
	It has recently come to light that by signing up to Google Calendar, one can find out the name used to register any Gmail account. This is a serious issue for those who have used their real names, but prefer the information stays private. The thing is that by getting access to such data, a spammer can deliver a personalized message and fool the recipient into thinking it is a legitimate e-mail. It all boils down to how much you ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2008, 11:36GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Insider Security Threat on the Increase
	According to a recently released study conducted by The Strategic Counsel and sponsored by CA, company that specializes in providing IT management software solutions, while external security threats are going down, insider related ones are increasing. In the last year alone, consumer discontent in regard to data loss incidents has increased by 65%, 10% more than in 2006. Lina Liberti, Vice President of CA, comments: "The ... [read more >>]
	17 July 2008, 03:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Private Profile Info Leaked by Facebook
	Facebook has failed to provide the necessary security measures for the users that have specifically requested that information provided by them remains private. According to Sophos, company that specializes in providing antivirus and antispam security solutions, Facebook has accidentally made public the birth dates of about 80 million users. Sophos has informed the social networking site on the situation and the problem has been remedied. ... [read more >>]
	16 July 2008, 09:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Social Networking at Work Puts the Company Network at Risk
	According to Trend Micro, company that specializes in providing Internet security solutions, social networking sites are a security threat not only to the user, but also to the company's network. This is because a lager and larger number of people access such sites from their workplace, using the PC and Internet connection provided by their employer. Social networking sites are usually exploited by e-criminals who want to propagate th ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 09:07GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Adeona, the Open Source Software That Finds Your Laptop
	For people who are always on the go, a laptop is a must-have piece of technology. The thing is that it can be lost, not to mention stolen, incredibly easily. And once that happens, you also lose all the data stored on it (which sometimes can be private, confidential information that you don't want others to look at). Adeona (as in the Greek goddess of safe returns) is an open source system developed by researchers from Washington and ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 07:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

OSF Takes DataLossDB Under Its Wing
	Effective today, the Open Security Foundation (OSF) will take over maintenance responsibilities for Attrition.org's DataLossDB. The OSF is a non-profit organization run by IT security buffs, while DataLossDB is an ongoing project aimed at collecting worldwide info in regard to data loss incidents. Jake Kouns, CEO and CFO with OSF, comments: "The DataLossDB project provides a critical service that enables detailed a ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 05:55GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Stolen Security Credentials at Bargain Prices
	There was a time when a hacker could steal your bank info and sell it for as much as $100. But according to Finjan, a company that specializes in providing Internet gateway solutions, that price has gone down to $10-$20 because the offer has soared while the demand remained relatively the same. Finjan has recently released its Q2 web security trend report and, according to it, e-crime economy is constantly evolving. Back in t ... [read more >>]
	15 July 2008, 04:14GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 3 Data Loss Incidents of 2008
	The IT security world continues to be plagued by data loss incidents; laptops with confidential data are stolen or lost on airports, disks are gone, ... [read more >>]
	14 July 2008, 10:44GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Scammer Pulls One on Apple
	It has recently come to light that Apple Developer Connection simply gave away the password to Marko Karppinen's account. He is the CEO of MK&C, a software development studio based in Helsinki, Finland, which designs and develops Mac software. How could such a thing happen? Well, it seems that all the scammer had to do was send a poorly worded message to Apple. A couple of days back Marko Karppinen found, much to his ... [read more >>]
	10 July 2008, 04:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Russian Hackers Turn to Recruitment Sites
	It would seem that in order to make a few bucks the Russian hackers are not satisfied with the traditional means anymore and are turning to recruitment sites. A nice profit can be made by harvesting all that information and then selling it to interested parties on the black market. The group of hackers responsible for this data harvesting is known as Phreak. Their Trojan is designed to scour the Internet, recruitment sites in ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 08:29GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The House of Lords Demands Better IT Security
	Chair of the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee, Lord Broers draws attention to the fact that UK legislation has serious deficiencies in terms of security. The British Government must take action with regard to three major issues: there is a need for a law that will force organizations to report any data loss; banks must take responsibility for computer fraud; and last but not least, the police's response to e-crime is le ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2008, 07:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

UK Publication Daily Mail Leaks Private Data
	The Daily Mail, part of Northcliffe Media, has recently announced that one of the organization's laptops was stolen. It contained information on its employers, suppliers and collaborators, such as name, address, and bank info. The data loss is serious in that it is an identity theft risk, but it is at the same time rather ironic, considering the fact that the Daily Mail has published incredibly harsh articles each time a si ... [read more >>]
	08 July 2008, 03:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The IT World Plagued by Data Leaks
	According to a study conducted by Trend Micro, a company that specializes in providing flexible and customizable Internet security solutions, data leaks are rapidly becoming a security threat similar to that of viruses and malware. The study was conducted on 1,600 corporate PC users and it shows that the most affected countries are the UK, US, Germany and Japan. According to the study, computer viruses came in as the number ... [read more >>]
	08 July 2008, 02:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google USA loses employee data to burglars
	Google is not to blame for this, because the data was not stolen from Google offices but from the headquarters of an outsourced HR company called Colt Express. The thieves broke in and stole company computers that contained unencrypted data on them, data such as name, address, Social Security number, basically everything you would need for an ID theft. Google and other companies that employed Colt Express are influenced by the r ... [read more >>]
	04 July 2008, 13:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

12,000 Laptops Lost Weekly in US Airports
	A recently published study entitled "Airport Insecurity: The Case of Lost Laptops" conducted by Dell and the Ponemon Institute brought to light the fact that about 12,000 laptops are lost in airports on a weekly basis, in America alone. The study gathered information from 106 major airports in the US. Out of all those missing laptops about 70% are recovered while the remaining 30% are never found. It is worth mentio ... [read more >>]
	03 July 2008, 09:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Japan Once Again Loses Sensible Information
	According to the Japanese Self Defense Force, two officers lost a USB device containing information on a military exercise that was a joint venture of the Japanese and the US military that took place in western Japan in February 2007; the memory stick had maps concerning unit deployment on it. The officers responsible were reprimanded, reports ... [read more >>]
	03 July 2008, 08:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

IBM Info Gets HP Executive Indicted
	Atul Mahotra joined the HP team two years ago, in May 2006, as VP (short for vice president) of the printing division. After just four months he was fired after he was accused of leaking private information from IBM, his previous employer, to his current employer. Mahotra was brought to justice and the San Jose court found him guilty. The data in question was sent in the form of an e-mail message to a senior VP and it contained p ... [read more >>]
	03 July 2008, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Personal Data of Six Million Chileans Available on the Internet
	Security of personal data is an issue with which all major institutions must deal. With an increasing number of phishing frauds available on the web, the users' personal data are not that safe anymore. A recent incident demonstrated that the people of Chile are among the most vulnerable. According to the El Mercurio daily, a hacker has broken into Chile's government sites, took the personal data of six million people an ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 08:20GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Renault F1 Competition Leaks Entrants' Personal Data
	Most of us would expect an award wining company like Renault not to have any issues with security on their websites. But it appears some of our expectations are rather too high, as proven by an incident that occurred last week. One of the company's websites, namely the one in Great Britain, hosted a Grand Prix competition, of which it was later reported to have leaked its entrants’ personal information. The British subsid ... [read more >>]
	12 May 2008, 03:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Social Security Numbers Found by Googling
	Not very long ago, there was a lawsuit that had Google on the seat of the accused, over a very complicated, yet very plain issue. The plaintiff claimed that he was in danger of being a victim of identity theft because the name of the Mountain View-based company was actually his Social Security number looked at upside down. There was quite a fuss about it, among other charges thrown in Google’s face because of that I could find ‘c ... [read more >>]
	29 February 2008, 14:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Mean Hacker Attacks Ecologists
	Nothing surprises me anymore. Hackers will just send out viruses wherever they can, reagardless of who they may attack. As the latest cases show, these guys are stooping very low. Such is the case of The Nature Conservancy – after a recent attack on sensitive info belonging to about 14.000 people had leaked. Naturally, it is suspected that the stolen data will be used for identity theft. The Nature Conservancy, for those of yo ... [read more >>]
	03 October 2007, 08:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. – Phishing Target
	Automatic Data Processing, Inc. is an international computer service company. They specialize in payroll processing, but offer various other services as well, such as human resources, screening and selection services and others. They sit on huge databases and recently, there has been news of one of them getting hacked. Databases getting hacked means that the people whose information had been stolen will either be targeted by spam ... [read more >>]
	17 September 2007, 10:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Hacker: "I Was Just Browsing!"
	Now, here’s a bizarre case of data breaching for you. The TD Ameritrade Company had a huge database with sensitive information belonging to clients. And when I say huge, I mean 6.3 million accounts. Hackers broke into it using the classic backdoor tactic, so what was weird in that? Well, the fishy part was that they didn’t actually steal all the data that was available to them. They just retrieved info such as e-mail addresses, n ... [read more >>]
	17 September 2007, 03:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Some Security Tools Are Useless
	Sure, it’s great to deploy all sorts of programs on your machine/s in order to enforce security; but in some cases, one tool can be pretty much useless. Not completely, but it won’t do the thing that you really need. And this is really true when talking about ant-data-leakage programs. What do you expect them to do most? Well, to prevent hackers from accessing a certain database to steal sensitive info, of course! And secondly ... [read more >>]
	12 September 2007, 04:47GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Password Leak: How the White-hatter Did It
	A couple of weeks ago I wrote a material about embassies having low security. Security expert Dan Egerstad has disclosed a vulnerability back then and just to show them that their system was flawed, he posted their e-mail passwords online (where exactly it is not known). And we are talking ... [read more >>]
	11 September 2007, 10:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Data Breach Aftermath
	A lot of hacks happen these days, databases are being breached, sensitive info stolen and sometimes it's not even the database owner's fault. You can't have both data (being easy to access and to use) and tight security. There is no such thing as the perfect system, but there are some of them really hard to get into. Of course the companies from which the data is stolen are blamed, even if the hacker really had gre ... [read more >>]
	11 September 2007, 10:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Software That Helps You Sniff Security Violations and Threats
	There are two ways in which you can spot the problems you might have with your network. You can either start probing things and test vulnerabilities from a black-hatter's perspective and do a perimeter search to see what might go wrong and, all sort of stuff like that; oooor, you can deploy a program that would do it for you. NetWitness just launched Next Generation Network Monitoring Solution. It will monitor traffic and ... [read more >>]
	11 September 2007, 09:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia