Recent Data Breaches- Firm settles US SEC charges over data breachWASHINGTON: Institutional Shareholder Services has settled civil charges by U.S. regulators that an employee of the prominent proxy advisory firm shared nonpublic voting data in exchange for meals and concert tickets. […]
- Proxy advisory firm settles SEC charges over data breachInstitutional Shareholder Services has settled civil charges by U.S. regulators that an employee of the prominent proxy advisory firm shared nonpublic voting data in exchange for meals and concert tickets. ... […]
- St. Louis grocer says data breach may total $80M in IllinoisA data breach at a St. Louis-based grocery store chain could cost the family-run company $80 million in Illinois alone, according to a court filing. […]
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- Data breach may affect 23,000 Mainers who bought tickets onlineAUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) - The Maine Attorney General's office is issuing an alert for people who may have used an out-of-state service for buying tickets for shows and other forms of entertainment recently. […]
- 10 Data Breach Vulnerabilities RevealedPORTLAND, Ore., May 22, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- It's not a plot on a TV show. Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying ... […]
- Distress must be directly linked to data breach for consumers to claim compensation, rules Court of AppealBusinesses do not have to pay compensation for causing distress to consumers if they break data protection laws unless the distress suffered by consumers is linked to the breach itself, the Court of Appeal has ruled. […]
- Risky Business: Lessons From the Bloomberg ScandalBloomberg's data breach offers uncomfortable lessons about how we conduct business in a digital era. Even more worrisome, we're growing more tolerant of leaving behind our electronic footprint, and not calling out companies on missteps. […]
- Security lessons from the 2013 Verizon Data Breach ReportVerizon's latest report on data breach statistics offers security pros a guide to the most persistent threats and where attention should be focused to defend against them. […]
- Data in fraud compromised outside its environment - ElectraCardMUMBAI (Reuters) - India's ElectraCard Services said on Sunday that a data breach in a series of ATM fraud attacks in December appears to have happened outside of its "processing environment." ... […]
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- Breach notification delays no excuse for poor security: NetIQBusinesses should not be afraid of upcoming amendments to the Australian Privacy Act if they put in place the right security foundations, according to NetIQ's Ian Yip. […]
- The Apple flat tax podcastOn this week's Technolatte podcast, the Australian team looks at the tax loopholes that Apple is quite good at using, how much information people hand over online, and iiNet's sale of its FttP network to NBN Co. […]
- Google kills downloads on Google Code 'due to misuse'Google is shutting down Google Code downloads and pushing devs to Drive instead. […]
- Video surveillance over power lines: yes, it's possibleThis is the second of a three-part series where our own David Gewirtz tests and installs a full-perimeter, Internet-centric, mobile-enabled video surveillance system. In this installment, David spotlights a neat new technology. […]
- SoftBank grants US government the right to approve Sprint directorIf takeover plans by SoftBank and Sprint are finalized, then SoftBank will give the U.S. government influence due to security concerns. […]
- Australia more likely attacked by accident than nation-state: KasperskyAustralia's isolation from geo-political conflicts means it has few, if any, enemies that might try to harm it via online attacks, but it could get caught up in the collateral damage between other nation's battles. […]
- AusCERT 2013 Day 1AusCERT has returned to the Gold Coast for another year, and ZDNet was there to bring you all the highlights. […]
- AusCERT 2013 day 1: Speed, fraud, and interruptionsWhat do security specialist HD Moore and the Queensland Police have in common? They both feature in this lighthearted round-up of day 1 at AusCERT 2013. […]
- Survey: BYOD puts Indian firms at riskIndian CIOs say they are struggling to securely manage personal devices employees use to access corporate networks and applications, reveals a new survey. […]
- Online businesses need citizens' arrest powers: AlperovitchFormer McAfee Threat Research vice-president Dmitri Alperovitch has called for greater powers for private companies, saying that they should be allowed to make citizens' arrests and limited retaliatory action against hackers. […]
- Breach notification delays no excuse for poor security: NetIQ