How federal tax incentives could help stem rampant data breaches
October 13, 2009
One idea for motivating organizations to do a better job stemming rampant databreaches: give them tax incentives to do so. Patricia Titus, Â the former CISO at the Transportation Security Administration within the Department of Homeland Security, and current CISO at Unisys Federal Systems, makes the case in this exclusive LastWatchdog guest blog post. Comments are encouraged.
By Patricia Titus
CISO, Unisys Federal Systems
How do we as a nation address the abysmal …More
Cyberthieves find workplace networks are easy pickings
October 9, 2009
(Published USA TODAY, Oct. 9, 2009 P.1B)
By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY
It took only a modicum of skill for a cybergang to steal 94 million credit and debit card payment records from the TJX retail chain – and follow that up by hauling in 130 million records from credit card processor Heartland Payment Systems.
Court records reveal that those record-setting break-ins were almost too easy. Even more surprising: The thieves were …More
Data thieves use simple hacks, go undetected for months
October 9, 2009
What do TJX and Heartland Payments System– and now PayChoice – have in common?
They are among thousands of business entities hit by data heists that involved very simple hacking techniques.
LastWatchdog’s investigative report on this topic hit newsstands today on the Money cover section of USA TODAY — and will circulate in airports and hotels globally over this weekend.
The story sheds light on how overly complex IT …More
Hotmail account logins stolen; users should change passwords now!
October 6, 2009
UPDATE 06Oct2009, 3:35 p.m. Pacific. The BBC is reporting that Google, Yahoo and AOL email account credentials have been similarly stolen, with at least 30,000 account details surfacing on the Internet. If you’re worried that cyber criminals might have your username and password for one of your Web mail accounts, change your account password. Now.
If you use a Windows Live Hotmail account, you should change your account password. …More
PayChoice latest to be hit by multi-stage cyber attack
October 1, 2009
PayChoice — and its business customers — have been hit by a multi-stage cyber attack that’s becoming all too familar.
Reporting by Security Fix blogger Brian Krebs points to an initial breach of PayChoice customer databases, followed by a spear phishing attack using stolen from the breach to target specific employees of companies that use PayChoice’s popular outsourced payroll services.
PayChoice CEO Robert Digby has just issued a statement saying …More
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