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data breach
An unauthorized dissemination of information. It may be due to an attack on the network or outright theft of paper documents, portable disks, USB drives or laptops. Sensitive information can...
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Definition: data breach
An unauthorized dissemination of information. It may be due to an attack on the network or outright theft of paper documents, portable disks, USB drives or laptops. Sensitive information can also be found in trash cans when reports are carelessly discarded.
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Enterprises tapping identity technology as one way to recover after data breach
To recover from a data breach, companies are turning to a number of procedures and technologies including re-education, identity and access management, and expanded use of encryption, a Ponemon...
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University in 'serious' data breach; Publishes 17,000 students' data
The University of York has leaked 17,000 students' data on its website 'by mistake', which could be the biggest breach of student data in the UK to date.
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Microsoft claims wins in botnet battles
Data breaches resulting in the loss of personal data have almost halved this year compared to 2009 figures, according to Microsoft.
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Most data breaches tied to the mob, report
Organized criminals were responsible for 85 percent of all stolen data last year according to a report.
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Reports: SQL injection attacks and malware led to most data breaches
With millions of personal records and payment card information stolen on a regular basis, several recently released reports independently confirm the main sources of breaches. Not surprisingly,...
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End-to-end encryption is the key to protecting data and reputations
In order to avoid the financial and brand damage associated with data breaches, businesses need to consider deploying end-to-end encryption as a tamper proof way of securing data.
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Twitter data theft: the human element
Inconsistent attention to basic security practices is hardly limited to individuals and small companies like Twitter. Some of the largest organizations have suffered serious data breaches for...
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Data breach costs, customer churn up a bit; Repeat offenders abound
The cost of a data breach runs companies $202 per compromised record, up 2.5 percent from $197 per record in 2007 and up 11 percent from 2006, according to research from Ponemon Institute. In its...
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Taiwan busts hacking ring, 50 million personal records compromised
Taiwan's Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) has successfully tracked down and arrested six people in what the CIB believes to be the biggest personal data breach in Taiwan to date. Apparently,...
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90% of all statistics can be made to say anything... 50% of the time, aka my thoughts on the Verizon report
** Update 06/23/2008: I realize I didn't do a very good job of talking about what we're reviewing here. This is in response to the statistics gathered by Verizon related to Forensic Analysis...
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Security breach hits DivShare, unauthorized access to its database
The popular document and media sharing service DivShare, suffered a security breach according to a security announcement posted by DivShare's support team earlier this week : Late last night we...
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An (Imaginary?) Hannaford Conspiracy
Although a high profile class action alleging damages as the result of data breaches has long been predictable, I think that the first major case filed against Hannaford was filed far too soon...
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2008: The security wishlist
There's no sense in making predictions in the security space. There will be more creative attacks and vulnerabilities will multiply at a rapid clip. Meanwhile, unsuspecting (or just plain stupid)...
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Data breaches: 2007 IT failure superstar
Data breaches represented the most important category of IT failure during 2007. The year 2007 saw spectacular failures, ranging from improperly-paid teachers at Arizona State University (ASU)...
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A call for rational discourse on identity theft
ID Analytics' Thomas Oscherwitz writes that while ID theft losses are dropping, the debate has become ever more shrill.
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Why we still invite data breaches
Sentrigo's Dan Sarel writes that enterprise security has been slow to realize the evolving nature of for-profit cyber hack attacks.
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GAO: Data breaches rarely lead to identity theft
A study by the Government Accountability Office found that despite the massive number of data breaches, few of them turn into identity theft, reports CNET News. Of 24 major incidents that the GAO...
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