Online retailers mull anti-fraud pact 

Online retailers mull anti-fraud pact

Carsales, Drive and eBay want to share blacklist data on known fraudsters.
Ponemon lashes out at thumb drive 'negligence' 

Ponemon lashes out at thumb drive 'negligence'

Employers, employees in firing line.
Flash drive exposed US war plans 

Flash drive exposed US war plans

Old thumb drive trick.
Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels 

Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Overall junk email levels rose five per cent in February.
Flaw could allow attacker to decrypt protected USB drives  

Flaw could allow attacker to decrypt protected USB drives

Affects certain Kingston, SanDisk and Verbatim flash drives.
Lost hard drive could affect 70 million military veterans 

Lost hard drive could affect 70 million military veterans

Lost data possibly worth billions.
Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive 

Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive

U.S. Federal investigators are examining how a hard drive containing sensitive personal information from the Clinton era has gone missing from the National Archive.
Which? report on hard drive destruction criticised 

Which? report on hard drive destruction criticised

A claim that the only way to destroy data is to smash the hard drive has been criticised.
Alarms sounded over flash drive infections 

Alarms sounded over flash drive infections

The US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) is warning users and administrators to be on the lookout following the discovery of a malware outbreak being spread via USB keys.
SanDisk taps McAfee for USB drive security 

SanDisk taps McAfee for USB drive security

Embedded anti-malware scanner designed to curb data losses.
Apple TV gets a thumb drive hack 

Apple TV gets a thumb drive hack

A new thumb drive unlocks Apple's TV box and opens it up to innovative social networking features.
Is Harry Potter dead? A flash drive worm says so 

Is Harry Potter dead? A flash drive worm says so

Harry Potter, the boy wizard whose adventures have sold millions of books and box office tickets, is dead — at least according to malware writers.
USB Flash drive worm spreads Aids info 

USB Flash drive worm spreads Aids info

Worm designed to promote awareness of HIV and Aids.
Lost: hard drive with information of 100,000 employees in US 

Lost: hard drive with information of 100,000 employees in US

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said today that it is investigating a missing external hard drive containing sensitive information of about 100,000 employees.
DigiSafe adds smartcard to encrypting hard drive 

DigiSafe adds smartcard to encrypting hard drive

Automatic data encryption on the road.
VoIP adoption helping drive security appliance market 

VoIP adoption helping drive security appliance market

Many businesses implementing Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) plan to replace their security appliances to address security issues associated with the emerging technology, ...
20 euro hard drive reveals hidden government secrets 

20 euro hard drive reveals hidden government secrets

A hard drive sold on eBay for only 20 euros has been found to be full of confidential police data.
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