Google turns over hack info to US government 

Google turns over hack info to US government

In Hackers - By Shaun Nichols, 8 February 2010 2:11 PM
Company will let feds investigate attempted attack.
UK to share fingerprint info with Australia 

UK to share fingerprint info with Australia

In Crypto - By Tom Young, 25 August 2009 8:57 AM
Privacy impact has been "carefully evaluated".
Fake Microsoft anti-spyware site stealing credit card info 

Fake Microsoft anti-spyware site stealing credit card info

In Web/client - By Jim Carr, 16 October 2007 9:47 AM
Security researchers at McAfee Avert Labs have uncovered a fake "AntiSpyware Center" website purporting to be from Microsoft.
Popularity of info security will cause unemployment 

Popularity of info security will cause unemployment

In Risk - By Fiona Raisbeck, 28 June 2007 10:59 AM
The soaring popularity of information security will lead to a surplus of people in the industry and leave many unable to find work, according to (ISC)2.
USB Flash drive worm spreads Aids info 

USB Flash drive worm spreads Aids info

In Web/client - By Robert Jaques, 21 June 2007 9:47 AM
Worm designed to promote awareness of HIV and Aids.
Hackers access personal info of 45,000 University of Colorado students 

Hackers access personal info of 45,000 University of Colorado students

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 24 May 2007 12:46 PM
A disabled firewall and an unapplied patch allowed hackers to infiltrate a server at the University of Colorado, Boulder, exposing the personal information of nearly 45,000 ...
Lost Alcatel-Lucent disk holds personal details  

Lost Alcatel-Lucent disk holds personal details

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 22 May 2007 8:42 AM
Telecommunications service provider Alcatel-Lucent has sent notifications to employees and retirees about a 3 May data breach.
IBM loses tapes with employee personal info 

IBM loses tapes with employee personal info

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 17 May 2007 9:53 AM
IBM, which invented magnetic tape storage more than 50 years ago and has since emerged as a leading provider of data encryption, has lost an undisclosed number of backup tapes ...
Hackers access personal data of 46,000 University of California affiliates 

Hackers access personal data of 46,000 University of California affiliates

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 10 April 2007 10:33 AM
Hackers have compromised a server to access the personal information of some 46,000 students, faculty and staff at the University of California, San Francisco.
Hacker accesses Social Security numbers of 71,000 US health care workers 

Hacker accesses Social Security numbers of 71,000 US health care workers

In Risk - By Frank Washkuch, 23 March 2007 1:34 AM
The personal information - including Social Security numbers - of 71,000 Indiana state health care workers were accessed by a hacker in January.
Hackers breach money transfer company accessing 80,000 customers  

Hackers breach money transfer company accessing 80,000 customers

In Risk - By Dan Kaplan, 16 January 2007 4:40 PM
A MoneyGram International server has been breached, allowing cybercrooks access to the personal information of nearly 80,000 people.
Hackers steal personal info of 19,000 AT&T customers 

Hackers steal personal info of 19,000 AT&T customers

By Dan Kaplan, 30 August 2006 6:34 PM
Hackers hijacked AT&T's computer system over the weekend and accessed the personal information of about 19,000 customers using the company's online store, the telecom giant ...
Federal education loan site exposes personal info of up to 21,000 

Federal education loan site exposes personal info of up to 21,000

By Dan Kaplan, 24 August 2006 11:11 PM
Count the Department of Education as the latest federal agency to experience a privacy breach after the personal information of as many as 21,000 student borrowers accidentally ...
Trojan claims to be Firefox extension, sends out personal info 

Trojan claims to be Firefox extension, sends out personal info

By Frank Washkuch, 26 July 2006 8:23 PM
A newly discovered trojan is taking advantage of the growing popularity of Mozilla's Firefox, claiming to be a browser extension to infect PCs.
More than half-million injured NY workers have personal info compromised 

More than half-million injured NY workers have personal info compromised

By Dan Kaplan, 25 July 2006 4:25 PM
A PC holding the personal information of some 540,000 injured workers in New York state has been lost by a Chicago company contracted to manage the data.
Personal info of 100K sailors, Marines posted to public site 

Personal info of 100K sailors, Marines posted to public site

By Dan Kaplan, 10 July 2006 10:10 PM
The personal information of more than 100,000 U.S. Navy and Marine Corps members was errantly posted on the Naval Safety Center website, the Navy announced in a statement Friday.
PayPal scheme urges customers to phone in personal info 

PayPal scheme urges customers to phone in personal info

By Frank Washkuch, 7 July 2006 7:10 PM
A new phishing scheme is tempting PayPal users to call a malicious phone number and leave their account information, researchers warned today.
Personal info of 26,000 Agriculture Department employees compromised 

Personal info of 26,000 Agriculture Department employees compromised

By Dan Kaplan, 23 June 2006 10:36 PM
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that the identities of about 26,000 employees and contractors may have been compromised by the illegal hijacking ...
Ernst & Young laptop, Hotels.com customer info, stolen 

Ernst & Young laptop, Hotels.com customer info, stolen

By Dan Kaplan, 2 June 2006 10:04 PM
More than 240,000 Hotels.com customers are at risk for identity theft after an unencrypted laptop containing their personal information was stolen from the locked car of an ...
Personal info of 26.5 million veterans lost 

Personal info of 26.5 million veterans lost

By Dan Kaplan, 22 May 2006 10:01 PM
Electronic data containing the personal information of as many as 26.5 million veterans and some spouses has been stolen from the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) ...
Junked PCs another source of personal info 

Junked PCs another source of personal info

By Dan Kaplan, 20 April 2006 10:09 PM
PC users hoping to sell or donate their used computers should be forewarned: There is likely personal information remaining on them.
Your tax info may not be as secure as you think 

Your tax info may not be as secure as you think

By Ericka Chickowski, 14 April 2006 9:22 PM
A rule change proposed by the U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has come under fire from privacy advocates who have taken issue with a clause ...
Researcher says Microsoft patches need more info 

Researcher says Microsoft patches need more info

By Frank Washkuch, 14 April 2006 7:33 PM
A security researcher with a working relationship with Microsoft said this week that the Redmond, Wash.,-based software giant should be more forthcoming in its patch releases.
Firm: Oracle released flaw info by mistake 

Firm: Oracle released flaw info by mistake

By Frank Washkuch, 11 April 2006 5:20 PM
Oracle, with its next scheduled patch release now a week away, unintentionally released information about a new privilege escalation security hole on a company website last week.
Personal info of 196K HP employees compromised 

Personal info of 196K HP employees compromised

By Frank Washkuch, 23 March 2006 10:52 PM
A laptop containing the personal information of nearly 200,000 current and former Hewlett-Packard employees was stolen last week, according to a spokeswoman for Fidelity ...
Russian rootkit stealing bank info 

Russian rootkit stealing bank info

By Dan Kaplan, 22 March 2006 10:10 PM
Teams from Sana Security have discovered a difficult-to-detect trojan designed to steal passwords previously used on infected machines.
China tackles info security  

China tackles info security

By David Quainton, 29 November 2004 11:52 AM
China will have a national information security system within five years, it has emerged. China Daily reports the Chinese government is implementing the system as part of a ...
Group releases open specification for sensitive info sharing 

Group releases open specification for sensitive info sharing

By Marcia Savage, 29 March 2004 6:12 PM
The Regional Alliances for Infrastructure and Network Security (RAINS), a nonprofit organization of IT companies and government agencies that promotes homeland security ...
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