US student loans guarantor loses data of 3.3m people 

US student loans guarantor loses data of 3.3m people

In Risk - By Dan Raywood, 31 March 2010 2:16 PM
Data containing names, addresses, Social Security numbers and dates of birth stolen.
Mozilla Store users suffer data breach 

Mozilla Store users suffer data breach

In Web/client - By Phil Muncaster, 7 August 2009 10:03 AM
Change user names and passwords immediately.
Twitter users reveal personal information in latest 'trend' for 'porn names' 

Twitter users reveal personal information in latest 'trend' for 'porn names'

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 13 May 2009 10:46 AM
Many users of micro-blogging website Twitter have inadvertently shared personal information via a new trending topic.
Swine Flu spam continues to spread with cybercriminals using celebrity names 

Swine Flu spam continues to spread with cybercriminals using celebrity names

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 12 May 2009 10:46 AM
Spammers have moved to using celebrity names alongside swine flu terms to spread malicious links.
Whitelisting of domain names leads to email spam problems for companies 

Whitelisting of domain names leads to email spam problems for companies

In Messaging - By SC Australia Staff, 16 February 2009 11:52 AM
A fifth of email spam now features the domain name of the recipient, according to a new study.
Big names fail VB100 antivirus test 

Big names fail VB100 antivirus test

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 7 April 2008 12:23 PM
Several major security vendors have failed the latest VB100 antivirus test..
McAfee names new president and CEO 

McAfee names new president and CEO

In Risk - By Ericka Chickowski, 6 March 2007 12:55 AM
McAfee's board of directors named Dave DeWalt as McAfee's new chief executive officer and president, the company said today in a late-afternoon announcement.
Buyer: Ernesto domain names not for fraud 

Buyer: Ernesto domain names not for fraud

By Dan Kaplan, 30 August 2006 6:50 PM
An Oregon grad student said today that he had no intention of scamming people when he registered a number of Hurricane Ernesto-related domain names.
SSNs, names of more than 30,000 U.S. Navy enlistees compromised 

SSNs, names of more than 30,000 U.S. Navy enlistees compromised

By Dan Kaplan, 26 June 2006 10:15 PM
The personal information of about 28,000 U.S. Navy sailors and their family members was posted on a public website this month, the military branch said in a statement.
Watchdog names and shames 'badware' vendors 

Watchdog names and shames 'badware' vendors

By René Millman, 23 March 2006 12:38 PM
The Stopbadware Coalition, which takes aim at malware, spyware and adware, published its first report naming the programs it believes computer users should avoid installing.
Familiar names funding adware firms 

Familiar names funding adware firms

By Ericka Chickowski, 21 March 2006 9:27 PM
The Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) pulled the covers off adware’s "dirty little secret" this week with the release of its latest report.
CISO Exchange names advisory board 

CISO Exchange names advisory board

By Marcia Savage, 5 April 2005 6:16 PM
The CISO Exchange, launched by the House Government Reform Committee earlier this year after another dismal IT security report card for federal agencies, on Tuesday named its ...
Netegrity names Vadim Lander chief technology officer 

Netegrity names Vadim Lander chief technology officer

By Dan Ilett, 4 June 2004 2:19 PM
Security firm Netegrity's Vadim Lander has been promoted to chief technology officer for the firm.
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