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Poorly implemented Citrix poses security risk

Joy Persaud August 06, 2008

Organizational security could be at risk if Citrix is not implemented carefully, according to recent tests.

Cybersecurity and the presidential campaign

Greg Masters July 17, 2008

The presidential candidates envision America's cybersecurity infrastructure.

Report: Montgomery Ward fails to alert victims of breach

Chuck Miller June 27, 2008

Mongomery Ward, an old-line merchant now operating as an internet retailer, suffered a breach of some 51,000 customer credit card numbers, and failed to report it to customers.

Privacy standards help safeguard online health data

Dan Kaplan June 26, 2008

Just a few months after Google and Microsoft announced they were launching online consumer health platforms, a nonprofit has unveiled a common framework to protect sensitive medical records.

Disgruntled hacker sentenced to five years

Sue Marquette Poremba June 20, 2008

A network engineer and technical services manager for San Diego's Council of Community Health Clinics was sentenced to 63 months in prison on federal hacking charges.

ATM hackers net millions using stolen information

Chuck Miller June 19, 2008

A unique breach of bank information has hit one of the world's largest banks.

Ethical hacking site falls victim to hackers

Richard Thurston June 05, 2008

Metasploit, the hacking tools site which is widely used by white hat hackers, has itself fallen victim to ARP poisoning, which led to the defacement of the site.

AT&T management staff data on stolen laptop

Dan Kaplan June 04, 2008

An undisclosed number of management-level workers at AT&T have been notified that their personal information was stored unencrypted on a stolen laptop.

Walter Reed suffers peer-to-peer data breach

Sue Marquette Poremba June 03, 2008

Unauthorized file-sharing is to blame for a data breach at Walter Reed Army Medical Center that exposed the personal information of nearly 1,000 patients.

Potential security breach by China?

Sue Marquette Poremba June 02, 2008

U.S. authorities are investigating whether Chinese officials secretly copied information from U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez's laptop and then tried to hack into Commerce Department computers.

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