Processes that seemed to mimic malicious behavior led the University of Colorado-Boulder to disclose a possible breach, the school said this week.

Personal data at another college has been exposed, allowing potential hackers to gain access to student information.

A student loan company has settled with the Federal Trade Commission over charges it did not offer reliable security for its customers' personal information.

The website of Harvard University's Graduate School of Arts and Sciences apparently was hacked on Monday, with some of its database files made available on a peer-to-peer file sharing network by someone who said they wanted to "demonstrate" the lack of security on the university's server.

Malware authors exploited the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to spread malware. Attackers set up fake blogs and webpages, which claimed to have rare video of Bhutto's death.

John Penrod, CISO of The Weather Channel, discusses how the IT pro can manage business risk.

Brian Cohen has been named president and chief executive officer of Steelbox Networks

Information security pros are increasingly confronted by cybercriminals trawling their corporate networks for customers' private data. More than 80 percent of the respondants to the SC Magazine/MXI Security survey say guarding against data breaches is the focus of current security initiatives, reports SC Magazine Editor-In-Chief Illena Armstrong.

It seems information security is getting to the front line of business imperatives. More than ever before, executives are giving IT security and data protection initiatives the attention they've required for some time

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