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Kaspersky Lab's Eugene Kaspersky and Tom Bowers talk about the cybercrime economy with SC Magazine's Dan Kaplan.

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A huge issue for all organizations today is the threat of data theft or exposure. In the January issue, the SC Magazine Data Breach Survey revealed just some of the issues surrounding the growing problem of data exposure. We talk to experts about this problem and find out what areas of their information security programs the C-level suite can improve upon to help deflect data thieves.

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Howard A. Schmidt, president and CEO, R & H Security Consulting LLC
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Latest News

Electronic voting results questioned in NH primary

Dan Kaplan January 11, 2008

Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich has requested a recount of the New Hampshire primary vote following percentage discrepancies between results tallied from hand ballots and those tabulated from electronic machines.
 

Former Cox employee who shut down 911 gets jail time

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 11, 2008

A former Cox Communications employee has been sentenced to five months in federal prison for remotely shutting down portions of the company's system -- including 911 emergency services -- after being asked to resign his position.
 

Year's first QuickTime vulnerability discovered

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 11, 2008

An Italian researcher has identified a flaw in Apple's QuickTime media application that can allow an attacker to perform a DoS attack or take control of an affected PC.
 

Oracle to patch 27 bugs in "hundreds" of its products

Jim Carr January 11, 2008

In its quarterly round of Critical Patch Updates on Tuesday, Oracle is expected to release security fixes for 27 vulnerabilities that it said affect "hundreds" of its products.
 

Get ready for phishing scams that play on holiday purchases

Dan Kaplan January 10, 2008

End-users should brace themselves for a new wave of phishing emails that reference the recipient's holiday credit card spending pattern during the Christmas season.
 

GAO: Lax IRS cybersecurity puts taxpayer data in danger

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 10, 2008

Government auditors this week slammed the Internal Revenue Service's (IRS) cybersecurity infrastructure, saying the agency's lax response to previous recommendations has left taxpayer data at "increased risk of unauthorized disclosure, modification or destruction."
 

Trojan 2.0 era about to begin: Finjan

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 10, 2008

Cyberattackers are on the verge of creating trojans that take advantage of social networking websites and Web 2.0 technologies, according to researchers at Finjan.
 

Former New Jersey systems administrator gets 30 months in prison for 'logic bomb'

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 09, 2008

A New Jersey man this week was sentenced to more than two years in prison for planting a "logic bomb" on the network of his former employer in a failed attempt to destroy sensitive health care data.
 

New phishing wave claims payroll fraud to dupe victims

Dan Kaplan January 09, 2008

A Romanian-based criminal group is behind a new trojan-laced, socially engineered email run that tries to trick recipients into believing their employer committed payroll reporting fraud, security researchers said today.
 

Rootkit targeting Master Boot Record in the wild

Frank Washkuch Jr. January 09, 2008

A rootkit attacking Master Boot Record (MBR) - a vector used more than a decade ago on MS-DOS operating systems -- in various Microsoft Windows operating systems is spreading in the wild, according to researchers.
 

Kaspersky Lab's Eugene Kaspersky and Tom Bowers talk about the cybercrime economy with SC Magazine's Dan Kaplan.




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