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Last Update: Tue Jun 10 06:11:23 2008 | | + Breach disclosure laws have 'no effect' on identity theft +
Red tape failing to stanch losses Widespread information security breach laws in the US have failed to do much to reduce identity [...] in Europe to enact laws that would oblige organisations to notify customers in cases where their personal details become exposed.… |
| + EU security agency warns over insecure printing +
Paper jam Reckless printing isn't just creating a huge carbon footprint by turning forests into the contents of landfill sites [...] of documents also creates a forgotten security risk, according to ENISA, the European Network and Information Security Agency.… |
| + Online payment standards fall on deaf websites +
Beware of Belgians bearing card codes We see a lot of lip service paid to the importance of complying with payment card industry [...] still can't be bothered to follow the rules, which are designed to protect their customers against fraud and identity theft.… |
| + 'Untraceable' phone fraudsters eye your credit card +
Press 1 for low-tech phishing scam Scams involving email and fake banking websites may get all the attention, but a recent rash [...] given up on more traditional tools for tricking people into surrendering credit card numbers and other sensitive information.… |
| + US bank loses unencrypted data on 4.5m people +
IT finally hits the fan months after tapes go AWOL Couriers lost magnetic tapes containing the personal details of 4.5 million [...] emerged. The incident happened three months ago, but has only surfaced after legal papers were filed in the state of Connecticut.… |
| + ID fraudsters soak the rich +
Soaraway losses Identity fraud grew alarmingly in the UK last year, with affluent Londoners particularly at risk, according to ... |
| + JPG hole cuts RAZR open +
Motorola handset vulnerable A bug in Motorola's RAZR firmware could allow a malformed JPG file sent over MMS to overflow the ... |
| + Attack code in the wild targets new (sort of) Adobe Flash vuln +
At least 20,000 pawns recruited Updated Security researchers from Symantec have clarified an earlier report of attack code in [...] They now say current versions of Adobe's stand-alone Flash application are vulnerable, but that updated browser plug-ins are not.… |
| + TJX employee fired for exposing shoddy security practices +
Blank passwords for the company that lost 94m credit cards TJX Companies, the mammoth US retailer whose substandard security led [...] employee after he left posts in an online forum that made disturbing claims about security practices at the store where he worked.… |
| + Facebook poked by XSS flaw +
Social spamming Updated Facebook has fixed a cross site scripting flaw that left its users at risk from scripting attacks.… ... |
| + Pondlife earthquake scammers go mobile +
SMS scam hides behind proxies The Chinese earthquake and the Burmese cyclone, like so many other tragedies before them, are being [...] Ocean tsunami and Hurricane Katrina suggest opportunistic malware attacks themed around these latest events are likely to follow.… |
| + 'Hacker Safe' leader defrauded investors, prosecutors say +
McAfee security researcher ordered to stand trial for fraud A Indiana state judge on Monday ordered a security researcher at [...] a brother defrauded nine people by selling $1.25m in fraudulent stock and then using some of the money for personal items.… |
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