May 2007 Archives

In a new wave of phishing attacks, companies have been receiving spam disguised to look like it’s coming from the Better Business Bureau. According to eWeek, for the scam to work, the user must click on the link embedded in... Read More..

According to Infoweek, the Payment Card Industry (PCI), and the severe fines they have levied against companies, has become one of the primary motivations for companies to protect their data. And if that's not convincing enough, the seemingly unending bad... Read More..

Listen to or download the entire 7:07 podcast below: Download file Below is a summary of my discussion with Chris Smith, Vice President of Marketing with Alert Logic. Chris and I discuss the current state of security, Alert Logic’s Security... Read More..

This past Tuesday, TJX, a Framingham, Mass. based retail behemoth reported its earnings and, according to the filing, took a $12 million dollar charge tied to the breach which exposed 45.7 million credit and debit card holders to identity theft.... Read More..

Brain Kreb’s recent blog at Security Fix details how cyber-thieves have figured out a way to infiltrate Microsoft’s security patch delivery process so they can sneak their malware right past security and onto your computer. Last week security researcher Frank... Read More..

Listen to or download the entire 8:56 podcast below: Download file What follows is a summary of my discussion with Ruben Dias, the President of Panda Software Canada, where we discuss the current state of security, why malware has flourished... Read More..

Found an interesting blog on one way to fight identity theft from Brian Kreb's Security Fix. Apparently, a resident of Delaware won the passage of a law that allows consumers in that state to "freeze" their credit reports in order... Read More..

Found an interesting blog over at Security Monkey which, while it might seem a little off topic for computer security, still carries a valuable lesson. Going through his to-do list, the Chief, as the Security Monkey likes to be called,... Read More..

Found a survey at Network World quite interesting, as they questioned IT pros about how they feel about their job security after a security breach. Three-quarters of the 250 IT folks questioned believe they would likely lose their jobs after... Read More..

IPLocks, a compliance and database security company, has estimated that the cost to TJX Companies Inc, which owns TJ Maxx, will be around $4.5 billion. This is based on a cost of $100 dollars per record, and costs are a... Read More..