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This day highlights
The human factor in laptop encryption
June 29, 2009 17:09



    Lock down the business managers!

Hardly a day goes by without news of some laptop containing sensitive information about customers or staff getting lost or stolen. The latest high profile example is the Bord Gais burglary in Dublin in which an unencrypted laptop containing the bank details of 75,000 electricity customers was stolen. Hilariously, Bord Gais told the people affected that "data security and laptop encryption is a major priority for us". More practically, it urged the names to watch out for their bank accounts.?


All news for March 10, 2010
  01:17  The Register: Fraud-prevention service ponies up $12m for 'false' ads

All news for March 9, 2010
  23:54  HNS: Eight vulnerabilities fixed, one IE 0-day warning for Patch Tuesday
  23:08  HNS: UK threatens to retaliate over cyber attacks
  22:58  ZDNet: Microsoft plugs dangerous Excel security holes
  22:33  The Register: It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app
  22:21  HNS: Log review checklist for security incidents
  22:02  ArsTechnica: etc: Drudge Report is reportedly serving up malware in addition to its conservative take on the news. Drudge denies it.
  21:19  ZDNet: New Microsoft IE zero-day flaw under attack
  21:08  The Register: New Internet Explorer code-execution attacks go wild
  19:54  HNS: An introduction to virtualization security
  19:30  ArsTechnica: etc: Opera acknowledges arbitrary code execution security flaw in 10.50. A fix will be available "soon".
  18:59  HNS: Email security trends
  18:50  HNS: Remote access app for iPhone and iPod touch
  18:20  The Register: FA launches security probe after England team bugged
  17:57  HNS: Mariposa bot distributed by Vodafone's infected phone
  17:37  The Register: Smartphone app botnet experiment blows up a storm
  16:30  HNS: Setting up a mobile botnet is alarmingly easy to do
  15:12  HNS: "Highly critical" Opera vulnerability discovered
  14:56  ZDNet: Vodafone HTC Magic shipped with Conficker, Mariposa malware
  12:56  The Register: Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic
  01:34  The Register: Thailand approves extradition of credit card hack suspect
  00:37  ArsTechnica: etc: Opera has a critical flaw allowing arbitrary code execution in 10.50 (and maybe other versions). No fix is available at present.
  00:18  Dark Reading: Ford Motor Rolls Out New Security Features To Prevent Car-Hacking

All news for March 8, 2010
  23:40  HNS: Serious Apache vulnerability disclosed
  23:39  ZDNet: Researchers build 8,000-strong smartphone botnet
  22:28  Dark Reading: Product Watch: Gemalto Rolls Out Secure Online Banking On A Stick
  22:12  ZDNet: 'Highly critical' flaw found in Opera browser
  20:10  The Register: 'Crazy' man cuffed for plotting cyber extortion scheme
  18:15  HNS: There is a social engineering scheme for everyone
  17:06  The Register: Ubisoft undone by anti-DRM DDoS storm
  16:34  The Register: Paypal freezes Cryptome
  16:25  The Register: Botnet takedowns 'don't hurt crooks enough'
  15:50  HNS: Spear phishing aimed at high-value targets increases
  15:22  HNS: USB battery charger installs Trojan
  15:16  ZDNet: Energizer battery charger contains backdoor
  14:30  Viruslist: Monthly Malware Statistics: February 2010
  14:28  HNS: Zuckerberg hacked into journalists' email?
  13:33  The Register: Energizer Duo software suffers backdoor Trojan bother
  13:18  HNS: Fake drug peddlers hijack academic websites
  07:01  HNS: Week in review: Aurora prevention, RSA Conference, and Mariposa botnet takedown

All news for March 7, 2010
  10:02  The Register: Patchy Windows patching leaves users insecure
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