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Equifax Eyes Are Watching You–Big Data Means Big Brother

compliancesoftware — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:30:05 +0000

It maintains information about people who share the same phone number or address, “non-obvious” relationships between individuals, loans for dental work, magazine subscriptions, rental history, real estate assets, investment wealth, retail purchasing, the type of federal tax return someone files, …

Anonymous Takes Aim at Indian Government

compliancesoftware — Mon, 21 May 2012 13:28:47 +0000

In retaliation against Internet Service Providers (ISPs) blocking some video-sharing and torrent websites like The Pirate Bay under Indian court orders, Anonymous, the “hacktivist” organization, today took down the websites of the ruling Congress Party and the Supreme Court of …

PCI Council Launches Reseller Cert Program

compliancesoftware — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:05:44 +0000

Channel partners honing their compliance skills will soon be able to add one more to their portfolio with the launch of a new Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council certification program specifically targeting integrators and resellers. via PCI Council Launches …

Industry Debates Stage 2 EHR Rules

compliancesoftware — Fri, 11 May 2012 19:03:48 +0000

Several healthcare associations are questioning another provision that would require hospitals and physician groups to conduct a security risk analysis that includes “addressing the encryption/security of data at rest.” via Industry Debates Stage 2 EHR Rules – GovInfoSecurity.

Level 3 PCI Compliance Increases Slightly, Even As Its Population Grows

compliancesoftware — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:04:49 +0000

The latest PCI compliance stats—out this week—show trivial changes from the prior report, with Level 2 and Level 3 retailers slightly increasing compliance. Level 2 went from 91 percent at the end of December 2011 to 92 percent as of …

DHS: Gas pipeline industry under significant ongoing cyberattack

compliancesoftware — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:08:53 +0000

There is now an ongoing and massive cyberattack targeting the American gas-pipeline industry, aimed at giving the attacker a way to gather sensitive information by compromising business systems and possibly even subverting industrial control systems via DHS: Gas pipeline industry …

Facebook hacker comes clean on ‘what really happened’

compliancesoftware — Fri, 04 May 2012 13:52:27 +0000

The hacker who stole Facebook’s source code has gone public with a deeper explanation of how he penetrated the world’s most popular social network. via Facebook hacker comes clean on ‘what really happened’.

Microsoft detects new malware targeting Apple computers

compliancesoftware — Wed, 02 May 2012 22:55:33 +0000

Microsoft has detected a new piece of malware targeting Apple OS X computers that exploits a vulnerability in the Office productivity suite patched nearly three years ago. via Microsoft detects new malware targeting Apple computers.

ID thieves robbing the grave; 2.5 million dead hit annually

compliancesoftware — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 15:29:15 +0000

Nearly 2.5 million dead people are victims of identity theft every year, according to a data analysis by fraud prevention firm ID Analytics being made public Monday via Red Tape – Study: ID thieves robbing the grave; 2.5 million dead …

Utah’s Medicaid Data Breach Worse Than Expected

compliancesoftware — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 19:37:43 +0000

Utah Department of Technology Services (DTS) reveals 780,000 individuals have been affected by the theft of sensitive Medicaid information. That’s far worse than initial estimates via Utah’s Medicaid Data Breach Worse Than Expected – Healthcare – Security & Privacy – …