Compliance Software

Budget Cuts Would Hit HIPAA Enforcer

compliancesoftware — Tue, 14 Feb 2012 18:13:37 +0000

President Obamas proposed fiscal 2013 budget calls for an overall 8 percent increase in spending for the Department of Health and Human Services, but a 5 percent cut in spending for the unit that enforces HIPAA via Budget Cuts Would …

Final phase of Mass. data protection law kicks in March 1

compliancesoftware — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:27:00 +0000

All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision of a state data breach law that went into effect in …

Video conferencing mistakes make espionage easy, say researchers

compliancesoftware — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:23:08 +0000

Tens of thousands of video conferencing setups, including some in corporate meeting rooms where the most confidential information is discussed, are vulnerable to spying attacks via Video conferencing mistakes make espionage easy, say researchers.

Facebook, Washington state sue alleged ad scammer

compliancesoftware — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:21:55 +0000

Washington’s attorney general announced two new lawsuits against Adscend Media, a company that allegedly has been earning US$20 million a year using a Facebook scam via Facebook, Washington state sue alleged ad scammer.

Hacking stunt: Stealing smartphone crypto keys using plain old radio

compliancesoftware — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:20:22 +0000

Encryption keys on smartphones can be stolen via a technique using radio waves, says one of the world’s foremost crypto experts, Paul Kocher, whose firm Cryptography Research will demonstrate the hacking stunt with several types of smartphones at the upcoming …

Symantec: Users Should Disable PCAnywhere Now

compliancesoftware — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:15:19 +0000

The recommendation that users disable or delete the software is the takeaway from a surprise security advisory issued by Symantec late Tuesday, which warns customers to “only use pcAnywhere for business-critical purposes,” and even then, only after configuring the software …

FBI Seeks Data-Mining App for Social Media

compliancesoftware — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 20:14:28 +0000

The FBI is looking for a “geospatial alert and analysis mapping application” that will allow its Strategic Information and Operations Center SIOC to “quickly vet, identify and geo-locate breaking events, incidents and emerging threats via FBI Seeks Data-Mining App for …

Anonymous dupes users into joining Metaupload attack – Computerworld

compliancesoftware — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:41:39 +0000

he Anonymous hacking group recruited unwitting accomplices in Thursday’s attacks against U.S. government sites via Anonymous dupes users into joining Metaupload attack – Computerworld.

FBI busts programmer for stealing US Treasury code

compliancesoftware — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:33:16 +0000

The FBI said it arrested a computer programmer in New York this week and charged him with stealing proprietary software code from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. The software known as the Government-Wide Accounting and Reporting Program (GWA) …

McAfee SaaS Antivirus Spews Spam

compliancesoftware — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:25:49 +0000

Spammers have been exploiting a bug in McAfee’s software-as-a-service (SaaS) antivirus software to turn PCs into spam relays. As a result, a number of McAfee’s customers have had their emails blocked after their Internet protocol (IP) addresses were blacklisted by …