BreachFBI sting busts 56 for buying, selling stolen credit card dataDan KaplanOctober 16, 2008Fifty-six people were arrested in connection with an undercover FBI operation that posed as an online forum for trading stolen credit card numbers.
BreachAcademics predict growing cybercrime sophisticationChuck MillerOctober 16, 2008Data will continue to be the primary motive for future cybercrime, according to a 2009 forecast from researchers at Georgia Tech.
BreachStudy: Global information security improves, but still imperfectAngela MoscaritoloOctober 15, 2008A global security study discusses what has improved around information security over the past year and where there is room for improvement.
Application securityMore than 5,000 pirated eBay credentials found on webDan KaplanOctober 14, 2008A security researcher has discovered a loot of eBay credentials on a Google cache.
Application securityThe searchable solution: Sacred Heart Hospital and ArcMailAngela MoscaritoloOctober 10, 2008Manually sorting through their archive to find thousands of emails needed for a discovery order was painstaking for Sacred Heart Hospital's IT staff, reports Angela Moscaritolo.
Risk Assessments/ManagementPrices for stolen information plummetDan RaywoodOctober 9, 2008The black-market price for stolen credit and debit card details has dropped to as little as $1.50, according to a newspaper investigation.
Risk Assessments/ManagementStolen McCain party laptop had minimal data safeguardsDan KaplanOctober 6, 2008A laptop containing "strategic" GOP data was stolen from the Kansas City field office for Sen. John McCain -- but the machine lacked encryption.
BreachWas Forever 21 wrongly certified PCI compliant?Angela MoscaritoloOctober 3, 2008Did a Forever 21 PCI assessor overlook some unauthorized data which allowed hackers to access nearly 100,000 credit card records?
