Security Strategy, Plan, Budget

A joint McAfee and National Cyber Security Alliance study, released today to kick off National Cyber Security Awareness Month, reports that while 98 percent of 378 respondents believe keeping security software up to date is important, less than half - 48 percent - of their computers had not been updated in the past month.

In the its widest-reaching round of iPhone security updates yet, Apple released 10 iPhone fixes on Thursday, correcting vulnerabilities in the popular mobile phones Safari browser, mail client and Bluetooth server.

Millions of computers with registered copies of AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) are at risk to a variety of attacks via a vulnerability in AIM 6.1, AIM beta 6.2, AIM Pro and AIM Lite, according to researchers at Core Security.

Its now recognized as a standard. Its quickly becoming more affordable. And, its adoption by enterprises and carriers is exploding. Its 10-Gigabit Ethernet — the ultra-fast, ultra-high-capacity network technology thats giving new meaning to the phrase life in the fast lane.

Add 562 current or former employees of Ramsey County, Minn., to the list of victims of the June data breach that affected 1.3 million Ohio residents and hundreds of Connecticut state bank accounts.

Before TJX revealed that its servers had been breached by hackers, the retail giant collected and stored unnecessary and excessive amounts of personal information for too long and relied on outdated encryption technology to defend the data, according to a report released today by Canadian privacy officials.

A former employee of Citis ABN Amro Mortgage group leaked the personal information, including Social Security numbers, of more than 5,000 customers via a peer-to-peer (p2p) file-sharing network.

Store vouchers and a three-day sale are two of the concessions TJX has pledged in a settlement with customers who sued the discount retail giant following a massive customer data theft.