U.S. Visit RFID needs better security controls
Use of radio frequency identification tags within the U.S. Visitor and Immigrant Status Indicator Technology program has been applied with privacy protections but has not been adequately configured and tested to ensure that those protections are effective,...
Identity Theft Increase Tied to Meth Users
Joe Morales, a prosecutor in Denver, can remember when crack came to his city in the 1980's. Gangs set up on Colfax Avenue and in the Five Points neighborhood, and street crime - murders and holdups - grew. When methamphetamine proliferated more recently,...
Firms play Data Protection roulette
Large numbers of companies are taking risks with data protection, because they are not aware of the requirements of the law. Nearly half (44%) of companies use live data in test environments -- something the 1998 Data Protection Act warns against explicit...
Hackers steal thousands from internet bank accounts
Hackers have penetrated internet banking facilities and gained access to the accounts of clients of three major banks, the Cape Times reported on Tuesday. Its website said hackers had in the past three months gained access to the online accounts of client...
UT notifying employees of computer hacker
University of Tennessee system officials are notifying around 36,000 employees and other individuals affiliated with UT that a hacker has broke into a computer that held personal information about them. "Although we have no indication the hacker accessed ...
Payroll Giant Gives Scammer Personal Data of Hundreds of Thousands of Investors
Automatic Data Processing, one of the world"s largest payroll service companies, confirmed to ABC News that it was swindled by a data thief looking for information on hundreds of thousands of American investors. According to a company spokeswoman, ADP pro...
Trojan Snags World Of Warcraft Passwords To Cash Out Accounts
A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday.