Man charged with accessing USC student data
Federal prosecutors charged a San Diego-based computer expert on Thursday with breaching the security of a database server at the University of Southern California last June and accessing confidential student data. A statement from the U.S. Attorney for t...
Oregon Man Fined $84K In Spyware Case
An Oregon man was fined $84,000 for scamming users with bogus security warnings that led them to a phony anti-spyware program, the Washington state attorney general said Tuesday. In January, both Microsoft Corp. and Attorney General Rob McKenna filed law...
Telecommuting security concerns grow
Telecommuting has become a way of life as more companies let employees work from home to do jobs that might otherwise be done on corporate premises. As a result, IT managers are adapting security policies to encompass home PCs.
Privacy rule compliance said to be diminishing
Three years after federal rules governing privacy of patients’ medical records went into effect, compliance seems to have declined, according to an annual survey conducted by the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA).
Report: Americans" Mobile Phones Becoming Transaction Devices
MANHASSET, N.Y. — As many as 25 million wireless phone subscribers in North America could be using their mobile phones as mobile wallets by 2011, according to a report by market research firm In-Stat. In-Stat (Scottsdale, Ariz.) reported that unl...
Gartner Analyst Downplays Apple Boot Camp Security Issue
Don"t worry about Boot Camp exposing Apple Computer Inc."s operating system to malware, viruses and worms, says a Gartner Inc. analyst who insists Apple"s move to Intel processors will not expose the system to security vulnerabilities, at least not today.
Feds Still Struggle With Sharing Terrorism Data, GAO Says
More than four years after the September 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. government still lacks adequate policies and procedures for sharing sensitive and terrorism-related information, according to a Government Accountability Office report issued today.