HP: Enterprises struggling with privacy management
Enterprises are under increasing pressure to safeguard the privacy and security of personal data, but the complexity of the task is making it difficult to meet higher expectations, an HP project manager said Tuesday.
Terrorists: Web Chatter Shows Concern About Internet Privacy (Groups Advise Members on Anonymity, Avoiding Intercepts)
Terrorist groups, which for years have used the Internet and its various tools to organize and communicate, are paying more attention to addressing security and privacy concerns similar to those of other Web users, counterterrorism experts say.
Australian researchers confirm RFID DoS attacks
Researchers at Edith Cowan University have proven Generation One Radio Frequency Identification tags can be breached to cause a denial-of-service attack on the tags, using cheap store-bought radio transmitters.
Europe"s domain registry being hijacked, GoDaddy says
The registry for the new .eu domain has booked 1.4 million Web addresses since Friday morning - but one registrar has accused the group that runs it of inept organization, allowing companies to cheat the system by setting up bogus registrars to work on the...
Oracle Server flaw sparks warning
A software security expert warned users of Oracle Server that a software flaw could allow any user to read, modify, and delete data used by Oracle applications; he also says that Oracle may have unwittingly shown hackers how to exploit the previously unkno...
New Zealand sites vulnerable to Google hacking
"Google hacking" is on the rise, according to a study by masters student Natalia Nehring and Ellen Rose, senior lecturer at the Institute of Information and Mathematical Sciences at Massey University. The term refers to online attacks that use search eng...
Breach Exposes Ross-Simons Credit Card Information (Breach Affects Only Private Label Account Applicants)
Rhode Island retailer Ross-Simons said the personal information of thousands of credit card applicants may have been compromised. NBC 10 Consumer Reporter Audrey Laganas reported that about 32,000 accounts were potentially at risk. All of the accounts bel...