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1. Rapper Snoop Dogg joins cybercrime fight

   Explore Article Federal Computer Week (1 hour, 10 min ago)

   Get ready to bust a rhyme against cyber crime with a contest cosponsored by Symantec's Norton and rapper Snoop Dogg. (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Los Angeles   Symantec   Michael Hardy

2. Apple Releases iTunes 10

   Explore Article us-cert.gov (4 hours, 45 min ago) ID Theft Prevention

   (added September 3, 2010) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Mac   Internal Revenue Service   Adobe

3. Google Releases Chrome 6.0.472.53

   Explore Article us-cert.gov (4 hours, 49 min ago) ID Theft Prevention

   (added September 3, 2010) A full-content feed is available at http://www.us-cert.gov/current/index.atom (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Mac   Internal Revenue Service   Adobe

4. 600 Patients' Data Stolen With Laptop

   Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (5 hours, 10 min ago) Consumer , Healthcare , Lastest Data Breaches

   Fraser Health Authority data loss incident circa 2010-09-02 (Read Full Article)
   

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5. What security can learn from the $15M Sprint employee breach

   Explore Article CSO Online (6 hours, 2 min ago) Corporate , Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

   Several former Sprint employees are charged with cloning customer information to make fraudulent phone calls. What researchers are learning about this type of insider breach (Read Full Article)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Tampa   CSO Magazine   Joan Goodchild

6. New phishing attacks with out of office and email change

   Explore Article Home | Oye! Times (5 hours, 52 min ago) ID Theft Prevention

   Clever new attacks simulate emails with moderate level of important information but no alarming key phrases. People started getting phony emails this week that attempt to establish contact through... (Read Full Article)
   

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7. KCI working to contain employee data breach

   Explore Article San Antonio News, Weather, Sports (5 hours, 55 min ago) Corporate , Lastest Data Breaches

   San Antonio-based Kinetic Concepts Inc. was offering credit monitoring and other identity-theft prevention services to its U.S. employees Thursday after an inadvertent e-mail containing an attachment listing employees' vital information was sent internally Wednesday, a KCI spokesman said Thursday. The e-mail's attachment listed names, addresses, dates of birth, Social Security numbers and salaries of the approximately 4,000 KCI employees in the United States... (Read Full Article)
   

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8. Faculty, staff ID threatened

   View all 3 articles » Explore Article " + artTitle.replace(" (5 hours, 51 min ago) Higher Ed , Lastest Data Breaches

   At 8:55 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 26 an e-mail containing the Social Security number, driver’s license number, and first and last name of 2,484 full and part-time ASU employees was sent to 144 ASU e-mail addresses. This information breach has raised concern among affected faculty, as identity theft becomes a risk when Social Security numbers a... (Read Full Article)
   

   School officials nervous about student identity theft - The Sun Journal  
   Universities Endanger Students' Privacy - esecurityplanet.com  
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Arkansas

9. Patient data lost with stolen laptop

   View all 3 articles » Explore Article BCLocalNews.com (6 hours, 1 minute ago) Healthcare , Lastest Data Breaches

   Fraser Health has informed 600 patients their personal information was compromised when an unencrypted laptop computer was stolen from Burnaby Hospital Aug. 21. (Read Full Article)
   

   Car thieves get personal data on Portland psychology patients, unemployed Oregonians - oregonlive.com  
   Doctor Alerts Patients After Laptop Swiped - kptv.com  
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Equifax

10. Heartland Payment, Discover settle data breach claims

    View all 3 articles » Explore Article Reuters.com (Sep 2 2010) Corporate , Compliance , Data Breach

    Credit and debit card processor Heartland Payment Systems (HPY.N) agreed to pay $5 million to Discover Financial Services (DFS.N) to settle data security breach claims and said this was the final agreement with a card brand related to a cyber theft in its systems in 2008. (Read Full Article)
    

    Heartland, Discover Settle for $5 Million - bankinfosecurity.com  
    Heartland Self-Inflicts More Data Breach Injuries - StorefrontBacktalk  
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Discover Financial Services   Albert Gonzalez   Heartland Payment Systems

11. Union pension mailer reveals recepient's Social Security numbers

    Explore Article stltoday.com (Sep 2 2010) Corporate , Lastest Data Breaches

    A local union pension fund sent mailers that included Social Security numbers of the recipients printed on the outside of the envelopes, according to members of the Carpenters District Council of Greater St. Louis and Vicinity who received the letter. The mailer states that there are more than 24,000 beneficiaries of the pension fund. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Illinois   Metro

12. Implementation of Red Flags Rule delayed until appeals court rules on lawsuit

    Explore Article Modern Medicine (Sep 2 2010) Corporate , Healthcare , Compliance

    Under intense pressure from numerous businesses and members of Congress, the FTC on May 28 delayed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule from the previous effective date of June 1, 2010, to Dec. 31. The latest action means that physician compliance likely will be delayed past that date. The extension until Dec. 31 was the fifth delay to which the ... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   FTC   Washington   Health Insurance Portability

13. Visa Raises The Bar For PA-DSS Applications And Vendors

    Explore Article StorefrontBacktalk (Sep 2 2010)

    PCI Columnist Walt Conway asks, do most retailers know that the people who wrote their payment applications have criminal records and that the reseller actually knows this? Also, do chains realize they can implement tokenization without paying for an expensive upgrade? Visa does, and the company spelled it all out in its recently issued Top 10 Best Practices for Payment Application Companies. This document should be required reading for retailers. Although it is aimed at software developers, resellers and system integrators, the document has just as much relevance for any merchant who uses a third-party payment application (which is just ... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Visa   Pci Dss   Walt Conway

14. How to Protect Consumers from ID Theft

    View all 5 articles » Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Sep 2 2010) Corporate , ID Theft Prevention

    Financial losses associated with account takeover and intercepted personal information not only adversely affect a consumer's relationship with his banking institution, but also can have a devastating impact on an institution's reputation and financial well-being. (Read Full Article)
    

    Almost 13 Million Records Breached in 2010…So Far - CIO - Blogs and Discussion  
    Bank of America Settles Data Theft Claims - dailyfinance.com  
    

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15. Top Seven Social Media Landmines

    Explore Article Infosec Island (Sep 1 2010) Consumer , Corporate , ID Theft Prevention

    Top Seven Social Media Landmines The basis for much of social media identity theft revolves around social engineering. When a profile claims to represent a certain person or brand, it is generally taken at face value. Lies propagated from such a credible source are likely to be taken as fact for quite a long time, if not indefinitely... (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Robert Siciliano

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