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1. Rapper Snoop Dogg joins cybercrime fight

   Explore Article Federal Computer Week (1 hour, 32 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 (5 hours, 7 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 (5 hours, 11 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, 32 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. Faculty, staff ID threatened

   Explore Article " + artTitle.replace(" (6 hours, 13 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)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Arkansas

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

   Explore Article Home | Oye! Times (6 hours, 14 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 (6 hours, 17 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. Patient data lost with stolen laptop

   Explore Article BCLocalNews.com (6 hours, 23 min 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)
   

   Comment on Article Mentions:   Equifax

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

   Explore Article CSO Online (6 hours, 24 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

10. Heartland, Discover Settle for $5 Million

    Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (21 hours, 15 min ago) Data Breach , ID Theft Prevention

    Last Breach-Related Settlement with Payment Card BrandHeartland Payment Systems has reached a settlement agreement with Discover Financial Services (DFS) related to its 2008 data breach. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Heartland Payment Systems   Visa   Albert Gonzalez

11. Heartland Payment, Discover settle data breach claims

    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)
    

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

12. 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

13. 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

14. How to Protect Consumers from ID Theft

    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)
    

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15. 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

16. Laptop theft results in data breach for P.K. Yonge employees, students

    Explore Article University of Florida News (Sep 1 2010) Higher Ed , Lastest Data Breaches

    The personal information of more than 8,300 current and former students and employees of P.K. Yonge Development Research School was on a laptop computer stolen last month. P.K. Yonge is a kindergarten-through-grade-12 laboratory school affiliated with University of Florida’s College of Education. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Gainesville   Florida   California

17. Bad network configurations a top data breach threat, survey reveals

    Explore Article ComputerWeekly.com (Sep 1 2010) Corporate , Compliance

    Badly configured networks are one of the biggest causes of data breaches according to a majority of IT security professionals. Some 76% of IT professionals polled at the Defcon 18 hacking conference in Las Vegas said badly configured networks are the easiest IT resource to exploit. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Las Vegas

18. 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

19. Cybercrime Still a Major Concern

    Explore Article Market research & statistics (Sep 1 2010) Consumer , ID Theft Prevention

    Behavioral targeting and social media privacy get the attention of the digital industry, but many consumers are worried about more basic forms of online security, including viruses and identity theft. (Read Full Article)
    

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20. Retirees vent fury over leak of data; Year of credit monitoring not enough, they say

    Explore Article delawareonline.com (Sep 1 2010) Government , Compliance , Lastest Data Breaches

    Angry state pensioners swamped Aon Consulting's phone lines Tuesday after opening their mailboxes and finding letters informing them that the benefits consultant had inadvertently posted their Social Security numbers and other personal information on the Web. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Aon   Newark   Office of Management and Budget

21. 8,300 Names, Social Security numbers and some Florida driver’s license numbers stolen from laptop in rental car

    Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Aug 31 2010) Consumer , Lastest Data Breaches

    P.K. Yonge Developmental Research School data loss incident circa 2010-08-31 (Read Full Article)
    

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22. ID Theft: Courts Cracking Down

    Explore Article bankinfosecurity.com (Aug 31 2010) ID Theft Prevention

    Ex-Prosecutor Says Courts Are Sending Message to HackersInterview with Kim Peretti of Pricewaterhouse Coopers: Are the courts taking a more severe sentencing approach to cybercrimes related to identity theft? (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Albert Gonzalez   Tracy Kitten   Department of Justice

23. Delaware state retiree data breached

    Explore Article delawareonline.com (Aug 31 2010) Government , Compliance , Lastest Data Breaches

    In a data breach that one security expert said could be worth millions of dollars to scam artists, Aon Consulting, the state's benefits consultant, inadvertently posted personal information of about 22,000 state retirees on the Web, potentially exposing them to identity theft for the rest of their lives. (Read Full Article)
    

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Delaware   Aon   Health Insurance Portability

24. State consultant posts names, dates of birth and Social Security numbers of 22,000 on website

    Explore Article OSF Data Loss Database (Aug 30 2010) Consumer , Lastest Data Breaches

    Aon Consulting data loss incident circa 2010-08-30 (Read Full Article)
    

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