BofA Breach: 'A Big, Scary Story'

BofA Breach: 'A Big, Scary Story'


BofA Breach: 'A Big, Scary Story'

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InfoSec News: BofA Breach: 'A Big, Scary Story': http://www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=3673
By Tracy Kitten Managing Editor Bank Info Security May 25, 2011
An internal breach at U.S. financial giant Bank of America shows how some corporations do not focus enough attention on mitigating internal fraud risks. [...]

DHS plans expansion of cybersecurity workforce

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InfoSec News: DHS plans expansion of cybersecurity workforce: http://www.federaltimes.com/article/20110524/IT03/105240302/1018/DEPARTMENTS
By NICOLE BLAKE JOHNSON Federal Times May 24, 2011
The Department of Homeland Security plans to grow its cybersecurity workforce by more than 50 percent, as lawmakers and the White House work [...]

Military set to lead on US domestic cyber-security

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InfoSec News: Military set to lead on US domestic cyber-security: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/25/pentagon_lead_us_cyber_security/
By Lewis Page The Register 25th May 2011
The US military will play a leading role in defending homeland America from cyber attacks, and this will include providing cybersecurity to key infrastructure on US soil. [...]

Apple iPhone encryption cracked by Russian firm

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InfoSec News: Apple iPhone encryption cracked by Russian firm: http://news.techworld.com/security/3282137/apple-iphone-encryption-cracked-by-russian-firm/
By John E. Dunn Techworld.com 25 May 11
Having cracked Apple iPhone backups last year, Russian security company ElcomSoft appears to have found a reliable way to beat the layered [...]

Sony Begins Providing ID Theft Protection for PlayStation Hack

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InfoSec News: Sony Begins Providing ID Theft Protection for PlayStation Hack: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385909,00.asp
By Mark Hachman PCMag.com May 25, 2011
Sony has begun sending out formal emails advising users of its PlayStation Network how to sign up for the identity theft protection services it said it would offer customers. [...]

New hack on Comodo reseller exposes private data

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InfoSec News: New hack on Comodo reseller exposes private data: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/05/24/comodo_reseller_hacked/
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco The Register 24th May 2011
Yet another official reseller of SSL certificate authority Comodo has suffered a security breach that allowed attackers to gain unauthorized access to data. [...]

Businesses most at risk from Web hackers

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InfoSec News: Businesses most at risk from Web hackers: http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/technology/2011-05-22-cnbc-businesses-at-risk-of-hacking_n.htm
By Peter Suciu CNBC.com May 24, 2011
Career criminal Willie Sutton is credited with saying that he robbed banks, "because that's where the money is," and while Sutton later [...]

Dimension Data finds vulnerabilities on Cisco devices

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InfoSec News: Dimension Data finds vulnerabilities on Cisco devices: http://news.techworld.com/security/3281833/dimension-data-finds-vulnerabilities-on-cisco-devices/
By John E. Dunn Techworld.com 24 May 11
Large numbers of companies using Cisco network equipment are still vulnerable to a single security vulnerability flaw nearly two years [...]

Attackers Step Away From Mainstream, Target Lesser-Known Apps

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InfoSec News: Attackers Step Away From Mainstream, Target Lesser-Known Apps: http://www.darkreading.com/advanced-threats/167901091/security/application-security/229625502/attackers-step-away-from-mainstream-target-lesser-known-apps.html
By Robert Lemos Contributing Writer Dark Reading May 24, 2011
Microsoft has Patch Tuesday. [...]

Sony says hacker stole 2,000 records from Canadian site

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InfoSec News: Sony says hacker stole 2,000 records from Canadian site: http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9217028/Sony_says_hacker_stole_2_000_records_from_Canadian_site
By Robert McMillan IDG News Service May 24, 2011
The problems keep coming for Sony. On Tuesday the company confirmed that someone had hacked into its website and stolen about 2,000 customer [...]

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