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NASA loses laptop with sensitive data
In yet another instance of high-profile data loss, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced that a laptop containing unencrypted, sensitive data was stolen. Ahead of a final determination of the extent of the data exposure, NASA has warned its 300,000 employees and contractors to be extra cautious and that they may be
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VA puts its head in the Cloud
In what is being the called the largest migration to cloud services so far, the Department of Veteran Affairs has just inked a deal with Microsoft and HP Enterprise Services to move its 600k users to Microsoft’s cloudbased office productivity suite Office 365. The move is seen by many as further evidence of a significant
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Petraeus-Gate and Fallacy of Email Privacy
Apparently, even the (former) head of the CIA can fall victim to a security breach. General David Petraeus recently handed in his resignation as the leader of the US’s Central Intelligence Agency when his extra-marital affair surfaced through an investigation led by the CIA’s own sister agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation. What’s interesting is
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The Most Devastating Cyberattack You Never Heard About
In August of this year, one of the world’s largest oil producers, Saudi Aramco, was targeted in a cyberattack that crippled tens of thousands of its computers. Despite the apparent success of the attack and the impact this would have had on the company’s operations, oil production did not falter, and the global economy continued
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Go to Denmark for the Safest Computing
Kaspersky Labs just released their quarterly threat report for Q3 2012, and it’s dry reading for most folks not fascinated by IT security as I am. There are some notable trends that their research has surfaced, and I thought you might find some of these data points interesting: You are least likely to be infected
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Malware Apps for Android on the Rise
According to analyst IDC, Android-based smartphones account for three out of every 4 phones sold worldwide in Q3 2012. As anticipated, this expansion of the market has also prompted a surge in fraudulent apps being developed and installed on phones. Security firm F-Secure reports a 10X increase in the number of distinct malware apps detected
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