NYPD detective accused of hiring email hackers
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Edwin Vargas, a detective with the New York City Police Department, has been arrested on Tuesday for computer hacking crimes.
Aurora attackers were looking for Google's surveillance database
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Hackers have accessed a database containing information about court-issued surveillance orders that enabled law enforcement agencies to monitor email accounts.
U.S. DOJ accuses journalist of espionage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | James Rosen, the chief Washington correspondent for Fox News, is possibly getting jailed for simply doing his job.
A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.
Jailed hacker designs device to thwart ATM card skimming
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A hacker that has been jailed for his involvement with a criminal gang that planted ATM skimmers and stole card information has designed a new device aimed at preventing the very same type of theft.
Spotlight
Is it time to professionalize information security?
Posted on 23 May 2013. | The issue of whether or not information security professionals should be licensed to practice has already been the topic of many a passionate debate.
Review: Logging and Log Management
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Every security practitioner should be aware of the overwhelming advantages of logging and perusing logs for discovering system intrusions. But logging and log management comes with its own set of difficulties.
Experts highlight top data breach vulnerabilities
Posted on 22 May 2013. | Hidden vulnerabilities lie in everyday activities that can expose personal information and lead to data breach, including buying gas with a credit card or wearing a pacemaker.
A closer look at Mega cloud storage
Posted on 21 May 2013. | Once a novelty, nowadays many cloud storage services are fighting for their piece of the market in the virtual world. Mega offers 50GB of free space with great pricing on Pro accounts.
The CSO perspective on healthcare security and compliance
Posted on 20 May 2013. | Randall Gamby is the CSO of the Medicaid Information Service Center of New York. In this interview he discusses healthcare security and compliance challenges and offers a variety of tips.
