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Hacktivists leak info on undercover Montreal police officers
20.03.2013
The names, phone numbers and job titles of thousands of police officers and other employees of the Montreal police department (Service de police de la Ville de Montreal, or SPVM) have been made public in a Pastebin post signed by "The People." Posted by an anonymous users, the data has been sitting there since February 9, and is accompanied by a message protesting the brutality of the SPVM, Global News reported.
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Shortage of infosec pros equals frequent and costly data breaches
25.02.2013
(ISC)2 released the results of its sixth Global Information Security Workforce Study (GISWS).
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Anonymous hacks U.S. State Department and investment firm, leaks data
19.02.2013
Anonymous continues with its Operation Last Resort, and its latest targets were the websites of the U.S.
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U.S. Federal Reserve admits being breached by Anonymous
06.02.2013
U.S. Federal Reserve confirmed the breach of one of its internal websites by the hands of Anonymous hackers, but denied that the file containing personal information of over 4,000 U.S.
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Events that defined the European information security landscape in 2012
28.01.2013
The past 12 months have been, to say the least, an active time for the information security landscape in Europe.
Spotlight

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.

Cyber espionage campaign uses professionally-made malware
Posted on 20 May 2013. | A massive cyber espionage campaign has been hitting government ministries, IT companies, academic research institutions, and more.
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