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Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 22/02/2010 | 3295 views

The 6.75 Million Dollar Laptop

Dan Yost Chief Technology Officer of MyLaptopGPS brought attention to the Ponemon Institute, with sponsorship from PGP, has released their “Fifth Annual U.S. Cost of Data Breach Study.” As usual, the report is a treasure trove of great data (just like most people’s laptops are). The average cost per breached data record rose $2 i... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 20/02/2010 | 2536 views

The State of Information Security Sucks

The sheer volume of potential targets coupled with the vast amounts of money to be made has captured the attention of the global criminal hacking community. Enterprise networks are becoming hardened and they are still vulnerable. Some are being penetrated directly while others are accessed through 3rd parities such as their clients or end users. U... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 17/02/2010 | 2979 views

Diploma Mills Facilitate Identity Theft

Diploma mills were born along with elearning institutions who are actually legitimate and accredited bodies. Degrees and diplomas issued by diploma mills are frequently used for fraudulent purposes, such as obtaining employment, promotions, raises, or bonuses on false pretenses. They can also be used as a form of fake ID when posing as someone else... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 17/02/2010 | 2431 views

mCrimes Morph Into mBotnets

Botnets are robot networks of computers connected to the Internet that sit in our homes and offices. A botnet is generally banks of multiple PC’s from the 10’s to 10,000’s to millions. There are no hard numbers on botnets but last figure I saw was somewhere between 3-5 million. Another stat is 25 percent of all US based PC’s... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation

Robert Siciliano - IDTheftSecurity.com - Boston | 14/02/2010 | 2502 views | 2 comments

Citizens Need to be More Involved in Cybersecurity

In the University of Cincinnati’s Journal of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, the authors write “The general population must be engaged as active security providers, not simply beneficiaries of security policy, because their practices often create the threats to which government responds.” Somebody is saying to take per... Tags: Security, Risk & regulation