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 Data Theft

Data on 700K California home care workers, recipients lost

May 14, 2012

The personal information of home care workers and their elderly and disabled recipients may have been compromised when the storage device on which it was contained was lost in the mail.
 

News briefs: The latest news from Apple, Verizon and more

May 01, 2012

News briefs: The latest news from Apple, Verizon, CrowdStrike, FTC and more
 

More source code stolen, says Symantec

January 19, 2012

Symantec acknowledged this week that in addition to theft of source code for past versions of some if its security software, its own servers were breached in 2006.
 

Defense Department facing $4.9B lawsuit over breach

October 17, 2011

A suit contends that the defendants failed to properly encrypt data, then "intentionally, willfully and recklessly" allowed an untrained individual to access the information.
 

Trojan steals session IDs, bypasses logout requests

February 22, 2011

A new banking trojan targeting U.S. customers has the ability to keep online account sessions open after customers believe they have logged off, enabling criminals to surreptitiously steal money.
 

Social networks: Criminal enterprise, Part 1

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator November 16, 2010

Far from being Doctor Evil's Facebook page, social networks for criminals cover multiple facets of global crime. Should countering cybercrime be a goal of corporate business or is it merely a job for law enforcement?
 

Spy vs. spy: Competitive intelligence risks

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator November 16, 2010

When fiction meets reality: Competitive Intelligence and corporate interests merge with nation state espionage priorities targeting private sector industry.
 

Spy vs. spy: Laptop is the espionage goldmine

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator November 09, 2010

As the technical evaluator for more than 200 wireless developer partners, my laptop was an espionage goldmine and I knew it. So I made a point not to bring it.
 

Spy vs. Spy: Hotels and business travelers

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator November 09, 2010

Hotels are the spots where industrial spies used to crouch like lions around a waterhole on the business savannah. Do these old school threats still exist?
 

Spy vs. spy: Easy cell phone policy for corporate travelers

Charles Jeter, ESET cybercrime investigator November 08, 2010

With four billion mobile phones compared to one billion computers, cell phones remain a primary espionage target. You can eliminate most traveler-related cell phone risk with one step.
 

Spy vs. spy: Two traveler tools under $10

Charles Jeter, EST cybercrime investigator November 08, 2010

Counterintelligence: The new mission of IT departments everywhere? Lock down your business travelers for under $10.