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$12.6 million spent so far to respond to Heartland breach

May 08, 2009

The chief executive of Heartland Payment Systems said Thursday that the payment processor so far has spent $12.6 million in responding to the massive data breach that was announced in January.
 

Bogus versions of Microsoft Windows 7 infected with malware

May 08, 2009

The final release candidate for Microsoft's newest version of Windows was made available Tuesday, and already infected pirated versions of the software are making the rounds.
 

NERC president: Emergency cybersecurity help needed

May 08, 2009

Efforts of the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) to secure the nation's power grid against cyberthreats cannot substitute for additional emergency authority at the federal level, urged Richard Sergel, president and CEO of NERC, in testimony during a Senate hearing on cybersecurity Tuesday.
 

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Report: Web app hacks can invade air traffic control systems

May 07, 2009

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Thursday shot down a U.S. Department of Transportation report that its air traffic control (ATC) systems have been compromised because of insecure web applications -- but the agency agreed with the report's call for better security.
 

U.S. missile defense information found in disk bought on eBay

May 07, 2009

A hard disk containing the launch procedures for a U.S. military missile defense system was recently purchased on eBay.
 

Computer bot profusion swells dramatically

May 06, 2009

In the past three months, twelve million new computers have joined botnets worldwide.
 

Mass. police snooped on celebrities' records

May 06, 2009

Massachusetts law enforcement personnel tapped into the state criminal records database and inappropriately viewed the personal records of celebrities on dozens of occasions, according to a state audit released Tuesday.
 

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