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Digital Download - Deflecting data theft, sponsored by netForensics

Date: Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Time: 2:00 p.m. EST/11:00 a.m. PST

A huge issue for all organizations today is the threat of data theft or exposure. In the January issue, the SC Magazine Data Breach Survey revealed just some of the issues surrounding the growing problem of data exposure. We talk to experts about this problem and find out what areas of their information security programs the C-level suite can improve upon to help deflect data thieves.

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Howard A. Schmidt, president and CEO, R & H Security Consulting LLC
Rich Baich, principal, Deloitte & Touche LLP

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Latest News

Symantec: Network availability top concern for IT managers

February 01, 2008

Symantec's second IT Risk Management Report indicates that concerns about network availability have become foremost in the minds of those responsible for managing enterprise networks.
 

Critical flaw in image uploader used by Facebook, MySpace

February 01, 2008

Symantec has warned that a critical flaw in the ActiveX control of image uploaders that have been widely distributed to users of popular social networking sites Facebook and MySpace can be exploited by hackers to install malicious code on users' computers.
 

Malicious banner ads appear on Expedia, Rhapsody sites

February 01, 2008

Malicious banner advertisements delivering malware have appeared on two popular websites, travel planning site Expedia.com and music-download site Rhapsody.com.
 

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Internet outages overseas prompt business continuity awareness

January 31, 2008

Major internet disruptions occurring today across the Middle East and parts of Asia and Africa after two undersea cables were sliced should prompt global businesses of all sizes to review their business continuity and disaster recovery strategies, experts said today.
 

FTC asks judge to hold alleged MySpace phishers in contempt

January 31, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is asking a U.S. District Court judge to hold two alleged MySpace phishers in contempt of court after the pair were found to be violating a prior agreement with the agency.
 

Spammers plead guilty to "419" scams that netted $1.2 million

January 31, 2008

Three men pleaded guilty this week in New York to running get-rich-quick spam schemes - including a scam where one of the men claimed to have terminal throat cancer - targeting email users.
 

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Hackers breach Davidson Companies client database

January 31, 2008

The Davidson Companies, a Montana-based financial services firm, said this week that one of its databases, which contains the names and Social Security numbers of 226,000 current and past clients, has been illegally accessed "by a third party through a sophisticated network intrusion."
 

Mozilla announces fix for Firefox protocol handler flaw

January 30, 2008

Mozilla on Wednesday pushed out a fix for a Firefox vulnerability that could be exploited to steal cookies and session history.
 

Horizon 300,000 members unencrypted data on stolen laptop

January 30, 2008

Horizon Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Jersey has notified more than 300,000 of its members that their personal information -- including Social Security numbers -- was contained in a laptop stolen in Newark earlier this month.
 

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