Forensics
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Forensics 'critical' in enterprise security
News The ability to conduct deeper analyses on compromised machines will aid security policies and procedures of businesses, says former FBI forensics expert.
Tags: Data security, PC security, Security, Business security, Forensics, Training, FBI, Guidance Software, Tool, enterprise security
Corporate data too lucrative not to mine
News About 285 million e-records were compromised in 90 breaches globally last year, reveals new report, though many incidents could have been easily avoided.
Tags: Data security, Network security, Security Management, PC security, Business security, Security, Breach, Verizon Communications Inc., Asia, Attack
As crunch bites, don't neglect the logs
Insight Managing log files may seem like a mundane issue but doing it well tightens data security and boosts compliance efforts, says Quocirca analyst.
Tags: Business security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Data security, Security, Organization, Electronics, PCI, Fran Howarth, compliance
UK police enlists artificial intelligence in fight against crime
News Artificial intelligence will potentially be used in Web counter-terrorism surveillance, fighting Internet fraud, masking identities online and data mining.
Tags: Security, Forensics, Database, Cloud Computing, Computer, Artificial Intelligence, Silicon.com, U.K., network, knowledge
Still no arrests from Aust police raid
News Raid carried out by the Australian Federal Police on a Melbourne homeowner suspected of attempting to obtain credit card details via an online forum, has not yielded any arrests or charges.
Tags: Hacking, Authentication and encryption, Arrest, Spokesperson, Storage, RAID, computer, Melbourne, ABC Inc., credit card
Businesses urged to devise digital-forensics plans
News A report from the Information Assurance Advisory Council says, businesses need to have a forensics strategy to support their position in legal proceedings.
Tags: Security Management, Business security, Disaster Recovery, Evidence, Security, Organization, Disaster Recovery Planning, London School of Economics, Computer, professor
BCS thinktank to help protect 2012 Olympics
News A new British Computer Society group will focus on cybercrime forensics, training and evidence, and will work with the police to counter possible IT security threats to London 2012.
Tags: Hacking, PC security, Conference, Cybercrime, Training, software tool, chairman, U.K., Internet, Olympic Games
Study: Click fraud closed 2008 at all-time high
News Click Forensics concludes that bogus clicks on online advertisements rose to 17.1 percent for the fourth quarter, driven increasingly by botnets.
Tags: Advertising, Click Fraud, Google Inc., Google AdSense, Yahoo! Inc., Computer, Advertisement, News.com, knowledge, blog
Expert: iPhone 3GS crypto is easily cracked
News Encryption functionality of the iPhone 3GS is essentially "broken" in protecting sensitive personal data such as credit card numbers, says forensics expert and iPhone developer.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Applications and tools, Network security, Apple Inc., Video, social security number, Social Security, financial, Apple iPhone, credit card
Hacked ATMs let criminals steal cash, PINs
News Malicious software has been found on Eastern European ATMs that allows criminals to steal account data and PINs and even empty the machine of its cash, a computer forensics expert said.
Tags: Hacking, Antivirus software, ATM, Malware, Ukraine, Storage, Machine, Europe, computer, compliance
Network Solutions breach exposes nearly 600,000
News Company warns more than 4,000 merchants that data from transactions of nearly 600,000 credit cardholders was sent outside the company by malware on a server.
Tags: Data security, Authentication and encryption, Hacking, E-business, PCI, Server, e-mail, credit card, Web Site, Web
Juniper Networks pulls security talk from conferences
News Network infrastructure company cancels researcher's talk at Black Hat and Defcon about ATM insecurities after a vendor complains.
Tags: Network security, Hacking, Federal Government, Business applications, ATM, Security, Conference, Cisco Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc., E-book
Why Wikipedia block went wrong
Insight newsmaker Internet Watch Foundation chief Peter Robbins talks about self-regulation and the 'Scorpions' blocking incident that disrupted Wikipedia.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Data Management, List, Image, Wikipedia, independent auditor, Block List, U.K.
Q&A: FBI agent looks back on time posing as a cybercriminal
News J. Keith Mularski talks about the two years he spent posing as a "carder" in the Dark Market sting and the lengths he went to keeping up appearances.
Tags: Spam and phishing, Viruses and worms, Legal, FBI, IP, Spammer, IP Address, Server, phone, agent
Experts: Take computer forensics seriously
News Businesses warned that "dusting for prints" after a security crisis is a must if threats are to be contained.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Security
