This article from the Winnipeg Free Press discusses how everyone may play an unwitting role in cyber spy attempts to do damage.
Consumers are also vulnerable, said Parry Aftab, chairwoman of anti-virus software maker McAfee’s consumer advisory board.
Software on their computers may allow others to steal information, she said.
“Many of us who may casually download pictures [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘cyber security’
May 28, 2009
Loose flops since ships
February 13, 2009
Internet Privacy – FTC worried self regulation not working
Lots of tangents from the story on new FTC study on industry policing and advertising their privacy policies:
FTC has two votes for regulation or legislation (doubts cast upon self regulation as a tool – public failure)
Study thinks companies make the information regarding their privacy policies too difficulty for the average person to find/comprehend (market failure [...]
January 23, 2009
DHS – Additional Cyber Security Directives
From DHS today:
Cyber Security. Given the increasingly sophisticated number of threats to all areas of national cyberspace and considering the authorities provided by the Homeland Security Act, the Post-Katrina Emergency Management Reform Act, and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 23/National Security Presidential Directive 54, what are the authorities and responsibilities of DHS for the protection of [...]
January 21, 2009
Cyber Security – Current Policies Not working
An update to the Heartland breach:
The Heartland breach also showed that in spite of the adoption of more stringent standards and tougher oversight by banks and credit card companies, consumers are still vulnerable. All this is happening after credit card companies and merchants spent over $2 billion on establishing the Payment Card Industry standards, Ms. [...]
January 20, 2009
Security Breaches — Whither policy can reduce?
This post by the Post needs unpacking…
A data breach last year at Princeton, N.J., payment processor Heartland Payment Systems may have led to the theft of more than 100 million credit and debit card accounts, the company said today.
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The Heartland disclosure follows a year of similar breach disclosures at several major U.S. cards processors. On [...]
