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Facebook dev move won’t stop rogue apps, say researchers

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Dissent

Gregg Keizer reports: Security researchers today said Facebook’s new requirement that developers link legitimate accounts to their software won’t stop rogue applications from infecting its users with adware. On Wednesday, Facebook announced that it will now demand that developers verify a Facebook account to create new apps on the service. “We’re taking this step to…

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UK: Call for ban on physical transfer of digital files

Posted on June 4, 2010 by Dissent

Andrew Charlesworth reports: A complete ban on using physical media to transfer digital files has been called for in a recent report, which found that nearly one in five companies is still using couriers such as the postal system to send media containing large or sensitive files. This is despite the well-publicised data breach caused…

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Educational Security Incidents Year in Review – 2009

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Dissent

After a hiatus, Adam Dodge’s ESI blog is back, and Adam has published his analysis of education sector breaches in 2009. From his summary: The ESI Year in Review – 2009 examines all of the information security incidents occurring at colleges and universities around the world as reported in the news during 2009. The information…

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NV: School district denies illegal record disposal accusation

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Dissent

Stephanie Carroll reports: The Churchill County School District denied that student records are being disposed illegally, an allegation made recently by information protection professional Tom Considine during his radio show “Who Complys.” Considine said CCSD employees contacted him last year asking about proper disposal of student records, claiming the district dumps special education and psychological…

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Poll: Canadian businesses unconcerned about privacy breach risk

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Dissent

Most Canadian companies aren’t concerned about data breaches involving their customers’ personal information — even though these same companies report they are collecting and holding more personal information than ever before, according to the results of a poll released today. The poll conducted by EKOS for the Office of the Privacy Commissioner of Canada found…

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Asian firms can do more to protect data

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Dissent

Vivian Yeo reports: Despite greater awareness among businesses in Asia on the need to protect data assets, security breaches seem to be on the increase across the region over the past year. Claudio Scarabello, Verizon Business’ senior global product manager for security product marketing, said in an e-mail interview that data breach incidents appeared “to…

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