Eric B. Parizo reports: A panel of healthcare security leaders say increasing pressure from users and management to allow access to social networking and Web 2.0 technologies is raising new concerns about keeping their IT environments secure. The discussion at RSA Conference 2010 offered a unique look at decisions faced by security directors charged with…
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Possible vendor’s breach may explain some BlackHat attendees being spammed
The following is cross-posted from PogoWasRight.org: Earlier this week, PogoWasRight.org was contacted by an individual who reported that after attending BlackHat 2009, he recently started receiving spam at a unique e-mail address he had created specifically for Breach Security. After receiving spam, he contacted them to change the e-mail address to another unique e-mail address,…
Ie: Dead women's names circulated for research
The HSE has been blamed for giving the names of dead women to a high profile cancer research project, an Argus investigation can reveal. The research, which is being funded by the Irish Cancer Society, and conducted by academics at DCU’s School of Nursing, has been ongoing for a number of months. The names of…
Ie: Computers with sensitive data stolen from medical centre
Gardaà and the HSE are investigating the theft of 15 laptops from a medical centre in Roscommon town during the weekend. The HSE says the computers were stolen during a break-in at the Roscommon Primary Care Centre. Thirteen of the laptops were encrypted to safeguard the information they contained, but the remaining two were not….
Pointer: Commentaries on Merrick Bank v. Savvis
Last week, people started talking about a lawsuit first filed last year by Merrick Bank against Savvis Inc. The basis for the suit is that when Savvis audited CardSystems Solutions for compliance with the CISP security standards of the time, they gave them a clean bill of health. Merrick sued them after the breach, and…
Ie: 3,000 email accounts compromised by hackers
Conall O Fátharta of Irish Examiner reports: Up to 3,000 Irish people have had their email accounts compromised by international hackers, it has emerged. The hackers managed to access the private emails of thousands of individuals whose details were then put on an Arabic website. A number of Irish banking institutions, county councils, universities, the…