Phil Benson reports: A former technology expert and telecommunications director at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office has been indicted on charges of computer tampering and identity theft. A Maricopa County Grand Jury handed up an indictment against Robert Rampy late last Friday on 14 assorted felony charges. The indictment alleged Rampy wrongfully released and accessed…
BofA anticipates biometric ID with ATM security patent application
Bank of America has applied for an ATM patent (U.S. Patent Application No. 20130264384) that would connect the ATM to external authentication capabilities such as a fingerprint scanner. Read more of the details from the patent application on atm marketplace. Thanks to Joe Cadillic for this link.
The Ramifications of a Security Breach
Another survey. Scott Koller writes: From hackers to stolen laptops, security breaches have been on the rise. While most businesses are aware of the dangers associated with potential security breaches, few truly understand the full ramifications. Calculating the time and money spent on investigations and notifications is fairly straight forward but measuring the damage to…
vBulletin.com Hacked, Customer Data Stolen
Mathew J. Schwartz reports: Are all recent versions of the vBulletin online forum software vulnerable to a zero-day exploit that would give attackers full access to the targeted system? That’s the claim being made by European hacking group “Inj3ct0r Team,” which Thursday took to Facebook to take credit for recently hacking, not only Macrumors.com, but also vBulletin.com,…
GA: Medical records scattered across Gwinnett County road
Tony Thomas reports: Thousands of pages of medical documents containing confidential information are back in the control of a local hospital after being dumped across a busy Gwinnett County road. […] Officials confirm the papers came from Eastside Medical Center in Snellville. A hospital spokeswoman tells Thomas the papers were taken by a vendor to…
GA: Hundreds of documents with personal info found along Jonesboro intersection
Ashley Swann reports: Some local residents and business owners are on high alert after hundreds of personal documents were found scattered in the middle of a busy Jonesboro intersection. Channel 2’s Ashley Swann spoke with a man who went to help clean up the mess. “We’ve got everything from loan applications to balance sheets, to…