EMPLOYERS STRUGGLE TO KEEP EMPLOYEES’ MOBILE DEVICES SECURE
With the rise of personal mobile devices, a growing number of enterprises have scrapped the homogeneity mandate: instead of requiring…
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DIRECTOR OF NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE SAYS NEED SEARCH ENGINE FOR HOMELAND SECURITY
Defense Intelligence Undersecretary James Clapper impressed lawmakers during his confirmation hearing to become director of national intelligence (DNI) Tuesday, while…
Read More →MARYLAND DEPT. OF HUMAN RESOURCES EMPLOYEE POSTS SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS ON WEBSITE
A Maryland Department of Human Resources employee was placed on administrative leave after posting the Social Security numbers and other…
Read More →HOSPITAL BACK UP TAPES LOST – CONTAINED 800,000 PATIENTS PERSONAL INFORMATION
BOSTON — Back-up computer files containing personal, health and financial information of thousands affiliated with South Shore Hospital may have…
Read More →DATA SECURITY SPECIALISTS DUPED BY FEMME FATALE
Robin Sage, according to her profiles on Facebook and other social-networking websites, was an attractive, flirtatious 25-year-old woman working as…
Read More →GULF COAST PROPERTY VALUES DECLINE AFTER BP OIL SPILL
The Gulf Coast oil spill may decrease property values by 10% for at least the next three years, according to CoStar Group Inc. …
Read More →THEPIRATEBAY.ORG DATA LOSS EXPOSES MILLIONS OF USERS PERSONAL INFORMATION
Security weaknesses in the hugely popular file-sharing Web site thepiratebay.org have exposed the user names, e-mail and Internet addresses of…
Read More →MEDICARE FRAUD LAWSUIT SETTLED FOR $3.6 MILLION
A $3.6 million settlement has been reached in a lawsuit filed against a California heart monitoring that allegedly defrauded Medicare,…
Read More →WHISTLEBLOWER FILES MEDICARE FRAUD LAWSUIT
A whistleblower lawsuit has been filed against Rush University Medical Center in Chicago and six surgeons that work there, alleging…
Read More →DENTAQUEST LAPTOP THEFT EXPOSES PATIENTS’ SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
A dental benefits manager for multiple government programs in the U.S. has declined to identify the number of Bradley County…
Read More →BP SETTLES LAWSUIT OVER OIL BURNS
Oil giant British Petroleum has agreed to a settlement with a group of environmentalists that accused the company of possibly…
Read More →RIGHT TO FREE CREDIT REPORT – DON’T BE SCAMMED!
Federal law provides consumers with the right to receive their free credit report (annual file disclosure) from all three nationwide consumer reporting…
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