Security

Senate Committee Thursday Takes Up Changing To Electronic Communications Privacy Act Of 1986

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  On Thursday, a Senate committee considers changes to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, the law that regulates how the government can monitor digital communications. 

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Four Months After Getting Hacked, Wired Reporter Matt Honan Says Passwords Are Dead; Honan’s Sensational And Scary But Detailed And Accurate Account

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Last summer Wired senior writer Matt Honan became news after hackers hijacked his online life, taking over his Google, Twitter and, worst of all, AppleID. In under an hour, Hackers erased all data on his MacBook hard drive, iPad and iPhone. The epic social engineering hack was the best thing that could ever happen to his career. Honan took his digital violation personally and carefully documented how he was victimized, leading to security policy changes at Apple and Amazon. Now, four months after being hacked, Honan reports that passwords are quickly becoming obsolete as a standalone security

If You Outsource IT, Be Sure Your Vendor Knows The Financial Services Business

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) fined former executives of a broker dealer $55,000 for breaching client privacy.  Two of the former executives were each fined $20,000 for violating customer privacy rules by transferring customer records to another firm, while the third individual was fined $15,000 for failing to ensure the firm’s policies and procedures were designed to safeguard confidential customer information.

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We Found This New Software That Fixes Everything On Your Computer!

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Sorry but this software doesn’t exist yet.  The truth is this is no joking matter; cybercriminals are using the emotions of your computer to see that it is having a problem to scam you.  There has been an increase in cybercriminals using pop ups claiming to have software that will “fix” your computer.  The reality is they are just trying to get your money and your personal data. 

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Beware The Next Trend Of Information Theft Is In The Palm Of Your Hands

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There are many things you can do to protect your phone and the information on it.

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