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May 02, 2012
According to an article on CIO.com, e-mail phishing scams (fraudulent attempts to steal personal or corporate information) have grown more sophisticated since they first began appearing in the 1990s. Initially, these e-mails were easy to spot, as they were frequently rife with misspelled words, poor grammar, and typos.
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May 02, 2012
According to a Computer World article, the Social Security numbers of more than 280,000 people were exposed after hackers exploited a configuration error at the authentication layer of the server that hosted the data. In this instance, the hackers were able to bypass the perimeter-, network-, and application-level security controls that were built to protect the system. Security analysts believe that this explanation is a veiled admission that the breached server was using a default administrative password or one that was easy to guess.
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May 02, 2012
In re Delta/AirTran Baggage Fee Antitrust Litigation, a class action lawsuit that accuses the air carriers of entering into a conspiracy in restraint of trade in violation of the Sherman Act in assessing first bag fees, the U.S. District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division made a significant ruling in February 2012 regarding the scope of the discovery related to the action.
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May 02, 2012
Recent violent weather in the United States has provided a reminder that organizations must not only prepare to protect their human capital, they must prepare to prevent the loss and destruction of their information assets.
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May 02, 2012
A panel of experts’ at a Chartis-sponsored event, Data Breaches, Coming to a Network Near You, in Toronto on April 11 pointed out that many data breaches relate to everyday carelessness with non-encrypted work data. According to a Canadian Underwriter article, panelists at the event stressed that companies need to do a better job of creating a “climate of security” in handling everyday sensitive work information that includes employee and client records.
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May 02, 2012
New Internet privacy requirements go into effect on May 26 in the United Kingdom (UK), and recent studies seem to indicate that many companies are not ready. The UK Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says the EU directive requires Internet sites to provide "clear and comprehensive" information about the use of cookies. A cookie, which is a small file that allows a site to recognize a visitor’s device, is the functionality that causes the privacy concerns.
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March 28, 2012
Kroll Ontrack outlined the recent case of Voom Holdings LLC v. EchoStar Satellite L.L.C and its significance relevant to the spoliation of electronically stored information (ESI). According to the article in Kroll Ontrack, on June 20, 2007, EchoStar’s counsel sent Voom a letter containing Voom’s express notice of breach of contract. In January 2008, EchoStar terminated the contract.
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March 28, 2012
Kroll Ontrack highlighted the recent court decision in the 2012 employment discrimination case Da Silva Moore, et. al., v. Publicis Groupe & MSL Group for its endorsement of predictive coding, the computer-assisted review of electronically stored information (ESI) to determine relevance of content . According to the Kroll Ontrack article, in predictive coding, an ESI system is trained through multiple search term iterations to code documents with various levels of relevance.
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March 28, 2012
An Australia-wide telephone survey of more than 1,100 people conducted by Mark Andrejevic, Ph.D., a research fellow from the University of Queensland’s Centre for Critical and Cultural Studies, showed that more than 90% of respondents support regulations that would allow them to control the capture and use of their personal information online.
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March 28, 2012
A study conducted by Scott Wright of Ottawa-based Security Perspectives Inc. and software security company Symantec revealed that 96% of those who found an “accidentally” dropped mobile phone attempted to look through its apps, photos, e-mail, and other things that were not password protected. And, according to an article in the Globe and Mail, only half of the finders attempted to return the phone.
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