IDG News Service - The U.S. government lost a bid on Thursday to withhold some evidence in advance of the extradition hearing for four Megaupload defendants charged with criminal copyright infringement. The U.S. had asked for a judicial ...
Tags: Megaupload, Evidence, U.S.government
Next month the National Institute of Standards and Technology(NIST)plans to put out for public review its draft for a new government encryption standard that,when finalized,is going to compel federal agencies with older websites to replace ...
Tags: NIST, EV certificates, encryption standard, TLS, PIV
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has fined Torbay Care Trust (TCT) £175,000 for a data breach it said was "entirely avoidable". The Trust, based in Devon, had published "sensitive details" of over 1,000 employees on its ...
Despite a years-long upgrade of Australia's payment systems, fraudsters are still profiting, leaving a questionable record for a vast program to equip debit and credit cards with new security features. For several years, Australia has ...
Tags: Australia, payment system, Cybercrime, EMV payment card
IDG News Service-The U.S.House of Representatives voted late Thursday to send a message to the United Nations'International Telecommunication Union that the Internet doesn't need new international regulations.The vote was unanimous:414-0. ...
Tags: U.S., Internet, ITU, international regulations
The U.S. government will try to persuade other nations to abandon proposals to regulate the Internet at an upcoming United Nations treaty-writing conference by showing them the success of open markets, the U.S. ambassador to the conference ...
Tags: ITU Meeting, ITU World Conference, International Telecommunications
Nearly a quarter of the world's banks were hit by security breaches in the past year, a study shows. Top threats include vulnerabilities in mobile technologies and social media, financial fraud and "hacktivist" groups, according to the ...
Tags: security breaches, social media, mobile technologies, security systems
Retail chip and PIN devices can be attacked easily,exposing banks,retailers and customers to fraud. Researchers from Basingstoke-based MWR InfoSecurity demonstrated at the 2012 Black Hat conference in Las Vegas that it is possible to ...
Tags: Retail chip and PIN devices, MWR Infosecurity, 2012 Black Hat, Las Vegas
Train operator Eurotunnel, which runs Le Shuttle, is using business analytics applications built with QlikView, to analyse data from its SAP system. QlikView is being used by the sales team to help Eurotunnel Le Shuttle understand its ...
Tags: Eurotunnel, business analytics applications, SAP system
PC Advisor-Cloud computing is currently one of the most talked about topics for many business,for a large percentage of whom it is the perfect solution.For a startup,low costs and simple entry are appealing features--while large corporates ...
Tags: Cloud computing, mid-market, security, data privacy, Small Business
Accident Insurance has struck a deal with GlobalOptions, pursuant to which latter will act as its Special Investigations Unit (SIU) provider. Under the terms of the agreement, GlobalOptions will prepare its fraud compliance reporting, ...
Tags: insurance, accident insurance, SIU, fraud compliance reporting
Huatai Property Insurance of China has selected FICO's insurance fraud protection solution to reduce losses from auto insurance claims fraud. FICO said that its predictive analytic models will help uncover fraud early in the process, ...
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A European Union funded project to investigate ways to improve the fight against gun crime has created a prototype using business analytics software from SAS. Sheffield Hallam University is coordinating the Project Odyssey programme.It ...
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A construction company in Maine may stand a greater chance of recovering some of the $345,000 it lost in fraudulent wire transfers that it blames on poor online banking practices of its bank. Patco Construction Company, based in Sanford, ...
Tags: online banking, transfer system, financial institutions, online security
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) will pay $3bn, which includes a $1bn criminal fine and forfeiture and $2bn to resolve civil claims, in fine and will plead guilty for promoting antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin for unapproved uses. The largest ...
Tags: antidepressant, criminal fine, civil claim, health care fraud