Many IT folks think snooping is on the rise at their companies. They may know best since they’re the ones doing some of the snooping, at least according to survey results released Wednesday by Cyber-Ark.
To put together its fourth annual “Trust, Security and Passwords” (PDF) survey, security vendor Cyber-Ark said it questioned more than 400 IT professionals across the U.S. and the U.K., mostly from enterprise-size businesses.
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Businesses snooped on by ex-employees, IT staff
July 8th, 2010Government Devotes More Brainpower And Money To Cybersecurity
June 22nd, 2010Cybersecurity, fast becoming Washington’s growth industry of choice, appears to be in line for a multibillion-dollar injection of federal research dollars, according to a senior intelligence official. Read more here!
Privacy Doesn t Matter To Kids Engaging In Risky Online Behaviors
June 22nd, 2010Girls make themselves targets more often than boys: 32% of the girl respondents indicated they chat with strangers online vs. 24% of boy respondents. “This report is a wake-up call to the real dangers our teens face when they make themselves vulnerable online,” says Tracy Mooney! Read More Here…
Is your privacy secure online? There s no way to tell
June 8th, 2010Long before Facebook got blamed for turning the concept of online privacy into a sick joke, I could tell that the Internet was going to make the control of one’s personal information a challenge. Read more…
Facebook, MySpace Caught Releasing User Data
June 3rd, 2010In a seemingly never-ending string of damaging disclosures about its users’ privacy concerns, Facebook has reportedly been releasing user data to ad companies that hadn’t even asked for the info.
Facebook isn’t alone this time: rival social-media site MySpace has also been called out in Friday’s Wall Street Journal report by Emily Steel and Jessica E. Vascellaro! To read more click here…
Could Online Hackers Steal Your Cash
May 17th, 2010Despite banks’ efforts to protect accounts from the online crooks, hacker attacks remain a serious threat that cost Americans millions of dollars each year. The Internet Crime Complaint Center reported that Americans lost about $559 million to Internet thieves in 2009. That is more than twice the 2008 figure, when $268 million was stolen on the Internet, according to the center.
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The Internet’s Most Successful Scams
March 22nd, 2010Love-based cons are the easiest to perpetrate. Why? Because love always involves a leap of faith — trusting something you can’t see or touch. Just like Internet scams. For years, criminals have made haunts out of dating services and lonely-hearts chat rooms. Broken-hearted folks are rarely in their right minds, so they make easy targets. Read more!
18- to 24-Year-Olds Most At Risk For ID Theft!
March 17th, 2010Ryan Thomas, an airman in the Air Force Honor Guard, bought some DVDs on the Internet using his debit card. It was a $20 payment made from his account, which had about $900. But the following day, his account balance was zero.
Someone had stolen his account information and bought computer games and other items. Read More…
Why Becoming a Data Thief Is All Too Easy
February 19th, 2010Older versions of the powerful, simple-to-use ZeuS hacking tool are readily available for free on criminal forums. ZeuS is best known as widely popular banking Trojan. Current versions of ZeuS sell for up to $10,000, and are used by elite cyber gangs to wire funds from of the online banking accounts of small- and medium-sized businesses. Read More here…