June 1st, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, News Articles
Written by Dr. Thomas Porter
Introduction
This paper looks at the evolution of firewall technology towards Deep Packet Inspection, and then discusses some of the security issues with this evolving technology.
May 28th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Identity Theft, News Articles
Tiversa today announced the findings of new research that revealed 13,185,252 breached files emanating from over 4,310,839 sources on P2P file-sharing networks within a twelve month period from March 01, 2008 – March 01, 2009. This new data clearly demonstrates that P2P file-sharing risk is not effectively being addressed by the security protocols of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, as these organizations commonly have exposure across the Extended Enterprise. Tiversa’s findings also hint at the enormity of the issue at hand.
May 14th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Data Loss, Identity Theft, Legal Risks, News Articles
Written by Jack M. Germain – TechNews World
File-sharing: For some, the term conjures up notions of mutual gain, free movies and music, and an unending stream of delicious data, courtesy of a worldwide network of friends who just want to give. However, there’s a pretty steep downside as well. Aside from the possibility of getting hauled to court for copyright violations, P2P users must constantly guard against sharing files they don’t want shared.
May 7th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Identity Theft
Written by Elinor Mills
In September 2008 police began arresting alleged members of Dark Market, an underground Internet forum for buying and selling credit card data used for identity fraud. The sting wouldn’t have been possible without the work of FBI agent J. Keith Mularski who spent two years infiltrating the group.
May 5th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, News Articles
Written by Jaikumar Vijayan
Computerworld - Data on the Pentagon’s Joint Strike Fighter aircraft that was recently reported as being illegally accessed by foreign cyberspies has been available for more than four years on a peer-to-peer file-sharing network, the CEO of a software vendor said at a legislative hearing today.
May 5th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Legal Rulings, News Articles
Written by Chloe Albanesius
In the wake of news reports that classified and confidential information is popping up on file-sharing networks worldwide, Congress on Tuesday tackled two bills intended to protect users from unlawful use of their information via data breaches or P2P networks.
May 5th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Data Loss, Financial Data, Identity Theft, Legal Rulings
Written by Tim Conneally
There’s an abundance of unauthorized files trafficking P2P networks, and that’s not news to anyone. Deciding whom to blame could become big news.
Literally millions of unauthorized documents — some of them personal, easily too many of them classified — have made their way freely through P2P networks, many of them without any malicious user whatsoever even requesting or copying them. Sometimes, literally, they just show up. If the problem isn’t P2P itself but the people using it, then shouldn’t the users of P2P services be given warnings? That’s the question being tackled by the US House of Representatives today.
April 29th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, Identity Theft, News Articles
Wed Apr 29, 2009 3:28PM EDT
Yahoo – In his first days in office as President, Barack Obama ordered a report to be generated investigating the state of our “cyber-security” infrastructure, concerned with how our computer networks could withstand threats from terrorism and other attacks.
April 29th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Identity Theft, News Articles
Posted by Robert Siciliano on April 29th, 2009
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform is responding to reports that peer to peer file sharing allows Internet users to access other P2P users’ most important files, including bank records, tax files, health records, and passwords. This is the same P2P software that allows users to download pirated music, movies and software.
April 29th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Legal Rulings, News Articles
By Dan Goodin in San Francisco •
Posted in Crime, 29th April 2009 17:40 GMT
A hacker who confessed he created one of the world’s first botnets to use peer-to-peer technology won’t spend any time in prison because of the assistance he’s provided to prosecutors.