June 10th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, Identity Theft, News Articles
PITTSBURGH — On Friday, May 29th President Barack Obama announced he was creating a position to deal with cyber threats.
The president said cyber threats are one of the most serious challenges facing the country now.
June 9th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Data Loss, Identity Theft, Legal Risks, Malware Viruses
If you’re confused about file sharing networks, and the hazards involved, you’re not alone. Many people looking for free downloading networks online have unanswered questions about p2p sites and RIAA lawsuit risks. So here are crucial facts and important information you need to know about p2p file sharing sites - before using them!
June 6th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, Identity Theft, News Articles
ZapShares Inc. announced today the findings of new research that indicates computer systems located in Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia are scouring computer Peer-To-Peer (also known as “P2P”) file-sharing networks for classified information that could place national security at risk.
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, 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 22nd, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Data Loss, Identity Theft, Legal Rulings, News Articles
Posted by Richard Koman @ April 22, 2009 @ 10:34 AM
LimeWire is in the hot seat as the flagship P2P application. This time the issue is not music file sharing but security breaches through inadvertent file sharing. A House committee has sent letters to Lime Group chairman Mark Gorton, the FTC and the Justice Department, announcing that it would reopen a previous investigation into the problem.