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how-to-thwart-laptop-facial-recognition-systems

With a picture.

hsbc-issues-warning-to-180000-regarding-a-security

The WSJ Online is reporting that HSBC has issued warnings to 180,000 of it's customers that a security breach may have resulted in their data being compromised.

choicepoint-stiock-drops-10-percent-in-one-day

As we have discussed elsewhere in this Blog, there is value in protecting your information assets. We've talked about the impact of information security breaches on stock price. Well, Choicepoint provides a good case in point. This was not a “hacker” attack as labeled in the popular press (further moving the definition of that word from its original meaning), but rather a traditional scam that took advantage of a lax credentialling process (yes, Irony with a capital I) that apparently is fax-based.

identity-theft-hits-3-percent-in-2004

Security Focus has the article about the DOJ Survey on the number of US citizens hit by identity theft, but Security Curve puts it in perspective

checkfree-breach

Holy Cow.

Hackers on Tuesday hijacked the Web site CheckFree.com, one of the largest online bill payment companies, redirecting an unknown number of visitors to a Web address that tried to install malicious software on visitors' computers, the company said today.
First, I find it very hard to believe that you would hijack the domain for one of the world's largest payment processor and only try to install malware.

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