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US moves forward on data privacy

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A draft US law to increase the security and privacy of personal information held by companies took a step forward last week, when it was approved by the influential Senate Judiciary Committee. The bill includes a duty to disclose security breaches.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Nov 28, 2005

Court Rules in Favor of Anonymous Blogger

In a decision hailed by free-speech advocates, the Delaware Supreme Court on Wednesday reversed a lower court decision requiring an Internet service provider to disclose the identity of an anonymous blogger who targeted a local elected official.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Oct 07, 2005

E-mail wiretap case can proceed, court says

In a closely watched case governing Internet privacy, a federal appeals court has reinstated a criminal case against an e-mail provider accused of violating wiretap laws. The 1st Circuit Court of Appeals, in a 5-2 vote, ruled on Thursday that an e-mail provider who allegedly read correspondence meant for his customers could be tried on federal criminal charges.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Aug 12, 2005

Last Chance to Stop Renewal of the USA PATRIOT Act!

Congress will vote any day now on new legislation that would renew parts of the USA PATRIOT Act scheduled to expire or "sunset" at the end of the year, while possibly handing the FBI even more unchecked power to snoop on your mail and private records, including logs of your Internet activities.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 15, 2005

Personal data quiz throws wrench into ID theft

Identity thieves and impersonators thrive on publicly available personal information and data pilfering. Now that information, along with some bogus data on would-be fraud victims, is being used against the thieves in an identity verification scheme from StrikeForce Technologies.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 14, 2005

Coalition Issue Definitions For 'Spyware'

Anti-spyware vendors and consumer groups took a stab at issuing uniform definitions for "spyware" and "adware" on Tuesday in hopes of giving computer users more control over their machines. The definitions seek clarity that could help improve anti-spyware products, educate consumers and fend off lawsuits from developers of software that sneaks onto computers.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 12, 2005

Americans changing tack to shake off spyware

Nine out of 10 Internet users say they have changed their online habits to avoid spyware and other Internet-based threats, according to a study released on Wednesday.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jul 07, 2005

Italian Police 1 / Privacy 0

The cryptographic services offered by the Autistici/Inventati server, housed in the Aruba web farm, have been compromised on 15th June 2004. We discovered the fact on 21st June 2005. One year later. One year ago the authorities (i.e. the postal police), during the investigation that led to the suspension of an email account (croceneraanarchica-at-inventati.org), shut down our server without any notice, and copied the keys necessary for the decryption of the webmail. Since then, they potentially had access to all the data on the disks, including sensible information about our users. This happened with the collaboration of Aruba, our provider.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Jun 27, 2005

US biometric ID request raises ID concern in UK

The UK government plans to issue its ID card as a passport with biometric identifiers stored in a chip – and the US wants those chips to be compatible with its own scanners, raising the possibility that US agencies could have access to the ID Card database.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 30, 2005

Public backs ID cards to beat identity theft

The public believes that ID cards are the best solution to identity theft and fraud, according to a survey published this week. More than half of those polled (57%) said ID cards were their first or second preferred method to protect themselves against identity theft, the survey of 1,000 people aged 16 to 64 showed. But George Platt, general manager of US voice automation firm Intervoice, which commissioned the UK survey, warned that ID cards would “do nothing

LinuxSecurity.com Team
May 25, 2005

Teenagers struggle with privacy, security issues

High-schools students have a message for their parents: Trust us with technology. Security and privacy? We have it covered. A panel of teenagers speaking at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference told attendees on Friday that they are far more in tune with technology than their parents and have come to understand the issues of security and privacy on the Internet largely without any guidance from educators or their parents.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 22, 2005

Flash Player Worries Privacy Advocates

Macromedia's Flash media player is raising concerns among privacy advocates for its little-known ability to store computer users' personal information and assign a unique identifier to their machines. "A lot of media players come with identifiers embedded in them to track content usage and digital rights management," Chris Hoofnagle, director of the Electronic Privacy Information Center's West Coast office, said. "With respect to Windows Media Player and now the Macromedia player, we're realizing that the media players themselves are creating privacy risks."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 21, 2005

How to justify information security spending

At a recent seminar on information security management, I heard that FUD (fear, uncertainty and doubt) is dead, that ROI is dead and that the insurance model is dead. Information security needs to give business value. This sounds like a terrific idea, but the lecturer was unable to provide a concrete example similar to purchasing justifications that companies use like: "Yes, we will buy this machine because it makes twice as many diamond rings per hour and we'll be able corner the Valentine's Day market in North America."

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 18, 2005

The battle for privacy online

The second you send an e-mail from your PC, your personal privacy probably has been compromised.E-mail messages hop from your computer over a number of networks to their final destination, but like a postcard from a vacationer in Mexico, the content can be perused by anyone, at anytime, before it is delivered, experts told UPI's The Web."E-mail is completely open," said Jeff Multz, vice president of sales at SecureWorks Inc.,, a computer security services firm in Atlanta."People think it is secure when it is sent.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Mar 17, 2005

Passwords? We don't need no stinking passwords

RSA 2005: Concerns over online security are continuing to slow consumer e-commerce growth. A quarter of the respondents in a recent survey have reduced their online purchases in the past year and 21 per cent refuse to conduct business with their financial institutions online because of security fears. More than half (53 per cent) of the 1,000 consumers quizzed believe that basic passwords fail to provide sufficient protection for sensitive personal information.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 16, 2005

Not All Identity Theft is Cyberspaced; Incidents More Likely to be 'Paper-Based'

"Identity theft continues to be a very serious threat. One in 23 adults will be victimized this year, with a total loss exceeding $50 billion. To prevent the misuse of our personal information, survey research shows we should be as safety-conscious in our home and office, as we are on the Internet," said Ken Hunter, President of the Council of Better Business Bureaus, Inc.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 07, 2005

RFID Vulnerability Expose

A vulnerability in radio-frequency ID chips could put millions of users of wireless car key tags or speed pass payment devices at risk, according to a recent study by researchers at Johns Hopkins University and RSA Laboratories. Using a relatively simple electronic device, criminals could wirelessly probe a car key tag or payment tag and then use the information obtained from the probe to crack the cryptographic key on the tag, Ari Juels, principal research scientist at RSA, explained.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Feb 01, 2005

Biometric Sensors Keep Finger on Security

Biometrics authentication technology should be a promising means to confirm a cardholder's authenticity. With a Linux-based radio frequency (RF) personalizer that reads and writes in memory, the administrator can set various parameters of the smart security controller, such as real-time clock, personal identification number (PIN) option, alarm options and reader delays. Biometric security Relevant Products/Services from Verisign -- Free E-Commerce Start-up Kit with fingerprint matching involves protecting results -- a user's template, fingerprint images, a fingerprint's features, and a user's finger. The simplest design solution for a client considering finger-print matching is to embed all functions and data in tamper-resistant smart cards.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 27, 2004

SAML: The Secret to Centralized Identity Management

Complicated by too many systems, too many applications, and too many passwords, identity management is a major headache for most organizations. Can an intelligent, Web-services approach employing new standards ride to the rescue?

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 17, 2004

Follow-up: Lycos pulls anti-spam screensaver from site

Lycos Europe appeared to have pulled a controversial anti-spam screensaver program from its site on Friday, after coming under fire from both security experts and the spammers themselves.

LinuxSecurity.com Team
Dec 03, 2004

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