March 26, 2010 2:52 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
information security,
medical identity theftA report released by Javelin (requires an expensive membership) has updated statistics for 2008:
There were more than 275,000 cases in the U.S. last year of medical information theft, twice the number in 2008, The average fraud cost...
March 24, 2010 12:35 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
ACH Fraud,
Banking Fraud,
Data Breaches,
information securityI've talking a fair amount about ACH fraud and how they are committed by banking Trojans. At a recent forensic exam I discovered not one, but three banking Trojans on a CFO's hard disk.
Want to know (I know you don't not really...but) exactly how they work?
Here's a down-to-the-code analysis...
March 17, 2010 8:26 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
data security,
information securityThere's always a lot of discussion on the Internet about how much "security" (by which they usually mean IT security) costs, and whether it's a good ROI. (Return on Investment - another candidate for Acronym dismemberment.)
There's a lot of factors to consider, but for small to medium sized...
March 12, 2010 12:59 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
data security,
information securityComes the latest news via CSOOnline:
Wyndham Hotels and Resorts experienced a computer security incident in late 2009. As a result of that incident, an unauthorized user may have gained access to credit card...
March 6, 2010 3:59 AM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
DataManagement,
Eigen's Rules of Thumb,
information security,
TCMThe Wyndham chain of hotels includes Ramada, Days Inn, Super8, Howard Johnson and Travelodge. None of which I have stayed at in the last year, and frankly, I am really glad.
Not one, not two but three breaches have been disclosed to the public by Wyndham management in the last year. Because they...
March 2, 2010 6:18 PM
Posted by: Arian Eigen Heald
Data Breaches,
Heads Up,
information security,
programmingA new alert came out from Microsoft on March 1st.
When a user is online with Internet Explorer, they have to press the F1 function key when a pop-up is displayed. Not that users commonly use this key in IE, but some...
