How hackers are easily getting into your computer - abc7news.com

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- We hear often about data breaches, so what's the number one way hackers get into your computer? It turns out it's not by using any fancy techie know-how. It's by guessing your password. Security experts from Verizon and TrustWave ...

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Security breach over Belfast City Council details - BBC News

The data protection breach was first reported in the Irish News. The council told the BBC it was "deeply concerned" and had launched an "urgent investigation". "We are also looking at what legal action we can take to prevent the information being ...

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Most companies blame employees for data breaches - Help Net Security

Employee negligence or maliciousness is the root cause of many data breaches, according to the Ponemon Institute. Over 78 percent of respondents blame employee behaviors, both intentional and accidental, for at least one data breach within their ...

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Study blames digital health data breaches on lack of funding, support - SouthCoastToday.com

5 Steps To Assess Health Data Breach Risks
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Case shows how a business responds to data breach impacts litigation - Oregon Business News (press release)

The ruling ends a six-year-old legal battle that followed the theft of electronic media containing information on about 365000 patients of Providence Home Health Services in Oregon. The thief broke into a car of a Providence employee on New Year's Eve ...

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Are your smartphones in safe hands? - Computing

By John D McGonagle Employee smartphones can expose organisations to serious risks. Here are the measures IT leaders need to take to counter them If harnessed correctly, smartphones can offer considerable benefits to businesses, making employees more ...

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'Password1' is top business password —study - GMA News

Customer records remained a valuable target for attackers, making up 89 percent of breached data investigated. The food and beverage industry made up the highest percentage of investigations at nearly 44 percent. Industries with franchise models are ...

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Insurers avoid conviction for Irish data breach - Insurance Insight

The court had heard that the defendants had co-operated with the investigation and had taken steps in relation to hiring of private investigators to ensure that there are no further data protection breaches. They had also undertaken to pay the ...

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The Chasm Between BYOD And Security - InformationWeek

BYOD led to security breaches, study shows
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5 Steps To Assess Health Data Breach Risks - InformationWeek

Study blames digital health data breaches on lack of funding, support
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The top ten IT-related mistakes that can hurt your small or medium sized ... - Mass High Tech

Not acknowledging the hidden productivity cost of technology Every day tremendous amounts of employee time and focus is spent on non business related computer usage. The amount of time is truly staggering. Did you know? • Non-work related Internet ...

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Hacked computers had secret codes for space station: NASA - The State Column

'NASA cannot consistently measure the amount of sensitive data exposed when employee notebooks are lost or stolen because the agency relies on employees to self-report regarding the lost data rather than determining what was stored on the devices by ...

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Intermediary Rules challenged before the Kerala High Court; Centre to file ... - Bar & Bench

The online companies had approached the Delhi High Court to quash the criminal proceedings filed against 21 companies including Facebook and Google, for posting 'objectionable content' on their websites. Interestingly this plea was quashed by the Delhi ...

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Making The Cyberspace Safe For The Nigerian Child - Leadership Newspapers

Only seven percent tell their parents, for fear their online access will be limited. Making the cyberspace safe for children is an urgent necessity. The federal government cannot afford to look the other way on this issue. The information society in ...

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