Online Security

Microsoft's Azure service breaks down after company lets online security ...
Washington Post
REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft unwittingly let an online security
certificate expire Friday, triggering a worldwide outage in an online
service that stores data for a wide range of business customers. The
sloppy housekeeping represents an embarrassing ...
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Washington Post
GAO raps Census Bureau's data protection practices
CSO
While the Census Bureau has taken steps to protect the data it's
collected, it hasn't implemented the kind of security controls needed
to protect its systems, said the report. "Many of the deficiencies
relate to the security controls used to regulate ...
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Facebook said to fix OAuth-based account hijacking flaw
CSO
"We applaud the security researcher who brought this issue to our
attention and for responsibly reporting the bug to our White Hat
Program," a Facebook representative said Friday via email. "We worked
with the team to make sure we understood the full ...
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Zendesk hack a reminder of SaaS risk
CSO
"Third-party risk is consistently one of the biggest concerns my CISO
(chief information security officer) clients have," Rick Holland,
analyst for Forrester Research, said in an email Friday. The basic
steps in reducing risks when using SaaS providers ...
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Singing your way to online security
The Times (subscription)
Last week the picture on Burger King's Twitter page mysteriously
changed to a McDonald's golden arch — mischievous hackers were to
blame. A few days later Donald Trump had his Twitter account hacked
with Lil' Wayne rap lyrics posted in his name.
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Google exploring 'password-less' online security | SciTech | GMA ...
With passwords becoming more and more inconvenient —and hackable—
Google is coming up with alternative measures to secure one's online
accounts.
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Google Online Security Blog: An update on our war against account ...
Posted by Mike Hearn, Google Security Engineer Have you ever gotten a
plea to wire money to a friend stranded at an international airport?
An oddly written ...
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Comparative Tests,Product News. Kaspersky Internet Security 2013 has
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Worst Online Security Breaches & Their Solutions
Internet has become the most used means to retrieve data, communicate
or generate income, and with increased use, hackers are also trying
breaches of ...
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Your body is the next frontier in online security | Toronto Star
As hackers develop more sophisticated ways to bypass character-based
password systems, some tech companies are turning to biometrics.
www.thestar.com/.../your_body_is_the_next_frontier_in_onli...