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Careless Starbucks customers targeted by laptop thieves
The New York Times ran an article last week about the growing trend of thieves targeting customers enjoying a cup of coffee at Starbucks. While there is little doubt that bad guys can and do strike
Best Buy in N.J. hit with heist, 'Mission Impossible' style
Acrobatic thieves cut a hole in the roof of a Best Buy store, and rappelled down to snatch $26,000 worth of laptop computers. The sophisticated ‘Mission Impossible' inspired operation allowed
Notification laws have not cut ID theft
Forty-three states have laws requiring companies and institutions to notify residents when there has been an electronic theft of personal identity information--laws that the sponsors had hoped would
Are you dealing with identity theft?
Identity theft is a relatively new kind of crime that is almost as sophisticated as the computer that you use every day. If your identity and credit card number are stolen, thieves can start charging
Citibank gets tough on ATM scams
Getting cash from an ATM machine just got tougher. In response to a series of ATM robberies and at least one case of a false reader mounted at a site, Citibank is limiting withdrawals to about $500 a
USA Today: Personal data theft triples
The theft of personal data has tripled, according to a new piece by USA Today. More than 162 million records were reported stolen or lost in 2007, triple the 49.7 million that went missing in 2006.
Study: Fear of intellectual property theft on the rise
A new study from the Enterprise Strategy Group finds that nearly half of all companies either know that or suspect that they have lost sensitive data in the past 12 months. Concern is so
Security front line shifts again
The word has gotten out: finding corporate networks not protected by multiple layers of firewalls, intrusion detection systems and intrusion prevention systems has become far more difficult.
Editor's Corner
A Season of Growth It seems that this week's news is all about growth: The PDA market is doing it; the GSM industry wants more of it; it can't happen without
Data left behind poses a big risk
While it may seem that laptop data theft is primarily due to thieves and disgruntled ex-employees, it looks like plain old user forgetfulness is the major reason mobile devices go missing. A new
