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When a Client’s Data Breach Is Good News
In a bizarre twist of fate, the company that makes Target's security software saw its stock price jump after the data breach. How did this happen?In order to understand why the Target data breach is...
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$3 Million Settlement Paves the Way for Non-Identity-Theft Data Breach Awards
Computer World reports that a federal court in Florida just issued a game-changing verdict about data breaches. The court decided that companies are liable to pay damages to all customers whose data is...
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Gmail Just Got Safer (But You Could Still Be Sued)
According to the corporate law magazine InsideCouncil, Google has increased its Gmail security standards in order to ease customer concern and provide a more secure email platform to companies that...
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Your Clients Want Mobile Payments? Here’s What to Tell Them
What do fast food companies Wendy's and Burger King and the fashion store Express all have in common? They've recently announced they will be accepting mobile payments.This is part of growing trend to...
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What Happens if I Don’t Update Windows XP?
As an IT professional, you've probably heard the news that Microsoft will no longer be supporting Windows XP, but what do you do about clients who are still using this old Windows operating...
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How You Should Deal with Heartbleed
In a jaw-dropping report on PCMagazine published less than a week ago, security analysts at Google and Codenomicon revealed that there is a major bug (aka the “Heartbleed” bug) in OpenSSL, which is a...
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New Security Flaws in Oracle Products Prove IT Contractors Are Always at Risk
According to an article on Kaspersky’s Threatpost.com, security researchers became upset with Oracle's slow efforts to update major security flaws in its Java cloud services and decided to publicly...
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What IT Businesses Need to Know about the Future of Identity Theft, Data...
While you might assume that the Target data breach was caused by a coordinated and sophisticated malware attack, the truth is much more frightening.SecurityWeek.com profiles MacAfee's investigation of...
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Oscar Pistorius Trial Highlights New Revenue Source for IT Professionals
Last year, Olympic track star Oscar Pistorius allegedly shot and killed his model girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp. The trial, which has just entered its fourth week, will now extend into April. But what...
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Data Breach Laws? Looks like Europe Took Care of It for Us
Industry news site Net-Security.org reports that a recent bill voted on in the European Union parliament might increase the data security burden U.S. companies have, even if they don't directly do...
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$3 Million Settlement Paves the Way for Non-Identity-Theft Data Breach Awards
Computer World reports that a federal court in Florida just issued a game-changing verdict about data breaches. The court decided that companies are liable to pay damages to all customers whose data is...
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Data Breach vs. Identity Theft: Help Your Clients Understand the Difference
What is the difference between a data breach and identity theft? In the media, many people toss around these terms willy-nilly. They are connected, of course, but understanding the difference is...
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Survey: 28% of U.S. Companies Have No Mobile Strategy. Make Them Your Clients
Broadband and telecom news site Telecompetitor reports on a new survey that says more than a quarter of companies lag behind the times and don't have a mobile marketing strategy. This news means...
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The Next Generation of Business Data Breach: IP Theft
What is IP theft? It's the stealing of intellectual property, designs, patents, code, and other intangible assets. IT theft is becoming more and more common and costly – and even small IT firms can end...
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Survey Shows Muggles Still Don’t Get Data Breaches
People outside of the tech industry get more than a little confused when you talk about data breaches, identity theft, and pretty much any of the technical aspects of data security. Unfortunately, this...
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Java Update Reveals Why Business Software Is More Vulnerable than Consumer...
Security researcher Brian Krebs reports on the Java 7 and Java 8 updates that Oracle pushed out last earlier this month to fix 37 bugs and some major security issues in the Java SE platform.Among the...
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Web Host Liabilities: How Hackers Can Shut Down Your Clients’ Website
Many of your clients use web hosts and kits (like those offered with WordPress), which could expose your clients to data breaches and downtime – and ultimately lead to a lawsuit filed against your...
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$3 Million Settlement Paves the Way for Non-Identity-Theft Data Breach Awards
Computer World reports that a federal court in Florida just issued a game-changing verdict about data breaches. The court decided that companies are liable to pay damages to all customers whose data is...
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Gmail Just Got Safer (But You Could Still Be Sued)
According to the corporate law magazine InsideCouncil, Google has increased its Gmail security standards in order to ease customer concern and provide a more secure email platform to companies that...
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Your Clients Want Mobile Payments? Here’s What to Tell Them
What do fast food companies Wendy's and Burger King and the fashion store Express all have in common? They've recently announced they will be accepting mobile payments.This is part of growing trend to...
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