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Google Patents Technology to Serve Ads Based on Background Noise

In theory Google could listen in on phone conversations and serve ads based on background noise

Mar 22, 2012 3 mins

IRS Cybersecurity Loopholes Lead to ID Theft

For the sixth year in a row the agency failed to resolve known cybersecurity issues: installing critical software fixes, letting unauthorized people access accounting programs, not performing background checks on new hires and failing to make sure co

Mar 21, 2012 2 mins

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Firefox to Turn on Default Encryption for All Google Searches

Firefox is used by more than 20 percent of all Internet users

Mar 21, 2012 3 mins

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Mac Malware Spreads via Topless Photos of Supermodel

If you should "come across" an image of sexy Russian supermodel Irina Shayk, beware. Bad Guys are using R-rated photos of Ms. Shayk to spread Mac malware.

Mar 21, 2012 3 mins

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Cost of Data Breaches Declines

When it comes to penetration testing, donu2019t let draconian recommendations impact your ability to do business; instead get a second opinion.rn

Jun 13, 2017

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Cost of Data Breaches Declines

For the first time in seven years, the average cost of a data breach in the U.S. has declined. It fell to an average of $5.5 million per data breach in 2011 despite numerous high-profile data breach incidents.

Mar 20, 2012 5 mins

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Eight Online Banking Scammers Arrested in Russia

Hackers mainly targeted Russian, Eastern European and Dutch banks

Mar 20, 2012 3 mins

Data Breach Fraud Intrusion Detection Software

IT Professionals Lack Confidence in the Security of Their Systems

Results of a new survey speak to the inadequacies of corporate security measures as well as the persistence of ever-growing security threats.

Mar 20, 2012 2 mins

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How to Be Ready for Big Data

Big Data is coming, but for most organizations it's three-to-five years away. That doesn't mean you shouldn't prepare now. Analyzing Big Data will require reference information like that provided by a semantic data model. And once you

Mar 20, 2012 9 mins

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