06.05.2005 Apple iPod and similar devices are dangerous
The recent survey revealed that overwhelming majority of companies is not ready to cope with the threat of using multimedia players within corporative network...

04.05.2005 200,000 Ameritrade client's private data has gone
A computer backup tape with the account information of more than 200,000 Ameritrade Inc. clients has been lost...

04.05.2005 1 Insider + 20Ј-gadget = World's Largest Potential Bank Robbery
The investigation of Sumitomo's incident revealed that insiders used keyboard logging devices costing as little as Ј20 each...

17.04.2005 Was the Sumitomo Bank Robbery an Inside Job?
On March 17, 2005, the UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit (NHTCU) announced that criminals had tried to steal Ј220m from the London-based office of Japanese bank Sumitomo Mitsui. They used spyware to collect access codes and passwords that allow transferring money electronically...

16.04.2005 Fear is the Main Cause of Latency in IT Crimes
The last survey proved that IT bosses are fearful of losing their jobs in the event of any security incident...

13.04.2005 All Private Data for One Illusive Theatre Ticket
The chance to win theatre tickets is enough to make people give away their identity. A fake survey on theatre-going habits helped potential frauds to collect private information about Londoners...

02.04.2005 Call-centers can't protect your data from own employees
The on-going widespread of call/contact-centers in Russia scares Russian and foreign experts on information security. In their opinion, a lot of Russian clients and solution distributors do not give enough consideration to information security...

20.03.2005 100,000 students' private data has gone
A laptop with records of more than 98,000 people has been stolen from the University of California at Berkeley. It puts about 100,000 students at risk of ID theft...

16.03.2005 AIDS patients' data has gone
Detailed information about 4,500 AIDS patients and another 2,000 HIV-positive people was accidentally emailed to 800 medical staff. According to a report by the Associated Press, Palm Beach County Health Department statistician has mistakenly attached private document to an email that has been sent to hundreds of health workers...

05.03.2005 AIDS patients' data has gone
Detailed information about 4,500 AIDS patients and another 2,000 HIV-positive people was accidentally emailed to 800 medical staff...

01.03.2005 Personal data of 145 000 USA residents disappeared
The private data theft, which touched all of adult USA population got a lot of publicity in the end of February. ChoicePoint, Georgia, USA, allowed a leak of confidential data about 145 000 USA residents...

15.02.2005 NTT DoCoMo assumes an information leak about 25 000 subscribers
According to information agencies, officials of NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest telecommunications operator, have announced a possible personal data leak about 24,632 cellular communications subscribers of said company...

04.02.2005 The personnel of LucOil's Moscow office are prohibited to use cell phones at work for security reasons
The employees of the main Moscow LucOil office must turn off their cell phones before going inside the building or hand it in. According to Alexander Vasilenko, the head of public relations department of LucOil, starting on February 1^st, before entering the building, the employees must hand in their cell phones or turn them off...

Secret data laptop stolen from MoD headquarters