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  Microsoft brushes off claim Xbox Live accounts were compromised

  Microsoft brushed off a dubious hacker's claim on Thursday that he stole 47 million account credentials for Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming service.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 24 May, 2013 02:32

  Tags: Game platforms, Microsoft, security, data breach, games, Xbox, Exploits / vulnerabilities, data protection

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  DHS warns employees that years-old database hole puts their privacy at risk

  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Thursday said it has notified employees and others with DHS clearance to be on alert for potential fraud due to a vulnerability discovered in software used by a vendor to process personally identifiable information (PII) for background investigations. The software hole in had been there since July 2009.

  By Ellen Messmer | 23 May, 2013 22:28

  Tags: Department of Homeland Security, DHS, security, data breach, PII, government, industry verticals

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  Twitter aims to become safer with two-step sign-in

  Twitter, in a much-needed move to keep its users safer from cyberattacks, is introducing a more secure login process.

  By Zach Miners | 22 May, 2013 22:56

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, Google, security, data breach, social networking, twitter, social media, internet

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  Yahoo Japan says 22 million user IDs may have been stolen

  Yahoo Japan, the country's largest Web portal, said up to 22 million user IDs may have been leaked during a hack that was discovered last week.

  By Jay Alabaster | 20 May, 2013 04:07

  Tags: Internet-based applications and services, security, Yahoo Japan, data breach, internet, search engines

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  Payment card processors hacked in $45 million fraud

  A vast debit card fraud scheme that allegedly netted $US45 million has been linked to the hacking of credit card processors in the US and India.

  By Jeremy Kirk | 10 May, 2013 02:28

  Tags: Criminal, Bank of Muscat, security, data breach, legal, Identity fraud / theft, cybercrime

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  How to avoid 5 common storage mishaps

  Think you can guess the No. 1 threat to the security of your stored data? If you said hackers, or even trouble-making insiders, you'd be wrong. While malicious threats are an ongoing concern, it's your well-meaning employees who are more likely to unknowingly expose your company's stored data through, say, a file-sharing network or a misplaced laptop.

  By Mary Brandel | 10 February, 2009 09:12

  Tags: data breach

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  20 amazing, amusing and alarming IT facts

  A new report warns that the cost from lost productivity at work related to the new NFL season could add up to US$10.5 billion. And there we were, thinking the biggest waste of time at work came from fielding an endless stream of IT industry reports?

  By Network World staff | 16 September, 2008 09:53

  Tags: corporate issues, SaaS, security, data breach, government legislation, environment, broadband

Whitepapers about data breach

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  2012 Data Breach Investigations Report

  A study conducted by Verizon RISK Team with cooperation from the Australian Federal Police, Dutch National High Tech Crime Unit, Irish Reporting & Information Security Service, Police Central e-Crime Unit and United States Secret Service. This year our DBIR includes more incidents, derived from more contributors, and represents a broader and more diverse geographical scope. The number of compromised records across these incidents skyrocketed back up to 174 million after reaching an all-time low (or high, depending on your point of view) in last year’s report of four million. In fact, 2011 boasts the second-highest data loss total since we started keeping track in 2004. Read this report.