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Earlier this week, several news outlets reported that the 20-year-old son of Kaspersky Lab CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, had gone missing, with kidnappers reportedly demanding €3m (about US$4.4) for his release. Russian news outlets incorrectly reported on Friday that the younger Kaspersky was returned after a ransom was paid. It turns out that Ivan Kaspersky has been, in fact, been returned safely, but according to an official statement from Kaspersky, no ransom was paid.

Earlier this week, several news outlets reported that the 20-year-old son of Kaspersky Lab CEO, Eugene Kaspersky, had gone missing, with kidnappers said to be demanding €3m (about US$4.4) for his release.Today, several Russian news outlets are reporting that the kidnappers requested ransom had been paid and that his son, Ivan Kaspersky, has been returned safely.Eugene Kaspersky, who started Kaspersky Lab, was recently ranked high on Forbes' list of wealthiest people in Russia.

iOS and Android Continue to Dominate - Verizon iPhone Launch Pumps iPhone Enterprise Adoption Rate in Q1 2011A report out today coming from Good Technology, a provider of secure and managed enterprise mobility solutions, revealed that the trend of personal smartphones infiltrating the workplace, sometimes referred to as “consumerization”, continues to be led by both Apple's iOS and Google's Android smartphone platforms.

We all have compliance issues. Compliance with HIPAA. Compliance with HITECH. Compliance with PCI. These are all well-defined regulations and standards that we should be able to understand quite easily. Compliance is easy.Yeah, and I have a bridge I could sell you. Cheap.But, compliance is not really hard per se. It is, however, tedious, time-consuming, and expensive. There are plenty ways to describe compliance efforts. But what does compliance really require?

While mobile devices aren't yet direct targets for enterprise attacks, they are at least conduits, able to siphon vast amounts of data nonetheless, according to the 2011 Verizon Data Breach Investigation Report. Mobile devices used to commit data breaches increased significantly in cases closed in 2010. Leading the way were compromised POS terminals, pay-at-the-pump terminals, and ATMs.

Chicago based Trustwave Holdings, a provider of security and compliance solutions, is hoping to raise as much as $100 million in an IPO, according to a filing with the SEC yesterday. The prospectus provides a detailed look at the company’s finances and operations.

A Michigan woman pleaded guilty today to selling counterfeit computer software which reportedly earned her over $400,000. Jacinda Jones, 31, of Ypsilanti, Michigan pleaded guilty to one count of willful copyright infringement before a judge in Detroit. According to court documents, between July 2008 and January 2010, Jones sold more than 7,000 copies of pirated business software at discounted prices through the website cheapdl(dot)com. The software, published by several companies including Microsoft, Adobe, Intuit and Symantec had a retail value...

What motivates an organization to secure data? For one, there is the cost or impact of a breach, which spans from the losses the business incurs while resources are shut down to investigate the attack to the potential damage to a company’s brand. Not all retailers, however, find the prospect of a hefty price tag reason enough to invest in securing customer data (emails, addresses, identification numbers, credit card numbers, etc.). Luckily for consumers, there is an even more compelling...

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