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Stoke-on-Trent City Council (UK) has been smacked with a £120,000 fine for failing to secure sensitive information that was being transmitted electronically. The data, child protection documents, was accidentally delivered to a person not related to the case, and wasn’t properly encrypted the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) said, posing a significant breach of the Data Protection Act.

WASHINGTON - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday demanded Congress take action after November elections to ensure stable funding for the US military and to break a partisan deadlock over the country's budget deficit. "When Congress returns to town after the election, there is a great deal of critical work that needs to be done," Panetta told a news conference.

Researchers Find Nine Application Technologies Overlooked By Most Web Application Scanners

According to a new report from the Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG), an industry organization focused on combating phishing and cybercrime, the average uptime of phishing websites dropped during the first half of 2012. That’s a good thing, as the longer a site hosting phishing attack remains online and accessible, the more money and data cybercriminals can pilfer from victims.

I’m sure you’ve read about the recent cyber attack campaigns against financial institutions, and have probably wondered why and how they have been so successful? The reason is quite clear.

When mathematician Zachary Harris was examining a job pitch from a recruiter at Google, he discovered a flaw in DKIM that allowed him to spoof emails from the Internet giant’s domain.

Now that September has come and gone, many security firms are publishing their Q3 reports, loaded with malware and cybercrime trends and statistics.

Earlier this week, SecurityWeek reported on an initiative from Verdasys to push the term "DLP 3.0" it their launch of Digital Guardian 6.1.

LAS VEGAS - McAfee FOCUS - Xerox and McAfee unveiled a new layer of security protection for printers at the McAfee FOCUS 12 conference this week in Las Vegas. The two companies discussed how McAfee's Embedded Control software – a filtering method that allows only approved programs to get through - will be used by multifunction printers to prevent attacks.

LAS VEGAS - McAfee FOCUS 2012 - Solving security challenges to critical infrastructure companies requires partnerships between vendors, a panel of solution providers and experts said today at McAfee's Focus conference in Las Vegas. Working closely with suppliers, explained Gary Woodward, director of business development at Emerson Process Management and Water Solutions, ensures that products are integrated and working optimally.

Boeing has successfully tested a missile capable of knocking out electronic systems without blowing anything up or injuring anyone.

Cloud-based security and compliance solutions provider Qualys has updated two of its products to help administrators better manage vulnerabilities and mitigation, the company said Wednesday at its own Qualys Security Conference in Las Vegas.

Increasingly sophisticated threats against the country's cyber-infrastructure means the country has to invest in protecting against, detecting, mitigating, and recovering from cyber-incidents.

The modern enterprise IT environment is extremely complex. A myriad of smartphones, tablets, applications and network devices, along with the growing use of virtualization and cloud services, all present an increasing volume of management and security concerns.

An assembly of tech giants including AMD, Honeywell, Intel, Lockheed Martin, and RSA, has come together to form the “Cyber Security Research Alliance”, a consortium that will focus on the "grand challenges" for cyber security and next generation technologies.