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Cybercriminals enjoy the latest technology advancements just like everyone else, and they're not agreeing to sit in the backseat of the technology bandwagon. (Part V In a Series on Cybercrime.

Late last week, the University of Hawaii West O‘ahu (UHWO) notified approximately 40,000 individuals that their personal information may have been compromised, after being tipped off by the Liberty Coalition, a non-profit group based in Washington D.C. The Liberty Coalition is a good group (not hackers or cybercriminals) and has been actively assisting the University and the FBI in their investigation.

WikiLeaks Exposes Classified Information and the Need for Improved Separation and Isolation

Lookout Premium brings Advanced Privacy and Security Features to Android DevicesLookout Mobile Security, a provider of smartphone security software, today announced a premium (aka Paid) version of its security and privacy protection product for Android smartphones.

Email retention management is about managing email data according to prescribed corporate policy and legal requirementsEnterprises that treat their large and increasing volumes of email data as a technology issue to be handled by their IT departments rather than managing it as the business asset and risk it truly are putting themselves in a dangerous position, according to experts at C2C, a provider of email, file and messaging management solutions.

Larry Ellison has pulled out his wallet again. eCommerce software provider Art Technology Group, Inc. (ATG) today announced that it has agreed to be acquired by Oracle for $1.0 billion in cash.Cambridge, MA based ATG provides high end eCommerce software that is used by more than 1,000 customers globally. By combining forces, Oracle and ATG expect to help businesses grow revenue, strengthen customer loyalty, improve brand value, achieve better operating results, and increase business agility across online and traditional commerce...

Detecting online fraud - The burning issue with cookies isn’t about privacy at all—it’s about the death of the cookie as a usable way to identify a device.

This week IBM (NYSE: IBM) launched a new

An IT Director who was fired from his job at Richmond, VA based Transmarx LLC, was sentenced to 27 months in prison for hacking into his former employer’s website, according to the Department of Justice.

After Bloomberg published an article this morning saying that Fortinet Inc. was in acquisition discussions with IBM, Fortinet responded with a formal statement denying the report.Late Monday afternoon Fortinet issued the following statement:

Data Protection Fears Result in Organizations Avoiding Virtual Machines for Mission-Critical ApplicationsFears around data protection are slowing mass adoption of virtualization, according to a recent survey of 500 chief information officers. The survey showed that 44 percent of CIOs say they are avoiding using virtualization for certain mission-critical workloads due to concerns about backup and recovery.

A few days ago I got back from an AMTSO workshop in Munich. AMTSO is the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization, and I also wrote about it back in June. It’s essentially a coalition of organizations with an interest in improving anti-malware testing, and as you might expect, its current membership largely consists of security vendors and testers. Why would you expect that?

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today that it has teamed with the University of Maryland (UMD) to support initiatives that promote education, research, and technology development in cybersecurity.

Webroot today announced it has acquired Prevx, a UK based provider of cloud-based anti-malware solutions.Prevx provides cloud-based antivirus protection and behavior-based malware detection, helping to block threats before they can reach a PC or corporate network.

The PCI Security Standards Council (PCI SSC), the industry standards body that oversees the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), PIN Transaction Security (PTS) requirements and the Payment Application Data Security Standard (PA-DSS), this week released version 2.0 of the PCI DSS and PA-DSS.