Now its DMV’s turn to leak personal information

April 12th, 2005 An investigation by the firm's Anglo-Dutch parent Reed Elsevier determined that its databases had been fraudulently breached 59 times using stolen passwords, leading to the possible theft of personal information such as addresses and Social Security numbers. This is the second biggest breach after Bank of America incident.

August 25th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Popular social networking websites' users could be leaking their personal information to tracking sites, warn researchers at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI). They have found that the practices of many popular social networking sites typically make that personal information available to companies that track Web users' browsing habits, and allow them to link anonymous browsing habits to specific people.

January 6th, 2009 Most of you are overconfident about your computer security unless the trojans, malwares or spyware attacks take you by surprise. Well, but only a little of what you fancy does you good.

July 21st, 2005 Report Summary: As the prevalence and social influence of weblogs continue to increase, the issue of the ethics of bloggers is relevant not only to the blogging community, but also to people outside it. This study explored ethical beliefs and practices of two distinct groups of bloggers--personal and non-personal--through a worldwide web survey.

September 3rd, 2008 The test machine runs on Core 2 Duo E6600 2.4 Ghz (x2) with 2GB RAM. I tried loading single page PHP manual (16.5 MB) on Windows Vista from our local server with 100Mbps LAN connecting it.

January 14th, 2009 Interesting! Have you ever thought how to turn off LCD monitor in laptop. Often when you are on a go, hurrying with to get the job done and leave, turning off the laptop seems to get on your head.

August 17th, 2006 Unisys is offering a $50,000 reward for information leading to the recovery of a missing desktop computer that belongs to the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The computer, which contains personal information on 38,000 veterans treated at VA medical facilities in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, went missing from the offices of Unisys, the subcontractor hired to assist in insurance collection for those facilities.

October 7th, 2009 FBI arrests dozens for 'phishing' ID theft schemeLOS ANGELES — The FBI is arresting dozens of people in the United States and overseas to crack an identity theft ring that victimized thousands of people. Laura Eimiller, an FBI spokeswoman in Los Angeles, says agents are making arrests Wednesday morning in Southern California, Nevada, North Carolina and overseas.

November 9th, 2005 Don't exchange personal information. Read all of the information about the seller.

August 30th, 2006 AT&T said hackers broke into one of its computer systems and accessed personal data, including credit card information, on thousands of customers who used its online store. The attack affects about 19,000 customers who purchased equipment for high-speed DSL Internet connections through AT&T's Web site.

July 18th, 2006 As you know two class action lawsuits have been filed in US against Microsoft which alleges Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage Tool is a spyware. Is WGA really a spyware? Let's take a look from different angles.

June 20th, 2006 A new Internet worm capable of stealing bank details and other personal data from users is circulating via Orkut, Google's social networking service, FaceTime Communications, Instant-messaging service provider, warned on Monday. FaceTime said its software security lab had detected the spread of the electronic virus, the third such threat to disseminate itself via messages posted on Orkut users' personal Web pages.

August 23rd, 2007 A Trojan horse, with a descriptive name Infostealer.Monstres, was used to steal more than 1.6 million records from several hundred thousand people who posted resumes on Monster.com, Symantec has reported. The personal details of hundreds of thousands of candidates, such as name, surname, email address, country, home address, work/mobile/home phone numbers and resume ID etc.

October 7th, 2009 Dozens arrested in US, Egypt in ID theft schemeLOS ANGELES — U.S. and Egyptian authorities are arresting dozens of people to crack an identity theft ring that victimized thousands.

July 8th, 2009 S. Korean Web sites hit by suspected cyber attackSEOUL, South Korea — Suspected cyber attacks paralyzed Web sites of major South Korean government agencies, banks and Internet sites in a barrage that appeared linked to similar attacks in the U.S., South Korean officials said Tuesday. The sites of 11 organizations including the presidential Blue House, the Defense Ministry, the National Assembly, Shinhan Bank, Korea Exchange Bank and top Internet portal Naver went down or had access problems since late Tuesday, said Ahn Jeong-eun, a spokeswoman at Korea Information Security Agency.