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Ask Fitis, the Bear: Real Crooks Sign Their Malware

Krebs on Security

Prior to that, akafitis@gmail.com was used as the email address for the account “ Fitis ,” which was active on Exploit between September 2006 and May 2007. ru in its early years, but for a brief period in 2007 it appears this website was inadvertently exposing all of its file directories to the Internet. ru in 2008.

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NEW TECH: DataLocker introduces encrypted flash drive — with key pad

The Last Watchdog

Co-founder Jay took a business trip to South Korea in the fall of 2007. One of more fascinating innovators in this space is 11-year-old DataLocker, based in Overland Park, Kansas. Related: How DataLocker got its start h. A chance meeting – in an elevator, no less – led to Kim veering over to the cybersecurity industry.

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Who is Tech Investor John Bernard?

Krebs on Security

Mr. Davies was charged with murder and fraud after he attempted to collect GBP 132,000 in her life insurance payout, but British prosecutors ultimately conceded they did not have enough evidence to convict him. THE SWISS AND UKRAINE CONNECTIONS. John Clifton Davies’ former listing at the official U.K.

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The Scammers’ Playbook: How Cybercriminals Get Ahold of Your Data

eSecurity Planet

since Q3 of 2007. Finance and insurance finished a close second at 22.4%. Finance and insurance companies were particularly vulnerable to the sort of phishing scams we’re talking about. According to data from the Federal Reserve , the 55-69 age group currently controls 41.2% for individuals under 40. Business targets.

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California Consumer Privacy Act: The Challenge Ahead – Consumer Litigation and the CCPA: What to Expect

HL Chronicle of Data Protection

4th 364, 368 (2013) (holding that the Unfair Insurance Practices Act’s bar against private actions did not prevent UCL claim based on grounds that are independent from the underlying statute even when the purported conduct also happens to violate it). Bank of America, N.A. , Smart Document Solutions, LLC , 499 F.3d 3d 1078, 1082 (9th Cir.

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UK Data Breach Reporting Soars

Hunton Privacy

On May 28, 2010, the UK Information Commissioner’s Office issued a press release stating that it has been notified of more than 1,000 data security breaches since it began keeping records in late 2007. There is no mandatory reporting requirement in the UK, so the actual number of breaches is likely to be significantly higher.

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FINLAND: PARLIAMENT APPROVES NEW ACT ON THE SECONDARY USE OF SOCIAL AND HEALTH CARE PERSONAL DATA

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

The Act is a welcome change to the old regime where national provisions concerning the subject matter have been scattered into different regulations, namely the Patient’s Rights Act (1992/785), Act on Electronic Processing of Social and Health Care Customer Data (2007/159), Bio Bank Act (2012/688) and Medicines Act (1987/395).