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Confessions of an ID Theft Kingpin, Part I

Krebs on Security

Now, after more than seven years in prison Hieupc is back in his home country and hoping to convince other would-be cybercrooks to use their computer skills for good. prison system and deported back to Vietnam, Ngo is currently finishing up a mandatory three-week COVID-19 quarantine at a government-run facility. BEGINNINGS.

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Mitsubishi Electric discloses data breach, media blame China-linked APT

Security Affairs

Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate information. Mitsubishi Electric disclosed a security breach that might have exposed personal and confidential corporate data. According to the company, attackers did not obtain sensitive information about defense contracts.

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NIST Issues Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing

Hunton Privacy

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (“NIST”) has issued draft Guidelines on Security and Privacy in Public Cloud Computing (SP 800-144) (the “Guidelines”) for public comment. Ensure that the client-side computing environment meets organizational security and privacy requirements for cloud computing.

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Hewlett-Packard/Autonomy Deal Results in More Indictments: eDiscovery Trends

eDiscovery Daily

There continues to be more legal fallout from the Hewlett-Packard (HP) 2011 acquisition of Autonomy (which we covered here ) and HP’s allegations that there were “serious accounting improprieties, disclosure failures and outright misrepresentations at Autonomy” before the acquisition (which forced HP to take an $8.8 billion charge in 2012.

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HHS Announces Settlements with Health Care System and Medical Research Institute over Potential HIPAA Violations

Hunton Privacy

The OCR’s investigation of Feinstein Institute, a biomedical research institute based in New York, began after the institute filed a breach report indicating that in September 2012, an unencrypted, password-protected laptop computer containing the ePHI of approximately 13,000 patients and research participants was stolen from an employee’s car.

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White House Proposes Cybersecurity Legislation

Hunton Privacy

As we reported last week , on May 12, 2011, the Obama administration announced a comprehensive cybersecurity legislative proposal in a letter to Congress. Homeland Security Provisions. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.

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Top Database Security Solutions for 2021

eSecurity Planet

Naturally, database vendors are leading providers of database security tools, and a growing number of cloud-based database providers are moving deeper into the data security space. Security is paramount. Starting our list of the top database security vendors is the multinational cloud computing company, Alibaba Cloud.

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