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5 Ways To Lose A Malicious Insider Lawsuit  May 15, 2012
Making the case against an insider takes preparation and proactive work with HR and legal

UNC Charlotte Breach Affected More Than 350,000  May 14, 2012
Data compromise at university is much larger than initially thought, report says

Microsoft Fingers Chinese Firewall/IPS Vendor In Windows Exploit Leak  May 03, 2012
Chinese firewall and IPS vendor Hangzhou DPTech Technologies kicked out of Microsoft Active Protections Program (MAPP) for its role in disclosure of Windows Remote Desktop (RDP) flaw earlier this year

Apple Mac Flashback Trojan Gang Still Making Money  May 01, 2012
Meanwhile, a 3-year-old patched bug in Microsoft Office for Macintosh is still being exploited

NYC No. 1 In E-Commerce Fraud  April 17, 2012
New report says most online fraud in the U.S. comes from the Big Apple, followed by Atlanta, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Omaha, Neb.

Biggest Threats Come From Inside The Enterprise, Survey Says  April 13, 2012
Lack of network visibility, insider threats are top worries in survey of security pros

Court Reverses Conviction Of Former Goldman Sachs Employee In Source-Code Theft Case  April 12, 2012
An appeals court found a former programmer did not violate the laws he was charged with when he uploaded proprietary code to a remote server

Tech Insight: Getting Ready For Data Loss Prevention (DLP)  April 06, 2012
DLP is a business issue requiring the co-existence of people and process with technology

Phishers Use Web Analytics To Gauge Success  April 05, 2012
Attacker targeting South American bank gathered statistics on what worked and what didn't in major phishing campaign, RSA says

Invincea Expands Malware Threat Protection To Include Email Attachments  March 08, 2012
Extended technology also protects against search engine poisoning and other user-initiated infections

RSA: Top-Level Execs Not On Top Of Risk Management  February 28, 2012
New RSA-Carnegie Mellon CyLab survey finds most Fortune 2000 execs have little to do with their firms' security and privacy policies

Obama Administration Unveils Privacy Bill Of Rights  February 23, 2012
Nine facts about the White House's new proposed consumer privacy framework

New Waledac Variant Goes Rogue  February 15, 2012
Disabled spamming botnet creates new variant that steals user credentials

Have Your Users' Passwords Already Been Hacked?  February 07, 2012
If employees use their same password at work and in their personal lives, another company's breach may weaken your own security. Five steps to mitigate the risk

How To Spot A Fake Facebook Profile  February 02, 2012
Barracuda Networks gathers telltale characteristics of the phony Facebook "Friend"

Study: The Aftermath Of A Breach  January 26, 2012
New Ponemon-Experian study highlights organizations' top priorities following a data breach

Videoconferencing Can Be The Bug In The Boardroom  January 24, 2012
Recent research underscores that insecure video conferencing systems can allow hackers to listen into a company's confidential discussions. Firms should take steps to evaluate their systems and secure them

Microsoft Names Alleged Botnet Operator Behind Kelihos  January 24, 2012
Russian suspect worked for antivirus and software development firms in Russia

How To Prevent An Illicit Data Dump  January 11, 2012
Organizations can be ruined with a single, WikiLeaks-style data compromise. How can you prevent your enterprise from being one of them? Here are a few tips

When Someone Else's Insider Is Your Threat  January 10, 2012
Contract language and enforcement are necessary to protect your IP in another company's network. Just ask Symantec, which had its source code stolen from a third party by hackers

Worm Siphons 45,000 Facebook Accounts  January 05, 2012
Ramnit financial malware gets social with new variant

Protect Insider Data By Googling First, Often  December 27, 2011
Sensitive data is often exposed outside the company to searches via Google, Bing and others. Yet companies can find their data first, a cheap countermeasure for 2012.

Attackers Pose As Police In New Ransomware Campaign  December 20, 2011
Messages with an official-looking police banner claim discovery of child pornography, other illicit material, and emails with terrorists

Workers, Technology Need To Team To Fight Insiders  December 13, 2011
Bringing together groups of employees in a company with internal intelligence can help detect rogue insiders earlier, say experts.

Personal Data Of 60,000 Telstra Customers Exposed To Web  December 12, 2011
Australian telecommunications giant Telstra says it is "investigating" proprietary customer lists found with simple browser search

Insider Threat Reports

How to Prevent an Illicit Data Dump
There are no silver bullets when it comes to protecting company and customer data from loss or theft, but there are technological and procedural systems that will go a long way toward preventing a WikiLeaks-like data dump. Here are some tips and tricks to help protect your organization's most sensitive information.

Email and Data Loss
Email encryption, rights management, email gateways, and full-on data loss prevention systems can keep corporate data secure. Here's a look at the pros and cons of each, to help you determine what?s best for your business.

An Insider Threat Reality check
Heightened concern that users could inadvertently expose or leak -- or purposely steal -- an organization's sensitive data has spurred debate over the proper technology and training to protect the crown jewels. In this special retrospective of recent news coverage, Dark Reading takes a look at how organizations are handling the threat -- and what users are really up to.

Other reports from the Insider Threat Tech Center:

• Compliance From the Inside Out: Are Your Insider Threat Controls In Place?
• Inside Out: Protecting Your Partnerships -- and Your Data
• Rotten Apples: How To Detect And Stop Malicious Insiders In Your Organization
• Understanding The Insider Threat
• Well-Meaning Employees -- And How To Stop Them

Insider Threat Newsfeed

• Trend Micro Pioneers Integration Of Data-Loss Prevention (DLP) Across The Enterprise
• User-Generated Content Singled Out In Military Dating Hack
• ICSA Labs Launches First Testing Program Of VPN Security For Mobile Device
• NetIQ Minimizes Risk Of Unauthorized Access And Entitlement Creep
• Shape Security Closes $6 Million Series A Funding Round
• European Online Fraud Increases 60%

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