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• British Banks Fail to Safeguard Customer Information

  Staff Writer | October 29, 2006 9:48 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  After all the news footage we've reviewed recently, I was not really shocked to see a BBC news story expressing concern about several British banks which have apparently failed to secure confidential customer information. The difference in this story which caught my eye was that this time, the problems had nothing to do with computer security.This time the story related to confidential written...

• Proposition 102 and the November General Election

  Staff Writer | October 25, 2006 6:09 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  With the election coming up in just a few weeks, I wanted to share my opinion about Proposition 102. This proposition has not generated a great deal of attention in light of all of the infighting between candidates. I see fingerpointing television attack advertising several times a day from Jon Kyl directed at Jim Pederson. I see attack advertising from JD Hayworth directed at Harry Mitchell....

• Online Brokerages TD Waterhouse and E-Trade Most Recent Sources of Identity Theft

  Staff Writer | October 24, 2006 5:22 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  I read today that over the past three months, oversees identity thieves broke into customer accounts at brokerages TD Waterhouse and E-Trade and participated in a stock-trading fraud scheme leading to $22 million in losses. Sophisticated oversees hackers were able to use keylogging programs to obtain private information and log onto customer accounts in order to participate in a "pump-and-dump"...

• Insurance Company Profits to Top Sixty Billion

  Staff Writer | October 20, 2006 10:47 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The other day, I discussed the topic of increasing health insurance premiums across the country. I mentioned that perhaps we all should consider investing in health insurance companies because premiums and profits have been rising at a faster rate than claims payouts. Well it turns out that health insurance companies are not the only successful insurance producer. According to the New York...

• Airbags Save Lives

  Staff Writer | October 16, 2006 10:51 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Automobile Accidents

  A recent study from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety confirms that airbag use saves lives. An airbag deployment in a side impact automobile accident is thirty-seven percent more likely to save the life of the driver than in a non-deployment impact. This figure rises to fifty-two percent if the accident involves a sport utility vehicle. This means that in automobile accidents, airbag...

• Marine Computer Containing Confidential Data Missing

  Staff Writer | October 10, 2006 10:03 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  This past week, I have been posting messages which show that the risks of identity theft can be minimized by simply prioritizing data security. Problems at the United States Department of Energy, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid and the United States Department of Homeland Security demonstrate that our government has not yet prioritized data protection. Simple encryption tools, password...

• Department of Homeland Security Lacking Computer Security

  Staff Writer | October 08, 2006 8:07 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Talk about ironic, the Deparment of Homeland Security has apparently joined the growing list of other government agencies which overlooked cybersecurity. The Inspector General's Office conducted a recent audit of ninety-four of the Department's laptop computers and found:"significant work remains to be done" by the inspector general's office in the areas of configuration, patch and inventory...

• Department of Energy Computer System Security Problems Exposed

  Staff Writer | October 06, 2006 3:14 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  Well I found yet another agency with computer security problems amid the ever-growing list of government agencies which have not yet prioritized computer security. This time, according to an article in Computerworld Security Magazione,The information systems used by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), an agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, are vulnerable to cyberattacks...

• Report Shows Identity Theft Risks at Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services

  Staff Writer | October 05, 2006 12:11 PM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  The lessons involving the recent theft of laptop computers at the Veterans Administration have apparently been ignored by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). According to the General Accounting Office (GAO), its review of computer systems:revealed 47 weaknesses in electronic access controls and other controls. A key reason for these weaknesses was that CMS did not always...

• Health Insurance Premiums Continue to Skyrocket

  Staff Writer | October 02, 2006 7:00 AM | 0 Comments
  Category: Miscellaneous

  This week, the Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation released its annual study about health insurance premiums across the country. Great news! Across the country, your health insurance premiums only increased an average of 7.7%. Of course, the overall rate of inflation increased by 3.5% and workers salary increased by 3.8%. While our health insurance premiums are skyrocketing, keep in mind that...