Chase discards tapes with data on 2.6M Circuit City customers   08 Sep 2006 13:00 GMT
Tapes with data on 2.6 million current and former Circuit City credit card account holders were thrown away by credit card vendor Chase Card Services and buried in a landfill.
Source: Computerworld

Post 9/11 privacy and secrecy: A report card   08 Sep 2006 11:00 GMT
news analysis Since Sept. 11, the federal government has been trying to learn more about us, while keeping us from knowing what it's doing. Is this wise?
Source: ZDNet

Credit card companies form security council   08 Sep 2006 01:16 GMT
The five major credit card companies team up in the interest of better security.
Source: ZDNet

'Critical' patch for Office coming   07 Sep 2006 19:31 GMT
Plus two less serious updates for Windows, making it a quiet Patch Tuesday for Microsoft next week.
Source: ZDNet

Software vendors add tips to flaws database   07 Sep 2006 16:33 GMT
National Vulnerability Database expands information to include software vendors' comments on reported flaws.
Source: ZDNet

Cisco CEO: Security risks tied to mobility   07 Sep 2006 13:00 GMT
Chambers outlined the benefits of "quad-play" -- or the combination of data, voice and video with mobility -- and the security challenges associated with having a mobile workforce that accesses.
Source: Computerworld

San Diego man pleads guilty to USC computer hack   07 Sep 2006 13:00 GMT
A 24-year-old computer network administrator pleaded guilty this week to charges of illegally accessing the computer network at the University of Southern California after he was denied admission to the school.
Source: Computerworld

VeriSign security service expanded for apps, databases   07 Sep 2006 13:00 GMT
VeriSign says it's expanding the log-management service to collect raw data or just the security-related events pertaining to applications and databases of corporate customers.
Source: Computerworld

September's 'Patch Tuesday' looks to be quiet   07 Sep 2006 13:00 GMT
Microsoft plans to release three security updates for Windows and Office next Tuesday. One of these is rated critical.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft exec gives his company a B+ on security   07 Sep 2006 13:00 GMT
A Microsoft security executive said his company has made substantial progress on security under its Trustworthy Computing initiative. But users at this week's Security Standard conference were more cautious in their assessment.
Source: Computerworld