Boeing stolen laptop held ID data on 382,000   14 Dec 2006 18:00 GMT
Former Boeing employees, some retirees could be at risk of ID theft; no evidence information has been compromised.
Source: ZDNet

What's in a certification?   14 Dec 2006 12:28 GMT
Columnist Jon Espenschied finds himself working though a certification exam in an unusual locale and asks how the industry (figuratively) got here.
Source: Computerworld

'Logic bomb' backfires on insider hacker   13 Dec 2006 23:18 GMT
Former UBS PaineWebber worker sentenced to 8 years over scheme to make stock market profit from a corporate network attack.
Source: ZDNet

Symantec plugs trio of NetBackup holes   13 Dec 2006 23:04 GMT
Serious security vulnerabilities in Veritas NetBackup software could let cyberattackers get into corporate networks.
Source: ZDNet

Microsoft pulls Mac security update   13 Dec 2006 18:49 GMT
Company encourages consumers to uninstall the patch, which is still being tested.
Source: ZDNet

Symantec files piracy lawsuit   13 Dec 2006 16:28 GMT
Eight businesses, seven individuals named as defendants in suit alleging distribution, sales of counterfeit programs.
Source: ZDNet

Wireless growth in Asia leads to security woes   13 Dec 2006 11:03 GMT
Asia's seen rapid growth in wireless Internet use recently, but unsecured Wi-Fi networks and lost or stolen mobile devices leave users vulnerable to a rising tide of data thefts and other attacks according to Citrix CSO Kurt Roemer.
Source: Computerworld

Microsoft patches zero-day Windows Media flaw   12 Dec 2006 20:37 GMT
Fix for critical security hole in Windows Media Format was added to Microsoft's Patch Tuesday updates at the last moment.
Source: ZDNet

Visa takes up carrot-and-stick approach for security   12 Dec 2006 20:23 GMT
Offers $20 million in incentives and creates sanctions to spur adoption of security rules for credit card transactions, as only one-third of big merchants are on board.
Source: ZDNet

UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk   12 Dec 2006 18:32 GMT
For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says.
Source: ZDNet