RockYou Lawsuit Settlement Leaves Question Marks On Breach Liability

Settlement is small, but legal experts say case might pave way for more lawsuits against breached companies. From: Dark Reading

Sutter Health loses computer, data on 4.2 million

Northern California-based Sutter Health is the second major health care organization to fall victim to a major breach of unencrypted data. From: SC Magazine

Spreadsheet containing name, address, phone number, email address, major, level, class, college, student ID number, and GPA of 19,276 students accessible on the Internet

University of Texas - Pan American (UTPA) data loss incident circa 2011-11-11. From: DataLossDB

Breach Of University Server Threatens Personal Data Of More Than 175,000

Attackers at VCU use one server to launch an attack on a second server containing sensitive info. From: Dark Reading

Network insecurity a growing concern among IT professionals

A full 66% of IT professionals reported that their networks were less secure than the previous year, according to a Lumension-sponsored annual survey by Ponemon. From: Infosecurity (USA)

Adidas Takes Websites Offline Following Security Breach

Hackers claim to have acquired and posted 500,000 email addresses and clear-text passwords.

From: Dark Reading

Data breach notification bill stalls in Senate

A national data breach notification bill introduced by Sens. John D. Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) and Mark Pryor (D-Ark.) has stalled in the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee.

From: Infosecurity (USA)

Most healthcare organizations increased information security spending last year

More than half of healthcare organizations have increased information security spending over the last year, according to a survey by the Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS).

From: Infosecurity (USA)

Study finds many turn to lawsuits following a data breach

More than half of American consumers would sue a company that loses its personal information, according to a survey released Wednesday by IT firm Unisys.
From: SC Magazine

Productivity, Data Losses Biggest Cost In Cyberattacks

Global survey finds attacks on DNS, network-layer denial-of-service attacks most frequent and toughest to stop.

From: Dark Reading

72% of firms see increasing external information security threats, says Ernst & Young

A full 72% of organizations see an increasing level of information security risk due to greater external threats, according to a survey by accounting firm Ernst & Young.

From: InfoSecurity (USA)

More than a third of US companies are not prepared to fend off APTs

More than one-third of US companies are poorly prepared for advanced persistent threats (APT), according to a report by the Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG).

From: Infosecurity (USA)