LinkedIn Fraud: Who Are You Really Connecting With?

LinkedIn is a place where professionals can connect, discover professional opportunities and stay up to date with what’s happening in their field of work. However, not all of LinkedIn’s users are there to take advantage of the website as a resource. Rather, they are there to take advantage of other users. Fake profiles are not…

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Study finds 55 percent of SMBs were breached in 2012

Over half of small businesses surveyed by the Ponemon Institute as part of a recent study experienced some sort of data breach last year. Out of the affected businesses, a great deal of breaches were ignited internally, either by mistake or on purpose by employees and contractors.

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Global cyber warfare rages between Israelis and Hamas

Israel’s conflict with Hamas has recently come to a head as rockets have flared from the Gaza Strip into Israel since Nov. 14. But cyber defense has become just as powerful as the Iron Dome system that Israel has activated to intercept rockets from the Israel’s volatile neighboring land.

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Taliban accidentally out entire PR mailing list

It is enough of a shocker that the Taliban even has a PR department. During a routine distribution of a press release, the Islamic fundamentalist group accidentally gave away the contact information of its 400-person mailing list, according to an ABC report Friday.

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Lawyers make mobile apps – is the information secure?

“There’s an app for that” is true for just about everything these days. Next on the agenda to conquer the digital age are lawyers who aim to further serve clients by creating individualized mobile apps. With the head in the sand attitude that many firms take toward cyber security, it is important for any legal professional planning to implement a mobile app to allow technology and data security to be at the forefront of the program.

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Tiro Security Looks to Secure Los Angeles Silicon Beach Start-Up Community

Tiro Security – an evolutionary infosec staffing company – announces its launch to assist the flourishing Los Angeles IT market protect its digital assets. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) October 10, 2012 Founders of Tiro Security, Kris and Rob, are friends with over thirty years of involvement in the recruitment and IT security sectors. With their shared understanding and unrivaled knowledge of…

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