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Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, interviews and articles: Consumers don’t trust banks with personal data Banks top the list …

A former web producer for a Tribune Company-owned television station in Sacramento, Calif., was charged today in an indictment for allegedly conspiring with members of the …

New research from Belden shows that patching is often ineffective in providing protection from the multitude of vulnerability disclosures and malware targeting critical …

The 10.8.3 update is recommended for all OS X Mountain Lion users and includes features and fixes that improve the stability, compatibility, and security of your Mac. The …

In 2012, the total losses resulting from account takeover and new account fraud each rose by approximately 50% over the previous year. These two fraud types impact consumers …

86% of vulnerabilities discovered in the most popular 50 programs in 2012 were in non-Microsoft (or “third-party”) programs. The result was published today in the …

A recent GreenSQL survey of IT professionals worldwide concluded that 31.4% of security professionals believe that database security implementation is too complex, making it …

There has been much debate recently in the UK about the current GCSE exam format. On the one side are those that argue it should be scrapped in favour of a complex testing …

Big data can save big money. A recent McKinsey report found that value gained from data in the US health care sector alone could be more than US $300 billion every year. But …

Over the last year we have witnessed security attacks against the worlds’ largest organisations, and cyber-attacks which have increasingly been viewed as one of the …

Mandiant released its fourth annual M-Trends report, which details the tactics used by threat actors to compromise organizations and steal data. It also highlights incident …

Wisegate released new research from senior IT security members that shows how CSOs are adopting new risk management trends calling for a risk-based security approach. Security …