Computerworld Business Continuity News

UNC Charlotte: 350,000 SSNs exposed in decade-long breach

(Jeremy Kirk) — Fri, 11 May 2012 02:48:00 GMT

Two issues exposed financial data and Social Security numbers for 350,000 people, although it is thought the information has not been abused, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte said.

Is Your Cloud Provider Exposing Remnants of Your Data?

(Thor Olavsrud) — Thu, 10 May 2012 13:31:00 GMT

Security researchers report that incorrectly configured hypervisors can lead to a separation of data issue in multi-tenant environments that can expose data remnants. However, you can prevent hosting your data on 'dirty disks.'

New Windows-based tool can encrypt DNS requests

(Jeremy Kirk) — Thu, 10 May 2012 03:09:00 GMT

A security company specializing in the Domain Name System has released a Windows version of a tool that encrypts DNS requests, which could be spied on to reveal a user's browsing activity.

Apple engineering mistake exposes clear-text passwords for Lion

(Jeremy Kirk) — Mon, 07 May 2012 01:47:00 GMT

Apple's latest update to OS X contains a dangerous programming error that reveals the passwords for material stored in the first version of FileVault, the company's encryption technology, a software consultant said.

Hackers blackmail Belgian bank with threats to publish customer data

(Loek Essers) — Thu, 03 May 2012 10:17:00 GMT

Hackers claimed to have breached the systems of the Belgian credit provider Elantis and threatened to publish confidential customer information if the bank does not pay $197,000 before Friday.

Master MySQL in the Amazon cloud

(Sean Hull) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 10:15:00 GMT

Amazon Web Services offer new challenges and flexibility for database admins -- here's how to avoid the pitfalls and tune for performance

More Business Continuity News

View more Business Continuity news and analysis from Computerworld.com