4231 Results from /regulation
Robert Siciliano Security Analyst at Safr.me
Computerworld reports the House Energy and Commerce Committee passed the Informed P2P User Act, a law that supposedly makes it safer to use peer-to-peer, or P2P, file-sharing software. Yawn. The bill now goes to the House for one more round of approval. If passed, the bill requires developers to explain to users how their files will be made avail...
06 October 2009 /security /regulation
Wired reports the inspector general of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) is investigating a potential data breach affecting 70 million records of U.S. military veterans. The issue involves a defective hard drive the agency sent back to its vendor for repair without first destroying the data. Once the drive was diagnosed and f...
05 October 2009 /security /regulation
Elizabeth Lumley Global FinTech Commentator at Girl, Disrupted
Ratings agencies are, of course, of the villains of the credit crunch. They eagerly handed out triple A ratings to dodgy structured products, like a hippie teacher at a nursery who makes sure everyone gets a gold star. However, not everyone sees the likes of S&P, Fitch, Moody's et al in quite the same way. Recently, Barbara Ridpath (who is curr...
01 October 2009 /regulation
A new kind of Trojan horse infiltrates your online bank account, and not only steals your log-in information, but also siphons funds directly out of your account. The virus is known as URLZone, is controlled by servers in the Ukraine, and it determines how much money to steal from a victim’s account depending on the initial balance, all in real t
01 October 2009 /security /regulation
Social media identity theft, Facebook jacking, mCrime with mobile phone hacking and harassing, cyber bullying, and the list goes on. I did a spot on the Tyra Banks Show over a year ago and they keep re-running the episode. Every time the show airs I get emails from victims of high tech harassment. In the show a family from Washington, found that se...
29 September 2009 /security /regulation
Retired Member
A year on from the collapse of Lehmans , we are staring at a distinctly remodelled landscape. The hedge fund sector falls at the extreme end of the scale. Most industry commentators focused on the first iteration of the EC draft legislation for hedge funds, which met with such fierce opposition, that it is currently being amended. However, ther...
29 September 2009 /regulation
The recorded replay of Finextra and Adobe-sponsored webcast looking at risk and regulation in financial services - Be Afraid or Be Ready - is now available as an on demand version. If you could not register to watch the live recording of the webcast, you can register now and watch the panelists debate the current state of risk management and regula...
28 September 2009 /regulation
There are hundreds, or maybe even thousands of social media sites worldwide such as Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, and YouTube. Social media networks are quickly becoming the bane of the IT Manager. Twitter phishing and Facebook jacking are growing rapidly. Social media is still in its infancy and its security has been an issue since its inception. ...
28 September 2009 /security /regulation
Sriram Natarajan Risk Dog at Credit Risk Fraud Cards Professional
I don't know who to give credit for this hilarious piece on world economy; but this one landed in my inbox and cracked me up: "It is the month of August, on the shores of the Black Sea. It is raining, and the little town looks totally deserted. It is tough times, everybody is in debt, and everybody lives on credit. Suddenly, a rich tourist com...
27 September 2009 /security /regulation
Twitter phishing is a growing problem and is spreading through a virus. Twitter accounts that have been hacked are spreading a link with a request to click on and download a video. Some Twitter phishing involves Twitter porn. Today Ena Fuentes, who’s definitely a hot little number, started following me on Twitter and wants me to check out her new p...
25 September 2009 /security /regulation
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