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Press release, April 12: Recent Examples of Egregious Loopholes That Are Compromising Personal Information Need Immediate and Thorough Action by Congress – Schumer-Nelson Bill Would Empower FTC, Inform Consumer to Prevent ID Theft in Future, Not Just Punish Wrongdoers after the Fact “On the heels of numerous and significant identity theft breaches, U.S. Senators Charles …
Press release: Spam and phishing – “More than a year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law, email users say they are receiving slightly more spam in their inboxes than before, but they are minding it less…And in a first-time measure of “phishing,” or unsolicited email requesting personal financial information, 35% of users say they have …
Spyware Installation Methods, by Benjamin Edelman, updated April 11, 2005. “This page indexes installation methods used by spyware programs and other unwanted software.”
Judge Sentences Man to 9 Years in Prison for Using Fake Internet Addresses to Send Mass E-Mail Ads. Links to relevant legal documents available from JURIST Paper Chase.
Searching for Jobs, Finding Scams, Beware Money Laundering Schemes on Career Web Sites, March 15, 2005.
Press release: “U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today announced the introduction of legislation to prohibit a variety of surreptitious practices that result in spyware, adware and other unwanted software being placed on consumers computers. The bipartisan SPYBLOCK (Software Principles Yielding Better Levels of Consumer Knowledge) Act, introduced with Senator Conrad Burns (R-Mont.), would prohibit the …
Dan Farber’s posting, An antidote for phishing you can’t have, references comments by Symantec’s CEO on how an unnamed bank had successfully implemented a strategy to combat phishing, but it will remain proprietary. Related reference: Symantec Internet Security Threat Report Highlights Rise In Threats To Confidential Information
The President’s Information Technology Advisory Committee report, Cyber Security: A Crisis of Prioritization, released March 18, 2005 (72 pages, PDF) Related news from the New York Times, Study Criticizes Government on Cybersecurity Research
Keyloggers Foiled In Attempted $423 Million Bank Heist Related reference: keystroke logger
Press release today:Westlaw Ends SSN Sales to Private Companies, Greatly Limits Sale to Law Enforcement, Other Public Agencies: “After meeting with top executives last night, Sen. Charles Schumer (NY) announced today that Westlaw would be taking major steps to close large loopholes in its data search systems which previously allowed access to millions of Social …
“LexisNexis has created a Web site with helpful information regarding data privacy at http://privacyfacts.lexisnexis.com.” Related news: Kurt Sanford, President and CEO of LexisNexis Corporate and Federal Markets stated during his testimony today to the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Committee that: “LexisNexis plans to further restrict access to such sensitive information as …
Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection hearing today on Protecting Consumer’s Data: Policy Issues Raised by Choice Point. Prepared Testimony (PDF) is available from the following: Deborah Platt Majoras, Chairman, Federal Trade Commission; Kurt P. Sanford , President and CEO, U.S. Corporate and Federal Government Markets, LexisNexis; Derek Smith, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, …
