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• HSBC Confirms Data Theft by Former Employee HSBC confirmed Friday that a former employee stole client data but said the number of records taken was less than 10.
• Heartland Executives Told the Truth, Judge Says A judge has dismissed a class-action lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems, saying executives were truthful about company security.
• HP Patches OpenView Vulnerabilities HP has released patches for a vulnerability in an OpenView component.
• 10 Predictions for 2010 No doubt, a leading IT story in 2010 will be the role that sector will play in the expected economic recovery, as well as how IT markets themselves recover. OK...
• Hackers Find a Home in Amazon's EC2 Cloud CA has found a variant of the Zeus botnet running a command and control server on Amazon's EC2 infrastructure.
• Facebook Privacy Changes Draw Mixed Reviews Privacy advocates are calling Facebook's latest privacy changes a mixed bag.
• Facebook Simplifies Privacy Options Following through on plans announced a few months ago, Facebook is rolling out changes on Wednesday to its privacy settings intended to make them simpler to...
• State Dept. Worker Sentenced for Passport Snooping A State Department employee is sentenced to probation and community service for passport snooping.
• Facebook Simplifies Privacy Options Facebook is rolling out changes to its privacy settings intended to make them simpler to understand and manage.
• Computer of Alleged Sarah Palin Hacker Had Spyware The man accused of hacking Sarah Palin's e-mail had malicious software on his computer, his lawyers say.
• Google Sues Over Work-at-home Schemes UPDATE: Google filed a lawsuit Monday against a U.S. company it alleges runs a work-at-home scam that unnecessarily charges people's credit cards.
• Apple Releases AirPort Update, Firmware Updates If it's late in the day out here on the east coast, it can only mean one thing: time for Apple to drop some updates like they're hot--or at least room...
• SecureWorks Moves Into Europe With DNS Buy SecureWorks has acquired DNS Limited, a U.K.-based managed security services company.
• Top Quotes of the Year As the year draws to a close, we thought about the memorable quotes related to IT and offer, in no particular order, 15 that stuck with us.
• Company Sued by Google Had a Profitable Year Pacific WebWorks has had a very profitable year despite a raft of complaints from its customers and a new lawsuit from Google.
• Social Network and Banking Scams Are on the Rise, Says Cisco Social networking malware and password-stealing Trojans are on the rise, Cisco says.
• After Code Is Released, Adobe Illustrator Fix Due Jan 8 Adobe says it will patch a zero-day flaw in its Illustrator software by Jan. 8.
• New Cloud-based Service Steals Wi-Fi Passwords A new cloud-based service can crack passwords used by WPA networks.
• FTC to Consider Stricter Online Privacy Rules The U.S. FTC will take a broader look at online privacy rules in coming months, its chairman says.
• China Warns of Skype Phishing, Shuts Offending Domain China's cyberthreat response group Monday warned local Skype users not to give away information to phishing scams.
• DoorStop X Security Suite 2.3 A firewall by its very definition is, "any barrier that is intended to thwart the spread of a destructive agent." When it comes to your Mac, that "destructive...
• HSBC Exposed Sensitive Bankruptcy Data Some HSBC customers may have had sensitive information exposed due to a glitch in the way the company redacted data.
• Microsoft Promises Six Updates for Final Patch Tuesday of 2009 Next week is the final Patch Tuesday for 2009. Here is a quick look at the six security bulletins expected from Microsoft.
• Researcher Says IPhone Data Model Could Lead to Malware If you're feeling whiplash over the state of iPhone security, you're in good company. Last month, the first iPhone worms were reported, which either rickrolled...
• Thanksgiving Webcam Promo Leads to Malware The Web site of webcam vendor Markvision was hacked over the past week, infecting some Office Depot customers.