The recent buzz about security threats posed by iPods to corporations has reinforced the need for IT managers to treat these devices like any other removable media that employees with malicious intent can use to extract sensitive data

How to avoid getting snared by phishing traps

Tom Spring - April 9, 2007

You never can defend yourself too much while online. A PC World reader alerted me to a flaw on eBay's Web site that enabled a scam designed to trick people into handing over their personal information. eBay promptly patched the flaw last week, but experts I spoke with are wondering how long the fix will hold.

Nearly 500 laptops stolen from IRS, audit says

Linda Rosencrance - April 8, 2007

Over the past three years, 490 laptops were lost or stolen from the Internal Revenue Service, according to an audit by the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration. Between Jan. 2, 2003 and June 13, 2006, a "large number" of the laptops were stolen from the vehicles and homes of IRS employees, according to the report released last month, while 111 were stolen from IRS facilities, the report said.

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Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) Part 2

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This second article of the Understanding Cybersecurity on Smartphones (UCS-Sph) series delves into Microsoft's Windows Phone, a mobile OS that has undergone significant changes...