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John Casaretto

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Thousands of Electronic Patient Records Lost in Theft

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

Last Friday the UCLA Health System took the precautionary measure of notifying thousands of patients of the theft of their private information.  Letters sent to the affected patients warned of possible identity theft and included contact information for a data security company …

Duqu Exploits Microsoft Word, Security Community Responds

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

Microsoft is rushing towards a security update release after it was disclosed that the Duqu infection exploits a previously unknown vulnerability in its Microsoft Word office application. Security experts have been hailing Duqu as an evolution in cyber threat that bore similar …

Digital Shopping innovations with Fluid and GlobalLogic

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

The day and age of rich experience digital shopping is upon us.  It’s a game that has been changing since e-commerce began and shows no signs of stopping or slowing down.  Two companies at the forefront of this quiet revolution are GlobalLogic …

Smartphone Trends Show Android Dominance

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

Some interesting analysis has emerged from a number of sources and they draw a shifting picture in smartphone trends.  Recent news from Google regarding the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and the release of their updated Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0 Android operating system heralds …

Blackberry Outage Linked to Backup System Failure

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

Blackberry service issues by RIM have reportedly spread to users throughout North America. The service outages as reported here, first affected the Middle East, Europe and Africa. Going into its third day of disruption, the services were reportedly being restored at one …

Major RIM Outage Takes Down Blackberry

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

Reports are spreading about a mass intercontinental Blackberry outage that is affecting millions across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. The outage is affecting email, web, messaging, and data capabilities on its network of phones. Speculation centered in one report from The …

U.S. Drone Virus Outbreak Infects Military

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

Wired is running a story on computer virus that has affected the United States’ fleet of Predator and Reaper drones.  The infection apparently is logging keystrokes of the pilots while the drones are in flight conducting strategic missions over the country’s warzones.   …

World Reacts to Jobs’ Passing

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

[Ed. note: Photo credit – Kien Tran] – AL3 Celebrities, politicians and people from all walks from life took to the internet, Facebook, Google, Twitter and all types of media in a mass reaction to Steve Jobs’ death.   Among the hottest tags …

Microsoft’s Global Spam Hunt

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

We hear all the time about defense when it comes to CyberCrime, and from time to time we do hear about federal cases where crimes are prosecuted. What we rarely hear about is the type of multi-national multi-agency collaborative effort in the …

Cyber Security Week

NEWS By JOHN CASARETTO15 YEARS AGO

With so much going on in the world of Information Security it is difficult to encompass all that is developing so quickly in this technological landscape.   It makes sense then to review the best of the week, the most significant items …

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