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A mass spear phishing attack could await victims of the recently publicised data breach at discount online broker TD Ameritrade, IT security experts warned. A technology firm that recently entered the data security market reported this week that thieves infiltrated a company computer nearly two years ago, illegally accessing some 27,000 customer credit card files. The employment website Monster.com, which suffered a huge malware attack this week, waited five days before informing its users that their personal data had been hacked, an executive at the company has revealed. TJX Companies revealed late Wednesday in a regulatory filing that hackers stole data from at least 45.7 million credit card holders when they illegally accessed the discount retailer's processing systems during 2005 and 2006. Breach in Texas The University of Texas suffered its second major data breach in three years when more than 197,000 personal records were exposed at the McCombs School of Business. The breach compromised the Social Security numbers and other biographical information of alumni, faculty, staff and students of the business school. Not much is known about the source of the breach, though UT officials said they are working on an investigation. In the meantime, the university set up a website and toll-free numbers to direct those potentially affected to protect their identities. As many as 50,000 personnel records at risk from Uk's Royal Airforce security
breach. Discount retailer TJX, parent of T.J. Maxx and Marshalls, has agreed to a US$24 million settlement with MasterCard over a security breach that left tens of millions of credit card accounts at risk to identity theft. New England is again the epicenter of a major retail data breach, this time with the Hannaford Bros. grocery store chain on Monday disclosing that hackers stole 4.2 million debit and credit card numbers from its computer systems. VeriSign, the digital certificate vendor responsible for the internet's .com and .net domains, suffered a data breach last month when a laptop was stolen from an employee's vehicle. Reports of millions of financial records exposed brings renewed calls for UK breach laws. More than three-quarters of IT security professionals believe companies should be legally obliged to disclose data security breaches, latest figures show. HMRC has radically improved its data security measures since the breach which caused it to lose 25 million child benefit records in October last year. The website of a heavily trafficked Indian newspaper is clean of malware, just days after hackers launched a nearly impossible-to-detect cross-site scripting attack that infected users' machines with a variety of malware. Despite the recent TJX security breach, it is natural to conclude that companies will continue to ignore the seething vulnerabilities that lead to massive thefts of sensitive information. Deutsche Telekom loses 17m customer details. HMRC has radically improved its data security measures since the breach which caused it to lose 25 million child benefit records in October last year. Tumbleweed’s regional vice president Stree Naidu has praised Australian organisations for their efforts in aptly implementing solutions to prevent information and data breaches. A pharmacy benefits management firm is offering a US$1 million reward for information leading to the conviction of its extortionists. Firms being forced to spend unnecessarily on perceived IT security risks, say
experts at RSA show. Cloud computing has all the hallmarks of becoming a prevalent and valuable innovation that IT professionals should use to their advantage.