Insurance company, WellPoint, fined $1.7m over data exposure

Computerworld Security: July 12, 2013
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Insurance company, WellPoint, fined $1.7m over data exposure

Insurance provider WellPoint has agreed to pay a $1.7 million fine for exposing
more than 600,000 personal records online due to weak database security, the
U.S. Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) said Thursday.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Greg Lambert: Six degrees of patches this July
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8650996/823929835/619615/0/

2. Microsoft helped NSA circumvent its own encryption, report says
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8650996/823929835/619616/0/

3. Researchers find another Android attack that can get past signature checks
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8650996/823929835/619617/0/

4. Feds asked to sit out Defcon hacking conference this year
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8650996/823929835/619618/0/

5. Defcon founder's message to feds fair to some, hypocritical to others
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Greg Lambert: Six degrees of patches this July


This month, we have seven updates, with six rated as Critical and one rated as
Important. We are on track for a bumper year of Critical updates ─ with 22, so
far ─ compared to 34 for all of 2012.
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Microsoft helped NSA circumvent its own encryption, report says

Microsoft helped the U.S. National Security Agency circumvent the company's own
encryption in order to conduct surveillance on email accounts through
Outlook.com, according to a report in the Guardian.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8650996/823929835/619616/0/

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Mobile Application Monitoring Breeds Business Possibilities

Mobile applications are radically altering the way businesses operate and how
they interact with their employees and customers. Ensuring performance of these
mobile apps is critical, yet performance is difficult to monitor.

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Researchers find another Android attack that can get past signature checks

A second vulnerability that can be exploited to modify Android apps without
breaking their digital signatures has been identified and publicly documented.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8650996/823929835/619617/0/

Feds asked to sit out Defcon hacking conference this year

The organizers of the Defcon hacking convention have publicly asked U.S. federal
government workers not to attend the event this year due to tension in the
hacker community caused by the recent revelations about the U.S. government's
electronic surveillance efforts.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8650996/823929835/619618/0/

Defcon founder's message to feds fair to some, hypocritical to others

Defcon founder Jeff Moss' request to government agencies asking them not to
attend next month's annual Defcon hacker conference has evoked a mixed response
from the security community.
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