In the News

Application Security is in the news more and more frequently these days. The following articles help to put in context the risk that exists.

If you would like a quick overview of the issues to do with Application Security see those marked with an *

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	08/03/2010	Heartland breach still hitting banks
	08/02/2010	Bank slammed after hackers steal $378,000 from Poughkeepsie
	13/01/2010	Hacker cracks bank server and steals customer logins
	04/01/2010	Heartland hacker faces 17-year stretch
	21/12/2009	Heartland to pay up to $2.4 million to settle cardholder class action suit
	18/12/2009	Heartland agress $3.6 million settlement with America Express
	10/11/2009	Heartland forced to update Q3 results as data breach costs rack up
**	09/10/2009	Wife bans FBI Boss from banking online
**	23/09/2009	Firms failing to treat card data security seriously
	18/09/2009	Online fraudsters hit one in eight brits
*	04/09/2009	TJX pays $525,000 to settle hacking-related suit
	25/08/2009	Hackers take the summer off before winter spike
	19/08/2009	Card data exposed as Radisson Hotels becomes latest data breach victim
*	18/08/2009	US man 'stole 130m card numbers'
*	18/08/2009	US man charged with stealing 130 million card numbers
*	04/08/2009	Heartland swings to Q2 net loss as cost of data breach mounts
	30/07/2009	Bank data-stealing Trojan infects hundreds of thousands of PCs - researcher
	27/07/2009	Network solutions hack exposes 500,000 card accounts
*	25/06/2009	TJX agrees $9.75m settlement with US states
*	24/06/2009	PCI standards board asks PwC to review secure tech options
	19/06/2009	Personal data exposed on website
*	16/06/2009	Financial Institutions have lost battle to protect customer data - Towergroup
**	02/06/2009	UK e-tailers don't understand PCI DSS - survey
	26/05/2009	Savvis faces bank lawsuit over CardSystems data breach
	14/05/2009	Hackers 'destroy' flight sim site
	07/05/2009	HP WebInspect 8.0 wins Info Security "Tomorrow's Technology Today" Award
*	21/04/2009	Recession-hit UK 'fears ID theft'
*	20/04/2009	Global recession fuels ID fraud fears - Unisys
	15/04/2009	HACKERS STEAL 285M ELECTRONIC RECORDS IN 2008
	14/04/2009	BOOMING UNDERGROUND ECONOMY FUELS ONLINE THREATS
	9/04/2009	BANKS TEAM WITH NEW UK E-CRIME UNIT TO MAKE FIRST ARRESTS
	April 2009	BERR Information Security Breaches Survey 2008
	31/03/2009	GOOGLE SEARCH REVEALS STOLEN CREDIT CARD DETAILS
	30/03/2009	HACKERS TARGET TK MAXX CUSTOMERS (UPDATE)
	30/03/2009	HACKERS TARGET TK MAXX CUSTOMERS
	23/03/2009	BILLY WINS A CHEESBURGER
	16/03/2009	WEB CREATOR TIM BERNERS-LEE DUPED BY ONLINE FRAUDSTERS
	12/03/2009	BT DOWNPLAYS SECURITY BREACH
	12/03/2009	NATURE SECURITY BREACH PROMPTS PASSWORD RESET
	06/03/2009	GERMAN POLICE SHUT HACKING FORUM
	05/03/2009	USER INFO STOLEN FROM MUSIC SITE
	04/03/2009	TWO FOUND GUILTY IN £229 MILLION SUMITOMO SPYWARE FRAUD CASE
	04/03/2009	FINANCIAL FRAUD HIT 7.5% OF AMERICANS IN 2008 - GARTNER E
	25/02/2009	How much does a data breach cost UK companies?
	17/02/2009	SECURITY BREACH ON BUSY BEES' WEBSITE
	15/02/2009	LEADING ECOMMERCE WEBSITES VULNERABLE TO SECURITY BREACH
	13/02/2009	FTC CONTINUES CRACKDOWN ON WEBSITE DATA SECURITY BREACHES
	12/02/2009	SECURITY FEARS SCARING CONSUMERS OFF THE WEB - SURVEY
	9/02/2009	HACKER LAYS CLAIM TO BREACHES OF TWO SECURITY VENDORS' WEBSITES
	4/02/2009	UK data breach costs swell
	31/01/2009	Cybercrime threat rising sharply
	23/01/2009	MONSTER DATABASE SECURITY BREACH OFFICIAL ALERT
	21/01/2009	US PAYMENT PROCESSOR HEARTLAND REPORTS MASSIVE DATA BREACH
	10/01/2009	SECURITY BREACHES LEAVE REPUTATION IN TATTERS
	7/01/2009	IKEA PLUGS WEBSITE SECURITY BREACH
	17/10/2008	Police raid UK homes after DarkMarket fraud website exposed as FBI honey trap
	24/08/2008	MONSTER ATTACK STEALS USER DATA (UPDATE)
	21/08/2008	MONSTER ATTACK STEALS USER DATA

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