Down The Security Rabbithole

Topics covered The FTC jumps into the breech (pun intended) and may try and levy fines against Target, and future breach victims - http://ww2.cfo.com/technology/2014/03/ftc-urges-data-breach-penalties/ http://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2014/03/target-could-face-federal-charges-failing-protect-customer-data-hackers/80824/?oref=ng-channelriver Could the Barclays Bank breach of Feb 2014 have been test data? Richard Bishop thinks so - http://blog.trustiv.co.uk/2014/03/barclays-data-breach-%E2%80%93-could-it-be-test-data http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/02/10/barclays_investigates_gold_mine_client_data_breach/ US Commerce Dept not renewing ICANN contract, moving control to ITU - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-03-15/u-s-to-relinquish-control-of-internet-address-system.html http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-03-17/the-u-dot-s-dot-ends-control-of-icann-gives-up-backing-of-the-free-speech-internet With Microsoft officially, and finally, stopping support for WinXP (after 14yrs!), is there a "breach cri