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A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services who admitted last year that he stole the personal data of about 8.5 million consumers and sold the information to data brokers has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a federal judge.

The next major release of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server will pose a test not only for customers but also for its creator, Research in Motion.

A year after revealing a major upgrade of the BlackBerry Enterprise Server was underway, Research in Motion this week finally fleshed out what the new version will do, and put a delivery date on it.

Venture capital investment in network companies hit another low during the first quarter, with the total number of investments dropping to its lowest point since the third quarter of 2004.

How bad was 2007 for breaches, vulnerabilities and similar mayhem? On the bright side, it was better than 2008 is forecast to be. With more of every sort of meltdown predicted -- more criminalization of the hacker community, more Web-application attacks, more phishing, more spamming, more zero-day attacks and more virtualization-related threats -- we're happy to tell you that you are likely to look back on 2007 as the peaceful old days.

A senior database administrator at a subsidiary of Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) who was accused of stealing about 8.5 million customer records and selling them to data brokers is expected to plead guilty tomorrow to felony fraud charges in US District Court in Tampa, according to court documents.

A CFO at a Fortune 1000 company holds his cursor over an e-mail that appears to be from a direct report. In reality, it's from someone he's never met, a criminal who's targeted and stalked the highly compensated executive, searching through company SEC filings and compiling personal details through corporate and social networking sites.

Mobile advertising is still in its infancy, and already it's despised by some users of wireless devices. Nonetheless, it seems destined to become a major factor in the growth of the mobile Internet.

The head of Oracle's identity management efforts was named on Wednesday to lead the management board for the Liberty Alliance, which focuses on identity management standards and architectures.

Overseas hackers broke into customer accounts at two popular online stock brokerages, TD Ameritrade Holding and E-Trade Financial, in a "pump and dump" stock-trading scheme that led to at least US$22 million in losses.

No one can afford to lock down everything and comply with the letter and spirit of every regulation. So concentrate resources where liability is highest.