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• Home Depot investigates possible payment data breach

  Home Depot said Tuesday it was investigating a possible breach of its systems holding customer payment information tied to credit and debit cards.

• Retailers warned to act now to protect against Backoff malware

  The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council on Wednesday issued a bulletin urging retailers to immediately review their security controls to ensure point-of-sale systems are protected against "Backoff," a malware tool that was used in the massive data theft at retailer Target last year.

• Kenneth van Wyk: Why do we keep relearning the same security lessons again and again?

  Don't look now, but we've failed to anticipate our attackers' next moves --- again.

• Google goes after Amazon with same-day delivery

  Google announced that book buyers in three metropolitan areas in the U.S. will be able to order books from local Barnes & Noble stores and get them delivered the same day with Google Shopping Express, the company's fledgling online shopping and delivery service.

• CISOs still struggle for respect from peers

  Chief information security officers (CISOs) continue to have a hard time gaining the respect of other C-suite executives despite the heightened focus overall on information security.

• How the Target Breach Has Affected Small Business Data Security

  Small and medium-sized businesses may think they're immune to the kinds of attacks that wreaked havoc on Target last year, but they're susceptible to the same nefarious forces -- sometimes even more so, as they can lead hackers to a bigger prize.

• Could a quadcopter land rovers on Mars?

  Taking a page from NASA's rocket powered landing craft from it most recent Mars landing mission, the European Space Agency is showing off a quadcopter that the organization says can steer itself to smoothly lower a rover onto a safe patch of the rocky Martian surface.

• Israeli security startup firm Hexadite automates cyber incident response

  Technology developed by an Israeli security firm called Hexadite promises to help companies reduce cyber incident response times by automating security breach investigation and remediation.

• Are Digital Retailers Focusing Their Security in the Wrong Place?

  High-profile data breaches have plagued retail this year -- Target, Neiman Marcus, Michael's and other U.S. retailers have seen headlines about their woes splashed across both digital and print media.

• 5 things CIOs need to know about Pinterest

  The social bulletin board can produce consumer buzz and website traffic, but needs better analytics for businesses.

• US retailer Target finally gets its first CISO

  US retailer Target has hired a new Chief Information Security Officer, a move that's noteworthy mainly because it is the first time the company has had anyone in this role -- even though it is one of the largest retailers in the U.S.

• US food chain, PF Chang's, investigates possible card breach

  A large batch of stolen credit card numbers for sale on an underground forum may have come from a breach at P.F. Chang's China Bistro, a US restaurant chain that said on Tuesday it is investigating.

• What's really behind the Microsoft-Salesforce deal

  At first glance, it doesn't seem like there are many ways SalesForce.com and Microsoft should partner: They both offer competing SaaS services. But upon closer inspection, the deal that the leaders of these two companies spoke so highly of during a joint conference call on Thursday afternoon makes a lot of sense not just for these companies, but customers as well.

• Advisory firm wants majority of Target board members voted out over breach

  A company that advises institutional shareholders on governance risk and proxy voting issues wants seven of Target's 10 board directors voted out over the massive data breach disclosed by the retailer last December.

• 7 Ways CIOs Should Prepare for the Digital Enterprise

  The whole world's gone digital. As today's companies try to keep up, many CIOs feel like a hamster on a wheel, constantly moving but never getting anywhere. This advice from the recent MIT Sloan CIO Symposium could offer at least a bit of relief.