At the height of its game last year, a loose-knit hacking group calling itself Fluffy Bunny appeared able to break into websites at will. For a six-month period starting in mid-2001, Fluffy Bunny …
IT Nightmare: The Enemy Within
The discovery that employees are attacking internal systems is a challenge because the majority of security monitoring is focused on the outside perimeter of the organization, not on the inside. Full …
Tutor hacked Bush niece`s application
Lauren Bush, the fashion model and niece of President Bush, was among Yale candidates whose applications were hacked into by an admissions tutor from Princeton, the university`s Ivy League rival. …
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Secure site seals may be misleading: Netcraft
Secure site seals handed out to sites by certificate authorities and lock icons shown by browsers can often mislead consumers into believing that a site is more secure than it actually is, according …
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Inside security attacks are more frequent than external
IT security has always been critical to the financial and government sectors but, today, with the huge rise in network security risks, every business needs to place this issue high on their boardroom …
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Military Works on High-Tech IDs
Future versions of military identification cards will encode information about fingerprints or other physical characteristics, the Pentagon`s latest move to tighten security. The newest cards already …
Watch out for new virus
A Japanese software maker warned on Monday about a new computer virus called Manymize that exploits software vulnerabilities and infiltrates e-mail systems. Manymize.A spreads by sending virus copies …
Microsoft`s Big Stick in Peru
Afraid that Peru may adopt a bill decreeing the use of open-source software in all government systems, Microsoft apparently enlisted the American ambassador in Lima to help try to convince the …
Transportation security chief seeks shift from law enforcement focus
The Transportation Security Administration needs to do a better job of focusing not just on law enforcement, but also on customer service, the agency’s new leader said Friday. In his first interview …
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Today`s lesson is pirate software
Malaysian schoolchildren and teachers are to be allowed to use pirated software under a radical plan being considered by the country`s government. Full Story …