The frantic dash by US local, state, and federal officials to develop policies and procedures designed to secure mass transit in the wake of the London bombings (Full Coverage) should come as no …
Comparison between 9/11, 3/11, and 7/7
In the immediate aftermath of the bombing of the London Underground and a double-decker bus on July 7, 2005 , British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw declared that the attacks bore the ?hallmarks of an …
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Government Computers Still Exposed
Agencies describe bug-patching problems that render systems vulnerable to cyberattack. Government agencies are spending billions on technology for homeland security, yet system vulnerabilities are …
Experts Call for Raising Awareness About IT Security
A panel of IT experts say local businesses need multilayer IT security cover because the exponential growth of worms, viruses and spam e-mail have dramatically changed the security landscape in the …
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Computer virus researcher looks to biology for clues
A man sneezes. Flu viruses are released. People close by catch it. They go to work, go shopping. More people are infected. Then more and -- Whoosh! -- it's an epidemic. Computer viruses can spread …
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Super Worms On The Way?
The creator of the Bugtraq security discussion group says the threat from Internet worms is about to grow exponentially, and predicted an especially menacing version in the near future. The threat …
IT Security Pro Fears Stronger, Super Worms Coming
The threat from malicious Internet worms is about to explode exponentially, a security expert said Thursday as he predicted release of an especially menacing "super worm" in the near future. "The next …
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MyDoom sparks talks of security's future
MyDoom could spell the end of some security technologies. The virus, which has combined many old attack techniques into a successful package, was hardly blunted by antivirus programs during the first …
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The vicious circle of patch management
Network administrators spend their days overwhelmed by the task of testing and deploying patches to vulnerable systems. It's not just the volume of patches that gets them down but, once patcches have …
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Official: crackers have broken into GPRS billing
Some time today, the GPRS world will reveal that it has a security vulnerability which has seen an undisclosed number of its customers ripped off. They've been trapped into connecting to malicious …
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