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- States bear down on security breaches
- States bear down on security breachesThis makes me sickState and local governments, including the state of Nevada, routinely post all sorts of personal information on the internet in the clear, and without encryption. I just went browsing through the Nevada court system case files, and there is lots of...
- Tags: Sales channel, Financial services, security, security breach
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Red Hat (belatedly) confirms security breach
- Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachthis is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!this is the evidence that open source linux security sucks!RE: Red Hat belatedly confirms security breachLOL!! What have I been saying all along? That linux is NOT secure and is NOT suitable for any purpose....
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Red Hat Inc., security, Linux, security breach, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Security breach hits DivShare, unauthorized access to its database
- The popular document and media sharing service DivShare, suffered a security breach according to a security announcement posted by DivShare's support team earlier this week : Late last night we were alerted of a security breach that allowed a malicious user to access our database, which included user e-mail...
- Tags: Database, Security Breach, DivShare, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Sloppy school district auctions PCs with student data
- In another example of how schools fail to take extra precautions to avoid security breaches, a Greenville, NC, school has auctioned off old school computers which contained the Social Security numbers of more than 59,000 Greenville County students, reports The Greenville News. The school is in negotiation with...
- Tags: David Thomas, computer, security breach, Cybersecurity, IT Management, Education Technology
- Blog posts 2006-12-11
- Nikon magazine hit with security breach
- Nikon magazine hit with security breachNo such thing as too carefulIt may not have been Nikon's fault that the breach happened, but it's great that they are taking responsibility to get in contact with their customers. Nikon is a reputable company, so this is a reminder that a security breach...
- Tags: Nikon Corp., security breach, security, OOOOP
- Discussion threads 2006-09-15
- Ohio University suffers at least three security breaches
- Ohio University suffers at least three security breacheswhat OSAny idea what OS was the server running on??Message has been deleted.Stop using SSNs for identification!I see some have been asking what OS was compromised in the attack. It wouldn't be out of the question for it to have been Windows machines....
- Tags: Operating systems, Operational accounting, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, operating system, social security number, Linux, Social Security, security breach, security, Ohio University
- Discussion threads 2006-05-11
- Suffering in silence with data leaks
- Suffering in silence with data leaksIt's all a matter of moneyUntil it costs a business more to fix breaches than it does their security, nothing will happen.The way most businesses look at this is simple: it costs me a little bad PR Public Relations if we have a break-in. I...
- Tags: Sales channel, bad-PR, Capital One Financial Corp., credit card, security breach, security, U.S. Congress
- Discussion threads 2006-03-29
- Firefox 2.0 alpha set for release
- Firefox 2.0 alpha set for releaseFor the 500th time......how about a native msi installer for us sysadmins who would like to deploy it via AD.Ba, humbug . . .I'm sticking with IE. I just love my crashes, malware, and security breaches.Not sure about "places"I like having a bookmarks.htm file I...
- Tags: Web browsers, SECURITY, Mozilla Firefox 2.0, Web site, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, installer, security breach, MSI, crashe
- Discussion threads 2006-03-21
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- Automating peer review may do much more
- It's important to note that this is a process which, because of the need for security, and the lack of data format standards, has not been computerized before. Getting it into templates makes many important things possible by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Acesis, XML, Open Source, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Why Apple and Google need to get into the Netbook business
- This crappy photo-edit of a fairly standard netbook design illustrates the power of Apple branding. ZDNet Editor in Chief Larry Dignan recently picked up a Dell Inspiron Mini 9 Ubuntu Netbook and pinged me for tech support questions regarding his new toy --...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Apple iPod, Operating System, Apple Inc., Wireless, Android, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-22
- Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISP
- Spammers are abusing Microsoft's online services at such an alarming rate that a non-profit spam fighting group now lists Microsoft as the world's 5th most spam-friendly ISP Internet Service Provider. The latest update of Spamhaus.org's list of the world's worst spam networks shows Microsoft at #5 because...
- Tags: Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Verizon snoops peek at Obama's cell phone records
- Nosy Verizon employees improperly accessed and peeked at Barack Obama's personal cell phone records, the company said in a statement acknowledging the privacy breach. In the statement, Verizon Wireless chief executive Lowell McAdam apologized to the President-elect and vowed that the errant employees will be disciplined. The...
- Tags: Employee, Phone, Verizon Communications Inc., Cell Phone, E-mail, Cellular Phones, Security, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- iPhone update kills 12 security bugs
- Apple has released iPhone OS 2.2 with patches for 12 documented security flaws, some very serious. The vulnerabilities covered by the patch which also affect iPod Touch could allow remote code execution, information theft, software crashes and weakened encryption settings. The skinny on this...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Security, Issue, SMS, Arbitrary Code Execution, Security Bug, Application Termination, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool
- Two new pieces of malware affecting Mac OS X appeared this week, a Trojan horse and a hacker tool for creating backdoors. Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Trojan Horse, Tool, Hacker Tool, Intego, OSX.Lamzev.A, Lamzev, Spyware, Apple Mac OS X, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Mac OS X, malware, Trojan, backdoor, hacker, Adware & Malware, Matthew Broersma ZDNet.co.uk
- News items 2008-11-21
- Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks Customer
- I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Portolese, Senior Manager of Data Center Operations for Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Nick's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Network Security, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMWare ESX, Nielsen Mobile, Altor Networks, Nielsen, Productivity, Data Centers, Ip storage, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Verizon Wireless: Our employees breached Obama's cell phone records
- Verizon Wireless said that "a number of employees" accessed President-Elect Barack Obama's cell phone records without authorization. That's not a great way to introduce yourself to an incoming president. Unfortunately, I'm not surprised. In a statement Verizon said Techmeme: This week we learned...
- Tags: Employee, Phone, Cell Phone, Verizon Wireless, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives
- Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, according to internal e-mail messages seen by Wired's Noah Shachtman. According to the...
- Tags: Malware, USB Flash Drive, Worm Attack, USB, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Amazon CTO: Cloud infrastructure keeps companies focused on innovation
- On the night of the historic U.S. presidential election, news outlets across the country streamed live video of the news coverage on their Web sites. Obviously, the Web traffic that night, compared to others, was exponentially greater. But it's not as if news organizations went out and spent boatloads of...
- Tags: Innovation, Amazon.com Inc., Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- News to know: Storm; Holiday gift guide;Lenovo malware; Dell
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Hands On: The BlackBerry Storm Gallery: Up close and personal: The BlackBerry Storm ZDNet's 2008 Holiday Gift Guide: Top...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Yahoo! Inc., T-Mobile, Malware, RIM BlackBerry, VUDU, Handhelds, Home Entertainment, Hardware, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Malware found in Lenovo software package
- Computer maker Lenovo is shipping a malware-infected software package to Windows XP users, according to warning from anti-virus researchers at Microsoft. The malicious file was identified by Microsoft as Win32/Meredrop, a Trojan dropper that is used to install and execute multiple malicious executables on an infected computer....
- Tags: Lenovo Group Ltd., Malware, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows XP, Tools & Techniques, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
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