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Open source and the 'fear factor' mentality
Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way of achieving significant savings. However, in order to protect their...
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 11:56 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Guest editorial by Emma McGrattan In the current economic climate, businesses of every size are looking to reduce their spending wherever possible. Open source software, which has no upfront licensing fees, is one way of achieving significant savings. However, in order to protect their...
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 11:56 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
FEMA phones hacked; calls made to Mideast, Asia
AP - A hacker broke into a Homeland Security Department telephone system over the weekend and racked up about $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia.
Yahoo! – Aug 20, 2008 10:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
AP - A hacker broke into a Homeland Security Department telephone system over the weekend and racked up about $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia.
Yahoo! – Aug 20, 2008 10:58 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Opera patches 7 vulnerabilities but keeps one a secret
Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability -- a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber-- is being kept under wraps. Opera warned that one of the seven...
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 8:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Opera Software has shipped a new version of its flagship Web browser with fixes for at least seven documented security problems but details on one vulnerability -- a cross-site scripting issue reported by Chris Weber-- is being kept under wraps. Opera warned that one of the seven...
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 8:42 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Chinese Gold Medalist Too Young To Compete, Finds Security Consultant
Mike Walker's Web search turned up an official Chinese Excel spreadsheet that indicates that gymnast He Kexin is only 14 years old.
Information Week – Aug 20, 2008 8:28 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Mike Walker's Web search turned up an official Chinese Excel spreadsheet that indicates that gymnast He Kexin is only 14 years old.
Information Week – Aug 20, 2008 8:28 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Judge Lifts Gag Order On Student Subway Hackers
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority had tried to prevent MIT students from discussing security flaws in Boston's transit fare card system.
Information Week – Aug 20, 2008 6:25 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority had tried to prevent MIT students from discussing security flaws in Boston's transit fare card system.
Information Week – Aug 20, 2008 6:25 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Can Adobe mitigate 'clipboard hijack' issue?
Adobe's product security incident response team PSIRT says it is investigating possible solutions to the clipboard hijack attacks spotted on Flash-based advertisements on high-profile Web sites. A barebones note on the PSIRT blog simply acknowledges the issue and promised more information after the investigation but, by mentioning...
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 6:17 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Adobe's product security incident response team PSIRT says it is investigating possible solutions to the clipboard hijack attacks spotted on Flash-based advertisements on high-profile Web sites. A barebones note on the PSIRT blog simply acknowledges the issue and promised more information after the investigation but, by mentioning...
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 6:17 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Identity theft for the hip blogger on-the-go?
Xpenser allows users to send their expense information to a hosted spreadsheet using SMS, IM, Twitter and Jott. Security risk, anyone? by Jennifer Leggio
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 5:56 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Xpenser allows users to send their expense information to a hosted spreadsheet using SMS, IM, Twitter and Jott. Security risk, anyone? by Jennifer Leggio
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 5:56 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
IBM Invests $300 Million In Backup Centers
Big Blue aims to keep its customers safe by employing cloud computing standards.
Information Week – Aug 20, 2008 2:19 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Big Blue aims to keep its customers safe by employing cloud computing standards.
Information Week – Aug 20, 2008 2:19 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Princeton Review Security Flaw Outed By Competitor
One file reportedly contained information about 34,000 students and another contained names and birth dates of 74,000 students.
Information Week – Aug 20, 2008 10:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
One file reportedly contained information about 34,000 students and another contained names and birth dates of 74,000 students.
Information Week – Aug 20, 2008 10:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
News to know: IDF; Windows 7 wishes; IE 8; Salesforce.com
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 08:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: Salesforce acquires InStranet; Will take it SaaS and better target call centers Ed Bott: My Windows 7 wish list ...
ZDNet – Aug 20, 2008 08:54 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
