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Insider threat looms large as San Francisco's network crisis plays out
The unfolding cliffhanger in San Francisco this week - in which a city network administrator has been arrested for allegedly holding the network hostage - represents an extreme example of the insider threat that IT security vendors and others have been sounding the alarm about for years.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The unfolding cliffhanger in San Francisco this week - in which a city network administrator has been arrested for allegedly holding the network hostage - represents an extreme example of the insider threat that IT security vendors and others have been sounding the alarm about for years.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Outsourcing's win-win formula for success
The news that Computer Science Corporation has received a $391m order from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is a reminder of outsourcing's ability to remain buoyant even amid storms. The deal will have CSC running datacenter projects including virtualization and consolidation tasks. Nice work if you can get it, to paraphrase George Gershwin, and, if you're an outsourcer at least, you can get it every time you try.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The news that Computer Science Corporation has received a $391m order from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security is a reminder of outsourcing's ability to remain buoyant even amid storms. The deal will have CSC running datacenter projects including virtualization and consolidation tasks. Nice work if you can get it, to paraphrase George Gershwin, and, if you're an outsourcer at least, you can get it every time you try.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Losing your data - the third-party way
Outsourcing of critical business components to third parties has been a trend for a number of years, and has been something that Information Security personnel have been concerned about from the start, particularly due to the risk posed by having sensitive company data in a remote location outside the control of the company.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Outsourcing of critical business components to third parties has been a trend for a number of years, and has been something that Information Security personnel have been concerned about from the start, particularly due to the risk posed by having sensitive company data in a remote location outside the control of the company.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
DBA who stole consumer data gets 57 months in prison
A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services Inc. who admitted last year that he stole the personal data of about 8.5 million consumers and sold the information to data brokers has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a federal judge.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
A former database administrator at Certegy Check Services Inc. who admitted last year that he stole the personal data of about 8.5 million consumers and sold the information to data brokers has been sentenced to 57 months in prison by a federal judge.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Court dismisses case challenging warrantless e-mail searches
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week dismissed on procedural grounds a case involving the constitutionality of warrantless no-notice searches of e-mail messages stored by an ISP.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals last week dismissed on procedural grounds a case involving the constitutionality of warrantless no-notice searches of e-mail messages stored by an ISP.
Network World – Jul 16, 2008 12:00 AM [GMT] ¦ comment?
NY man gets 30 months in prison for spamming AOL
Reuters - A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Tuesday for sending spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million subscribers of America Online in a scheme that foiled the Internet company's spam-filtering system.
Yahoo! – Jul 15, 2008 10:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Reuters - A Brooklyn man was sentenced to 30 months in prison on Tuesday for sending spam e-mails to more than 1.2 million subscribers of America Online in a scheme that foiled the Internet company's spam-filtering system.
Yahoo! – Jul 15, 2008 10:05 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Microsoft Says Yahoo-Google Deal Threatens Internet Privacy
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company's complaints may have as much to do with privacy and competition as they do with its own strategic interests in Yahoo's search business.
Yahoo! – Jul 15, 2008 8:55 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The company's complaints may have as much to do with privacy and competition as they do with its own strategic interests in Yahoo's search business.
Yahoo! – Jul 15, 2008 8:55 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Finding the name behind the GMail address
Ah, this is a fun little trick. I'm not sure if it represents a vulnerability, but certainly I expect Google will try to get rid of this feature. The SecuriTeam blog has reported that it is possible to expose the full name of the user who registered a GMail account. ...
ZDNet – Jul 15, 2008 7:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Ah, this is a fun little trick. I'm not sure if it represents a vulnerability, but certainly I expect Google will try to get rid of this feature. The SecuriTeam blog has reported that it is possible to expose the full name of the user who registered a GMail account. ...
ZDNet – Jul 15, 2008 7:21 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Norton 2009 to Speed Up Malware Screening
PC World - Symantec has built more than 300 speed and performance enhancements into its forthcoming security products, now in public beta.
Yahoo! – Jul 15, 2008 5:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
PC World - Symantec has built more than 300 speed and performance enhancements into its forthcoming security products, now in public beta.
Yahoo! – Jul 15, 2008 5:11 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
Jailed City Worker Allegedly Hijacks San Francisco's Computer System
The computer network administrator has been charged with computer tampering for allegedly creating a password that gave him exclusive access to the city's new wide area network.
Information Week – Jul 15, 2008 4:55 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
The computer network administrator has been charged with computer tampering for allegedly creating a password that gave him exclusive access to the city's new wide area network.
Information Week – Jul 15, 2008 4:55 PM [GMT] ¦ comment?
