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- Alleged Maserati hacker accused of trying to extort cash
A 60-year-old man has been arrested and indicted on charges of hacking into and attempting to extort money from the North American branch of luxury car firm Maserati. According to media reports, Bruce Mengler is accused of hacking into Maseratiâ??s
- Sprint Xohm Goes Live: WiMax in Baltimore
Sprint has officially launched its WiMax network in Baltimore. The New England city will be able to get on its Xohm network sans contract on a daily or monthly pass. According to SprintUsers.com, the service will cost $25 per month or $10 per day. Not
- IntuGuard Gets DDoS Security Patent
-- (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) -- Distributed denial-of-service mitigation solution provider IntruGuard (intruguard.com) application has been granted a patent that covers core elements of an effective DDoS mitigation solution if a hacker tries to cripple
- Attackers Mix Online, Offline Exploits to Mask Financial Fraud
Higgins Senior Editor, The most sophisticated targeted attacks aren't all about the hack -- they start with clever reconnaissance, both online and offline, to learn as much about the victim as possible. And financial institutions are increasingly
- Same-Day Delivery & Logistics Company Dynamex Achieves First-Class Data Prote...
SAN DIEGO, Sept. 30 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Overland Storage, Inc. (Nasdaq: OVRL) today announced that Dynamex Inc., the leading provider of same-day delivery and logistics services in the United States and Canada, has deployed the REO(R) 9100c
- IBM Lotus Notes and Domino Expands to New Markets with iPhoneTM, Security Sof...
IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced an expansion of its Lotus Notes and Domino collaboration flagship software to new markets and users with a new version that delivers higher levels of mobility and security for the iPhoneTM and another that protects
- Interview: Andy Robinson, Police Manager for e-Crime Wales
In August 2008, Andy Robinson, head of the Hi-tech Crime Unit at South Wales Police, was appointed as Police Manager for e-Crime Wales, leading the Police response to business e-crime with his secondment to the Welsh Assembly Government. His role will
- Identity Fraud, Part 2: Digging Yourself Out of the Wreckage
Many cases of identity fraud are irritations that can be quickly resolved with minimal expense. However, when your credit rating becomes compromised, cleaning up the mess can be daunting -- and more expensive. Even that ugly scenario pales in comparison
- How to minimize the impact of a data breach
Thirty-one percent of customers--nearly one-third of a company's client base and revenue source--are terminating their relationship with organizations following a data breach, according to . Sound the customer retention alarm. When it comes to a data
- Delivering Enterprise Class Data Protection to Mid-Sized Environments With Pr...
sponsored by Diligent Technologies Corporation Posted: Published: 04 Jun 2007 Format: PDF Length: 2 Page(s) Type: Product Literature Language: English ABSTRACT: ProtecTIER? is the established leader in data de-duplication for enterprise data centers,
- Adobe: Full Encryption Stops Amazon Web Video Leak
Video Spotlight Sponsored by By 2008-09-30 Article Views: 107 Article Rating: / 0 Rate This Article: Add This Article To: Adobe Systems says Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe's encryption
- Britain's first internet crime unit to be established
Police officers will be given specialist computer training to combat identity theft and other online crimes, the Home Office has said. The Government has been criticised for not taking internet-based crimes seriously enough. Last year a committee of
- UCSniff - VoIP eavesdropping made easy
A security consultant with expertise in protecting phone conversations as they travel over the internet has unveiled a new tool that demonstrates just how vulnerable voice over internet protocol, or VoIP, calls are to interception. UCSniff bundles a
- WiMax Finally Available... In 2008... In Baltimore
For years and years we used to make fun of the press and analysts for either saying that WiMax existed when it did not or for predicting huge uptake before the tech was even ready. Plenty of companies offered wireless broadband, but it was not WiMax, no
- SkyRecon Extends Lightweight Endpoint Protection Solution With Anti-Virus Pro...
SkyRecon? Systems (www.skyrecon.com), the premier provider of integrated, proactive endpoint security solutions, today announced that it has launched StormShield Anti-Virus Protection (AVP) -- an integrated anti-virus and anti-spyware protection
- UW researchers receive funds for wireless communications, cryptography and qu...
Sept. 30, 2008) -- Seven University of Waterloo professors, conducting research ranging from wireless communications to cryptography and quantum computing, received almost one third of the funding announced today by the Ontario Ministry of Research and
- Virgin Media guilty of Data Protection breach
Virgin Media has been ordered to encrypt all portable mobile devices after it was found to have breached the Data Protection Act in losing an unencrypted disc. The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) gave the order after investigating the loss of the
- Police unit to tackle online crime
Police officers are to be given specialist IT training under plans to combat identity theft and other online crimes. A new cyber-crime unit will tackle credit card fraud and organised crime online, the Home Office said. The Government has been criticised
- Leading Stocks - Vertex Pharmaceuticals Inc, FLIR Systems Inc, Cephalon Inc, ...
Given everything that is going on in the market, I thought it might be interesting to see what stocks are leading this year. As a starting point, I pulled the component stocks for the NASDAQ 100 (NDX) and ran them through a query that gave me the
- Identity theft victim wins right to sue county clerk over posting of personal...
(Computerworld) An Ohio woman whose identity was allegedly stolen after an image of a speeding ticket containing her personal information was posted on a can sue the county official responsible for putting such records online, a state appeals court in
- Unequal protection, cyber crime and the internet in India
Born as part of an intelligence military system, Internet has become an essential means of communication and information with great democratic potential as an organizational tool for social movements challenging the domination of political and economic
- Full encryption stops Amazon Web video leak: Adobe (Reuters)
SEATTLE (Reuters) - Amazon.com has fixed a glitch in its video streaming service by adopting Adobe Systems Inc's encryption on all television shows and movies found on its site, software maker Adobe said on Monday. Last week, Amazon.com said it fixed a
- Howard Schmidt: TJX Arrests Show We're Gaining Ground in War on Cyber Crime
Interview with Security Luminary on Attacks, Defenses and the Next Big Vulnerabilities September 30, 2008 - Linda McGlasson, Managing Editor Related Articles in: - Data Loss - Mobile Banking - Incident Response - Information Security Compliance -
- iForem Unveils Escrow Assured(TM) On-Demand Intellectual Property Protection
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif. --(Business Wire)-- In the company's continuous effort to provide solutions that protect the integrity of intellectual property, iForem today introduced Escrow Assured(TM) -- the industry's first on-demand, fully-automated,
- Baltimore is first US city with full WiMAX
Nokia 810 WiMAX internet tablet is coming soon <> Sprint fired another shot in the mobile broadband format war today, with the launch of the first city-wide WiMAX service in the USA in Baltimore. Residents of the largest city in Maryland will have access
- Washington AG files spyware lawsuits
The Attorney General for Washington and software giant Microsoft announced on Monday that the state had filed its seventh lawsuit against a purveyor of misleading spyware under the state's strengthened anti-spyware legislation. In its latest case, the
- E-crime police unit announced
Home Office minister Vernon Coaker has announced the planned creation of a new police unit, which will focus specifically on tackling e-crime. The Police Central e-crime Unit (PCeU) will cost £7m, targeting internet fraud and other types of cyber crime,
- Identity Fraud, Part 3: Taking the Target Off Your Back
Part 1 of this three-part series describes the size and complexity of the identity fraud problem, and touches on some of the consequences that go beyond financial damage. Part 2 offers some pointers on what consumers should do if they find they've become
- Zohm Zohm: WiMAX Rolls Out In Baltimore
Although currently in an observational role, cable is no doubt watching closely as Sprint officially bowed in Baltimore Mon its long-awaited WiMAX wireless mobile service. Slated to be a key part of many cable ops' future product bundles, the service
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