Lawsuit dismissed against three MIT students - 12.24.2008
The Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA) has dismissed a lawsuit against three MIT students who were going to present how weak the encryption security was for public fares.
AlertPay brought down by DDOS attack - 12.2.2008
An online payment company was rendered helpless after a large DDOS attack knocked it out for seven hours this past Sunday.
Data centers alerted to outage risk - 11.26.2008
Energy shortages could be on the cards for data centers in the near future, reports SC Magazine.
Cisco shuts down, citing crisis - 11.26.2008
IT networking company Cisco will reportedly be shutting its offices for four days at the end of the year in a bid to cut costs.
Colleges should go remote - 11.18.2008
With recent advancements in remote email hosting and cloud connectivity, one system administrator has case for switching to remote services.
Humans are the biggest threat to security - 11.18.2008
Human error is now the biggest concern among network security executives, a new study has revealed.
McKinnon turns to internet fame in extradition battle - 11.10.2008
Campaigners for Gary McKinnon, the 44-year-old Scot who is facing a 60-year jail sentence in the US after breaching network security at the Pentagon between 2001 and 2003, are hoping a song released on the internet will help him fight extradition.
Adobe rushes to fix Flash flaws - 11.7.2008
Adobe has issued a new patch in an attempt to fix up to six flaws in its Flash Player program.
Vendors reluctant to pay for vulnerability info - 10.31.2008
Software vendors have proved reluctant to pay for information about potential, network, data and email security vulnerabilities, one company has claimed.
Irresponsible vendors cost the US billions - 10.24.2008
Irresponsible vendors are costing the US billions of dollars every year because of serious deficiencies in data security.
Opera patches usurped by new threat - 10.23.2008
Web security experts exploited a new flaw in the Opera browser on the same day that the software developer released a patch to address three existing vulnerabilities.
Asus recalls PCs due to virus - 10.17.2008
Asus has been forced to recall a batch of its Eee Box PCs in Japan after it emerged that the devices had been preloaded with a virus.
Hotels open all hours to network threats - 10.7.2008
Hotels throughout the US are leaving themselves vulnerable to network security attacks because of a lack of preparation, it has been claimed.
Detection is key to incident handling - 9.29.2008
In order to respond rapidly to network security breaches, companies need to be adept at recognizing likely signs of an intrusion, SANS has claimed.
Virtualization must not compromise security - 9.16.2008
As more firms look to virtual server solutions, it is important not to neglect commitments to network security, CIO claims.
Businesses spend billions disaster recovery - 9.8.2008
Worldwide sales in external storage devices used to protect companies against data loss in the event of system failure exceeded $5.1 billion in the second quarter of this year, IDC has claimed.
