Blackout
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Techies sidestep Malaysian govt
News Tech-savvy protesters in Malaysia bypassed government-imposed media blackout, turning to new media platforms for news on rally.
Tags: Government, Web logs, Web 2.0, Web sites
Judge orders Napster to remain offline
News A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Napster to remain offline until it can show that it is able to effectively block access to copyrighted works on its file-swapping network, according to both parties involved in the suit.
Fox pounces on TV fan Web sites
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Hollywood hunts The Pirate Bay; site down again
News Sources say lawyers in Sweden working for copyright owners are tracking down whoever provides bandwidth to The Pirate Bay and then forcing them to cut off service.
Tags: Web 2.0, Web sites, Digital rights management (DRM), Site, Web 2.0, Web sites, BitTorrent, Blackout, attorney, Ukraine
Report: Smart-grid hackers could cause blackouts
News Cybersecurity experts say someone with US$500 of equipment and materials could take command and control, allowing for "en masse manipulation" of electricity service.
Tags: Hacking, Department Of Energy, CNN, Security, Cybersecurity, Blackout, Grid, security services company, power consumption, data sharing
Pirate Bay suffers outage, site back up
News The controversial BitTorrent search engine goes down for at least three hours the day after the site's ISP reportedly cut off service.
Tags: Digital rights management (DRM), Web 2.0, search engine, Site, CBS Interactive Inc., Entertainment Company, BitTorrent, entertainment, Internet Service, Pirate Bay
Report: Spies hacked into US electricity grid
News Quoting national security officials, report says spies have infiltrated the power grid in an apparent attempt to map the utility infrastructure.
Tags: Hacking, Security Management, Security, Powerline, cell phone network, Grid, electricity grid, software, network, Internet
Conficker infected critical hospital equipment, expert says
News Hundreds of PCs and medical devices at hospitals in the U.S. were found to be infected with the Conficker worm recently, a security expert says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Access Control, removable storage, computer, SCADA, Hospital, Worker, Marcus Sachs, network, Microsoft Windows
Crypto pioneers differ on cloud-computing risks
News During an RSA panel, world's top cryptographers disagree on the risks inherent in cloud computing and downplay the possibility of a digital Pearl Harbor.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Cloud computing, Security, Cybersecurity, computer science, 9/11 commission, computer, Cloud computing, phone, virus
Report: MSBlast not to blame for US blackout
News The final report task force report on the 2003 outage that darkened New York, Toronto and other areas concludes that computer and human errors, not the virus, are to blame.
Tags: Viruses and worms
Data-center worker sabotages California power grid
News A computer technician at a data center that administers power supply to part of California's power grid pleaded guilty to trying to shut it down.
Tags: Business security, Security Management
CIA: Cyberattack caused multi-city blackout
News The CIA has warned of successful attacks against various countries' critical national infrastructures.
Tags: Security
Oracle sets schedule for patches
News Releases dates of quarterly bulletins for 2005 to allow companies to better plan system updates.
Tags: Business applications
Sites lag as shoppers throng online
News Calling it a "perfect online shopping storm," a survey of major retailers reported that events have conspired this season to send hordes of shoppers to the Internet, slowing major sites to a crawl.
All eyes on virus protection at Athens Olympics
News As the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens approach, keeping the official network free of virus attacks is top priority.
Tags: Network security, Security implementation/standards
