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Temp staff: A security and legal nightmare?
Insight Temporary workers can threaten network security and cause legal troubles if they are not schooled in an organisation's IT policies.
Tags: Security Management, Human resources
Nokia, HP go machine to machine
News The companies unveil a cigarette box-size "cell phone" and other equipment that let machines wirelessly communicate with other devices.
Software "time bomber" goes to prison
News The perpetrator of sabotage that deleted programs on his former employer's computer network is sentenced to 41 months in prison.
Accused mastermind of TJX hack to plead guilty
News Florida man charged earlier this month in separate data breach, agrees to plead guilty to charges of hacking into TJ Maxx and other retailers and stealing data.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Hacking, Spam and phishing, attorney, computer, Identity Theft, Miami, debit card, hacking, agreement
Three men indicted in largest US data breach
News Florida man accused of stealing credit card data from TJX is among those named in breach involving Heartland, 7-Eleven, Hannaford Brothers and others.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, PC security, Data security, Fraud, SQL, computer, 7-Eleven Inc., Identity Theft, SQL Injection, debit card
FBI: Cloned debit cards used in worldwide scheme
News Officials say hackers breached payment processor network to get data, and then made fake debit cards that others used to withdraw millions of dollars from ATMs.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, ATM, FBI, payroll, Tribune Co., social security number, Computer, payment
US labs virtualize 1 million Linux kernels
News Sandia National Labs have simultaneously run more than a million Linux kernels on a single cluster, an accomplishment that could prove useful for antibotnet research.
Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Kernel, computer, Linux Kernel, high-performance, network, researcher, Internet
UK parliament computers get Confickered
News Blog posts e-mail saying the U.K. parliament's computer network is infected with the Conficker worm.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Security, computer, remote access, Parliamentary Network, virus, portable computer, U.K., network, blog
Fannie Mae IT contractor indicted in malware case
News The tale of the malware bomb plot is a warning shot to all security teams and IT departments. Given the level of layoffs we've seen lately, the ranks of disgruntled former employees is likely to grow.
Tags: Spam, Viruses and worms, Firewalls, Hacking, Spam and phishing, Malware, Security, Server, virus, Maryland
eWorld of Sports.com to net S$12.3m in IPO
News eWorld of Sports.com Ltd, a Singapore sporting goods retailer, said it is raising S$12.3 million in net proceeds in an initial public offering to invest in ventures and to improve its computer network for e-commerce.
Internet broadcasts to get a boost from new partnership
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US tech worker arrested in city network hijack
News A disgruntled San Francisco IT worker is in jail on US$5 million bail after allegedly locking administrators out of the city's wireless area network.
Tags: Security, Mobile/Wireless, Next-generation technology/networks, City, Administrator, WAN, Worker, performance, San Francisco Chronicle, San Francisco
Digital Island, Sandpiper ink $631 million deal
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Short Take: Toshiba, Hitachi to develop Linux-based computers
News Toshiba and Hitachi will form an alliance to jointly integrate Linux-based systems for corporate clients.
Taiwan denies attacks by China hackers
News Taiwan officials have denied rumors that hackers from China broke into a national security Web site.
