Wednesday | 3 December, 2008
Stories by: Jaikumar Vijayan
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McColo takedown: Internet self policing or vigilantism 02 December, 2008 09:01:00
Few tears were shed when McColo, a US-based company that allegedly hosted systems for prolific purveyors of spam, malware and child pornography, was suddenly taken offline by its upstream service providers on November 11. - +
Obama administration to inherit cybersecurity challenges 21 November, 2008 08:27:00
As President Bush prepares to leave office, the task of upgrading the security of federal information systems to deal with new cyberthreats continues to be very much a work in progress. - +
Citigroup's 52,000 layoffs will impact IT 19 November, 2008 07:59:00
Given Citigroup's stated plans, a massive headcount reduction announced is sure to include a fair share of IT jobs. - +
McColo takedown: Vigilantism or Neighborhood Watch? 18 November, 2008 08:27:00
Few tears were shed when McColo, a US-based ISP that allegedly hosted companies known to be prolific purveyors of spam and other malware, was suddenly taken offline last Tuesday by its upstream service providers. - +
Harvard professor challenges RIAA anti-piracy campaign 03 November, 2008 10:27:00
A Harvard law professor has opened a new front in the battle between the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and alleged music pirates by challenging the constitutionality of a statute being used by the industry group to bring lawsuits against alleged copyright violators. - +
IT wary of insider attacks as economy slows down 28 October, 2008 08:52:00
About a year ago, a senior manager at Pilz GmbH left the company to work at a rival firm -- and took some classified data about an unfinished vision-based camera safety system with him. - +
Oracle issues 36 patches, but is anyone applying them? 20 October, 2008 06:47:00
Many database administrators don't always apply security patches to their environments in a speedy fashion, but that's not stopping Oracle Corp. from releasing dozens of them on a quarterly basis. - +
Report: World Bank servers breached repeatedly 13 October, 2008 08:25:00
A number of servers at the World Bank Group were repeatedly breached for more than a year by different intruders but it is not clear how much data might have been compromised in the attacks, Fox News reported Friday. - +
Sysadmin admits stealing computers, office equipment from Navy 03 October, 2008 09:20:00
Most often when systems administrators abuse their access to corporate networks and systems, the end result is either data theft or network sabotage on a massive scale. - +
Wall Street meltdown may drive risk-management investments 02 October, 2008 08:24:00
The ongoing chaos on Wall Street could hold an upside for vendors of risk-management technologies and practices, as well as sellers of compliance management products. - +
Former State Dept worker pleads guilty in US passport access case 24 September, 2008 10:26:00
A former employee at the US Department of State has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing the confidential passport records of hundreds of celebrities, politicians and other public figures.
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