A tale of two bosses at scandal-scarred HP
San Francisco Gate - HP has repeatedly denied that its board members and managers knew about investigators’ cloak-and-dagger operations, which included tricking AT&T into releasing confidential phone records and attempting to plant spy software in a journalist’s
Data I/O’s New PS288, Medium-volume/High-mix Automated Programming Solution
Data I/O(R) Corporation, , the leading provider of advanced programming solutions, has integrated its highly acclaimed FlashCORE(TM) programming technology, Windows XP software, new Vision System and Tape-out option into the new PS288 automated programming system. The PS288 is designed to program Microcontrollers and high-density Memory devices at near theoretical minimum times, creating a
GigaStor analyses WAN traffic with ease
Diagnosing network problems without analysing or even inspecting the traffic related to the problem is always an exercise in speculation and guesswork. The same goes for planning - how can you recommend network changes to accommodate growth without understanding the current traffic?
Murdoch to Bid Satellite Goodbye
With the Web playing a greater role in its strategy, News Corp. is in talks to sell its DirecTV satellite stake to Liberty Media
Fieldstone Mortgage Chooses MicroStrategy as Enterprise Business Intelligence Standard
MicroStrategy Incorporated , a leading worldwide provider of business intelligence software, today announced that Fieldstone Mortgage Company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Fieldstone Investment Corporation , has selected MicroStrategy as its enterprise standard.
Bull Buys Infrastructure Outsourcing Company
Groupe Bull SA has acquired internet infrastructure outsourcing and managed online services vendor Agarik SA for an undisclosed sum.
September 2006
Out-Law - Google-owned firm Google agrees to hand data to Brazil Hewlett-Packard accused of spying on board members Vintage computer could cause problems for kidnap investigators Franchisee can’t rely on Data Protection Act to avoid sharing data Mobile spy software
A tale of two bosses at scandal-scarred HP
San Francisco Gate - HP has repeatedly denied that its board members and managers knew about investigators’ cloak-and-dagger operations, which included tricking AT&T into releasing confidential phone records and attempting to plant spy software in a journalist’s
Scientist finds Trojan horse to brain
UW Badger Herald, WI - Sep 21, 2006In the epic struggle to treat afflictions of the brain, antibodies may be the Trojan horse to sneak promising drugs past the super-selective blood-brain barrier …
Two Trojan teams have shot to repeat as champs
Harvard Post, MA - Sep 22, 2006By Zack Erickson/ Correspondent. In the fall of 2005, both the Bromfield boys’soccer team and the Bromfield girls’ cross-country …
OSU receives low ranking in Trojan survey
Daily O’Collegian, OK - Sep 22, 2006Although a recent survey by Trojan Brand Condoms ranked Oklahoma State 97th out of 100 universities on sexual health, University Health Services officials said …
Boise State prepares for the Toilet Bowl
Arbiter Online - It’s a good way to get out there and meet people, but there is still that competitive streak,” Trojan Manager Jason Overrocker said. Overrocker is the manager of team Trojan. The Trojans and Team Towers are both new teams consisting mostly of freshman
Virtual Keypads Are Vulnerable to Snoops
WISH-TV - A Spanish security company, Hispasec Systems, has revealed details of “Trojan horse” programs that can capture video imagery of an unsuspecting person’s computer use. If the user enters a PIN on a bank’s virtual keypad, the dastardly program is a
Cougars, Hatchets hope for better weather for Week 7
Washington Times-Herald - The Trojan s lone win came over Eastern Greene in an 11-0 shutout, but they had been outscored 89-14 in the other four games. The Cougars have had past success against Wood Memorial. They accounted for the Cougars only win last season, 14-8, and
Devil Dish
ASU Web Devil - On the first day, God created light. On 11th day of the fifth month of the 1,983rd year of our Lord, God created Matt Leinart. Leinart was cast down upon the Earth as a Trojan, sent to conquer all nonbelievers, spreading his word with a pearly smile
Attacks on new PowerPoint bug
TechWorld - Researchers were made aware of the attacks when a customer submitted two different malicious PowerPoint files, both of which exploited the same vulnerability, said McAfee’s Craig Schmugar. Both files installed malicious remote access Trojan software
Microsoft Accused Of Not Sharing PowerPoint Exploit Info
CRN - An attack adds a backdoor Trojan to the victimized PC that then sends a report of its success to one of multiple remote servers. “The servers aren’t responding as of now.” PowerPoint, which like other Office applications such as Word and Excel, has
BB star Nikki devastated over Pete split
‘Big Brother’ star Nikki Grahame has said that she feels “publicly humiliated” after being dumped by the show’s winner Pete Bennett. According to ITV, Nikki said: “I can’t believe he’s done this to me.
Meds killed Anna son
A lethal cocktail of legal drugs, including common antidepressants, killed Anna Nicole Smith’s 20-year-old son, a pathologist revealed yesterday.
‘School for Scoundrels’ is so funny we forgot to laugh
According to the nihilist strain of comedy Hollywood has been popping out with increasing frequency, the world is peopled with nothing but the boorish and calculating, who conspire daily to take down the sole hold-out for innocence and decency. The broader the humiliation and the deeper the misanthropy, the bigger the laughs.
Trend Micro Study Reveals That Data and Identity Thefts Top Consumer Security-Worry List, But Many Admit to Poor
Trend Micro, Incorporated , a leader in antivirus and Internet content security, today released findings from a study that reveals the extent to which consumers in the United States fear identity and data theft. In particular, the findings highlighted that the majority of respondents do bank and shop online and many store sensitive, personal or financial data on their laptops, however almost one
Nearly 2,000 Malware Threats and Hoaxes Discovered in August; Posing Increased Dangers for Businesses and Computer Users
Sophos today released August’s top ten global malware threats and hoaxes. The leader in integrated threat management also released further proof that rootkits continue to infiltrate innocent computer users. In response Sophos is providing users with a free Anti-Rootkit program that detects and eliminates any rootkits on innocent computers.
PR Newswire Summary of Technology Copy, Sept. 20, 2006
Following is a summary of high technology news releases transmitted today by PR Newswire. The full text of these releases is available at the PR Newswire for Journalists, http://media.prnewswire.com/.
Codec promises video, delivers nasties
File sharers beware. Users looking for the latest and greatest video software may not just be in danger from media lawyers. Security firm Panda Software last week warned that zCodec, which claims to offer “up to 40 percent better (video) quality”, is in fact an adware program that can install Trojans, rootkits and other malicious software.
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Augur Systems Announces Augur 4 Availability
WBOC - NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ — Augur Systems, a provider of modern network management solutions for events, alarms, and workforces, today announced the availability of its Augur 4 monitoring software. Augur 4 is a breakthrough solution designed
iTunes nets $1 million in movie sales for Disney in a week
IT World - By the end of this year, Disney expects to reap $50 million in movie sales through the iTunes Store “at no Numara Help Desk & Network Monitoring Software
U.S. computer firm admits selling banned exports to Iran
IT World - Super Micro Computer Inc., of San Jose, California, pleaded guilty to one felony count of knowingly exporting items Numara Help Desk & Network Monitoring Software
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PRWeb - CyBlock SA and Cyfin SA, two new products from Wavecrest Computing, are filling a gap in the Employee Internet Monitoring software market by offering affordable, easy-to-use Web use management solutions designed for the special needs of smaller
News: Tag-team attack exploits IE flaw
Tag-team attack exploits IE flaw
US Sheriff joins Australian phishing attack
The Web site of a US Sheriff is the latest to be hacked and used in a phishing scam targeting Australians.
Trojan golfers finish sixth; Kalita advances to state
Chesterton senior Kristin Kalita can remember the feeling of walking off the 18th hole at Beechwood Golf Course last year at the LaPorte Regional. Thats when the decision was made.
New IE, Media Player Attacks Begin, E-mail Lures Users
E-mailed bait to exploits of the still-unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer have been sent, escalating the threat facing Windows users. In addition, an earlier zero-day bug in IE is now being exploited in the wild, and an unfixed flaw in Windows Media Player is behind a third attack.
Apple Security Not Yet Cause for Alarm
The latest round of Apple ads aimed at convincing consumers to drop their Windows PCs and join the millions of people happily using Macs kicked off this week. In one, a suit-clad “PC” falls over and “crashes” after getting “sick” with a virus to which the Mac is immune. Naturally, this campaign served as the starting gun for another round of the endless debates over how secure the Mac actually is.
Quick Outs: Week 4
There is live in the Bears. Cal was a popular national title darkhorse pick before the season began. But Golden Bears were still asleep in their Week 1 beatdown at Knoxville. Rich Cirminiello says Cal woke up against Arizona State and could still make waves. That and more in Quick Outs.
Infocus: Microsoft Office security, part one
Microsoft Office security, part one
News: HP chief apologizes, denies he knew of hacking
HP chief apologizes, denies he knew of hacking
Bruce Schneier: We Are Losing IT Security War
Companies are losing the battle to secure their IT systems from attacks by hackers and other threats, warned Bruce Schneier, the founder and chief technology officer of Counterpane Internet Security. “I don?t think, on the whole, we are winning the security war. I think we are losing it,” Schneier said in a speech that was webcast Wednesday at the Hack in the Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. As systems get more complex, they get less secure, according to Schneier. Even as security technology improves, the complexity of modern IT systems has increased at a faster rate. “The Internet is the most complex machine ever built,” Schneier said. “This explains why security is getting worse.” In addition, the nature of the threat that companies face has changed in important ways. Where hacking was once considered a profession for hobbyists, a growing number of hackers are now criminals with a profit motive. “The nature of the attacks are changing because the adversaries are changing,” Schneier warned.
Report: Home Users Blind To Hackers
Symantec says attacks are more varied and successful.