Jailtime for US law database hacker
Celebrities amongst those said to have had information stolen.
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+, version 5 is being automatically updated to version 6.5
Sophos Anti-Virus for Windows 2000+, version 5 is being updated to version 6.5
Blog trackback spam swamps websites with pornographic links
Unguarded message boards make easy pickings for spammers.
Angelina, Pax Homeward Bound
One week, one passport stamp, one hungry media and one successful adoption after arriving in Vietnam, Angelina Jolie is heading home. In tow is the Oscar-winning actress’ newest addition to her multicultural brood, three-year-old son Pax Thien Jolie, and new big brother Maddox. The trio took off in a private Gulfstream jet from Hanoi’s Noi Bai airport early Wednesday, accompanied by a small …
EDITORIAL: Cyber-Politics and Public Discourse
By The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa. Mar. 22–At one time, town halls, public squares and park benches served as stages for citizenship. It was “retail politics,” conducted face-to-face.
Bill Penalizing Phoning While Driving Put On Hold
Time is shaping up to be a critical obstacle of a bill that would add new fines for drivers using a cell phone during another traffic violation. More Political News
Blog Exposes Creator of Ad Portraying Clinton as Big Brother
The creator of the video attacking Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton worked for consultants to Senator Barack Obama, a rival for the Democratic presidential nomination.
Signpost
CALIFORNIA - An anti-Hillary, pro-Obamah, YouTube video has created a recent media stir. The video is a remake of an advertisement for Apple videos, and shows a large room of transfixed human drones staring at a large Big-Brother style screen.
Rock Music Menu: Rolling Stone gathers no respect
By MICHAEL CHRISTOPHER Rockmusicmenu@hotmail.com One of the first things you get asked after telling people youre actively chasing down the career of a music journalist is “So what do you wanna do — write for Rolling Stone or something?” The answer, surprisingly, isnt easy to commit to, and in recent months, its gotten even harder to give a definite “yes” or “no,” due to the magazines …
Have your say: Do you stop guests from infecting your network?
Does your business network run the risk of rogue, guest, non-compliant, or infected PCs compromising your network?
Anti-Clinton ‘1984′ Ad Spoof Climbs YouTube’s Most Viewed
ABC News - A remake of the seminal “1984″ Apple ad spot for Macintosh featuring New York’s junior senator as Big Brother has been making rounds on the Internet for the last two weeks. This time YouTube is the venue of choice and the ad spoof is well on its way
Bigs & littles
Daily Freeman & Sunday Freeman - My big sister is on the cheerleading squad or my big brother plays football.’” Mountford and Simoni are working to extend the program to local businesses by encouraging participation in the after-school sessions as part of employees’ 40-hour work week
‘08 race, YouTube-style
Newsday - than a million viewers have watched an anonymously produced, caustic remake of Ridley Scott’s “1984″ ad for Apple’s original MacIntosh computer. In it, a woman hurls a hammer through a screen with Clinton’s image on it - in place of Big Brother’s
Priyanka’s precious gift for her brother
India FM - There’s also Big Brother with Sunny .The release date has been pushed forward. I’m very sentimental about Big Brother because it’s with my first hero Sunny Deol. When I first shot with him I was so much in awe I couldn t look in his eyes . I kept my
Hilary Clinton In Big Brother Ad On YouTube
All Headline News - Washington, D.C (AHN) - YouTube has entered the presidential campaign with a new controversial commercial posted on the video streaming site. The ad features Hilary Clinton in a ‘Big Brother’ setting, addressing rows of blank faces from a large TV
No More Big Brother Approach in Asia
Inter Press Service - TOKYO, Mar 20 (IPS) - Japan’s new free trade agreements (FTAs) with South-east Asian countries symbolise a new era in regional economic ties — a move from the old big brother relationship to a series of partnerships that could be the first step
How to Get the Most from Your Network Monitoring Solution: Knowing What to Monitor
Merely implementing a network monitoring solution for your network is not enough. The real work begins after you have chosen and installed a monitoring solution: now it is time to select which aspects of your network you are going to monitor. Paessler’s free whitepaper is available to help network adminstrators make the most of their network monitoring solutions. (PRWeb Mar 6, 2007) Post …
SOA Software Partners With Systar
ST. CLOUD, France & VIENNA, Va. & LOS ANGELES—-SOA Software, the leading provider of comprehensive Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services governance, management, security, and mediation solutions, and Systar , the leading provider of Business Activity Monitoring software solutions, today announced they have joined to provide SOA customers with the most comprehensive SOA-enabled BAM …
Kids’ safety online: Share your suggestions
Parents, do you know what your children are doing on the Internet? How do you keep them out of harm’s way? Let us know; we’ll recap your advice.
ABI Research Addresses Serious Wireless Security Vulnerabilities with New Research Service
NEW YORK—-Recent high-profile thefts of customer data from retailer TJX, Visa, CardSystems Solutions and others have combined with the increasing presence of malware in mobile devices and Wi-Fi equipment’s serious remaining security flaws, to focus renewed attention on data security, particularly in wireless systems.
SecureWave’s Sanctuary 4.0 Earns Top Marks From Information Security in a Round-up Review of Device Control Solutions
HERNDON, Va.—-SecureWave, a worldwide leader in endpoint security, today announced that its Sanctuary 4.0 endpoint security software received top scores in a round-up review of device control solutions conducted by TechTarget’s Information Security magazine — including a lofty “A+” grade for encryption, the best of any solution tested.
GRISOFT Unveils New AVG Small Business Server Internet Security Products
MILLBURN, N.J.—-GRISOFT, the developer of AVG Internet security software, today introduced AVG Small Business Server Edition for AVG Internet Security and AVG Anti-Malware to address the immediate network security needs of small and medium-sized businesses .
Secure64(TM) Ships the First and Only DNS Server Software Immune to Malware and Resistant to Network Attacks
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—-Secure64 Software Corporation, a software developer with the only Genuinely Secure software technology and server applications, today announced the general availability of Secure64 DNS - DNS server software with the only built-in denial-of-service protection to help ensure Internet-dependent businesses are always accessible.
Maryland Porn Investigation Nabs Cops, State Workers
The majority of the 22 employees are Transportation Authority police officers, who patrol state highways, tunnels, and bridges, and maintenance workers.
Malware to fight crime? AV companies say no
( InfoWorld ) - What if the good guys started using the tools of the bad guys to catch the bad guys, but other good guys stopped them from doing that? German police officials have expressed interest in developing software tools to help them watch computer users who may be involved in crime. The tools might include types of software similar to those used in online fraud and theft schemes, …
Can a Rootkit Be Certified for Vista?
A roomful of hackers, CIOs and CSOs agree that Microsoft’s given us the most secure version of Windows yet, but their approval is served up with a garnish of “excepts,” “howevers” and “althoughs.”
Antivirus Products Outperform Microsoft OneCare in Tests
Nearly a year after Microsoft Corp. introduced Windows Live OneCare, the company’s first foray into the security market is still getting low marks from analysts and users.
Google’s blog software hijacked by scammers
A new hiding place for Trojans. Googles blogger.com is being hijacked to spread malware through fake blogs, a security vendor has warned.
RSA to offer Trojan take-down service (InfoWorld)
InfoWorld - EMC's RSA division plans to launch a new service next month that will help financial institutions take down Web sites associated with malicious Trojan Horse software.
Trend Micro acquires HijackThis antispyware tool
Updated version of HijackThis and a new Trend Micro safe-browsing tool are due next week.
Layoffs Begin As Symantec Cuts $200 Million In Costs
Symantec Corp. on Thursday began a series of layoffs that had first been announced in January. The company had announced two months ago to reduce its cost structure by $200 million. At the time, the company said it would be making cuts in “a number of areas”, including a 5% cut in money paid out in salaries. A company spokesman said he could not say how many people will be let go but did confirm that the layoffs began on Thursday. When Symantec made the layoff announcement in January, shares climbed by 4% in early trading the next day. At the time, it was announced that the cost-cutting package was planned to include reductions in new hires, contractor spending and travel, along with facility consolidation, and unspecified cuts out of the current workforce.
Lesson learned by lenient sentences for HP defendants
Controversy continues at Colbert meetings
COLBERT Colbert has been the topic of discussion for the past few months with allegations of misconduct, misuse of funds and the on-again, off-again termination of Police Chief John Polston.