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Facebook to improve security with remote control

phion — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 12:59:44 +0000

…Facebook is rolling out a security feature that will enable users to log out remotely from active sessions on the social networking site. The feature, to be added to the account setting page gradually, is aimed at helping users to see if they are logged in on other devices and then log… Read More

Virginia governor calls for IT outage review on Northrop Grumman’s tab

phion — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 01:15:28 +0000

…Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell said Thursday the state will order an independent review of its information technology outage that stretched on for a week and shelved key… Read More

Smartphones: The New Hacker Frontier

phion — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:12:31 +0000

…In the first quarter of 2010, statistics show that global smartphone shipments topped 54 million a 57 percent jump from the previous year. With such growth, it should come as little surprise that hackers are adapting their tested methods for infecting computers to attack Internet-enabled mobile and… Read More

Global Cyber War Could Be ‘Worse Than a Tsunami’

phion — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:12:31 +0000

…Image: Juan Fuertes International cyberwar would be “worse than a tsunami” and should be avoided by a global cybersecurity peace treaty, said the head of the International Telecommunications Union Hamadoun… Read More

Women Did Well on Defcon Social Engineering Test

phion — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 13:59:56 +0000

…Of the 135 people Fortune 500 employees targeted by social engineering hackers in a recent contest only five of them refused to give up any corporate information… Read More

Israel Data Access Stopped After Irish Objection

phion — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 22:54:19 +0000

…Objections levied by Irish European officials have put a stop to Israel gaining recognition for its data protection and access to sensitive… Read More

Google unlikely to be punished for ‘mistake’

phion — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:51:49 +0000

…Google is unlikely to be penalised for collecting personal wireless internet data from New Zealanders after police found it had not committed a crime, a privacy lawyer… Read More

NYT publishes evidence of widespread phone-hacking

phion — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:41:09 +0000

…The New York Times has published an online a taster of a huge investigation into phone-hacking at the News of the World which it plans to publish this weekend in its Sunday… Read More

12 most recommended network monitoring tools – Enterprise Servers & Storage – Techguide

phion — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:41:09 +0000

…Most organizations, from the smallest office to the largest enterprises rely on some kind of network monitoring tools to help them analyze performance issues, alert them to threats, and provide reports on the health of the network… Read More