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Friday, July 10, 2009
Korea DDOS virus now erasing data The virus has been programmed to turn on its host PCs and destroy data on Friday
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
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Thursday, March 01, 2007
RSA: U.S. cybersecurity chief gives guidance U.S. companies and the federal government need to step up and fix the problems in their computer networks, the nation’s new cybersecurity czar told attendees during his first-ever address at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last month. 
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Trust sinks secure ships The weak link, of course, is people. We’re so darn trusting, naive and greedy. It’s called social engineering, and it’s all about trust. Social engineering is the principle behind phishing, pretexting, gimme schemes - in which you seemingly get something for nothing - and other methods that criminals use to gain your confidence before doing their dirty work. 
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Contractor held for Veterans Affairs data theft Authorities have charged a 21 year-old Unisys Corp. subcontractor with stealing a desktop computer with billing information on as many as 38,000 U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs medical patients.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
Security researcher says it’s time to learn biology When a new virus strikes, some of us might fall ill, some might die and others will survive. That’s because each of us has a unique immune system. Diversity of systems and applications can play a key role in safeguarding computers and networks from malicious attacks, said Stephanie Forrest, a professor of computer science at the University of New Mexico, who spoke this month at a Symposium on Information Security and Privacy in Boston. 
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Hack attacks down again 
Thursday, December 11, 2003
Carleton University opens security lab Carleton University in Ottawa opened a new computer security research centre on last month in part to focus on narrowing the gap between academic-driven theoretical research and practical business applications.
Monday, November 03, 2003
CSI : Cybersecurity a balancing act, former FBI head says On one hand, U.S. businesses need to protect their trade secrets because national security is tied closely to economic security, but on the other hand encryption might be helping criminals hide their secrets, Louis Freeh former director of the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), told a gathering of cybersecurity experts Monday.
Wednesday, May 28, 2003
University’s malware course raises concern Antivirus vendors and security experts were this week quick to offer their opinions against the University of Calgary’s Department of Computer Sciences decision to offer a viruses and malware course.
Sunday, April 21, 2002
Survey reveals unexpected drop in insider attacks Some experts are questioning recent findings that defy the conventional wisdom that insiders constitute the primary threat to enterprise security.
Sunday, April 14, 2002
Insider threats hard to detect Recent findings that insiders constitute the primary threat to enterprise security are being challenged by experts who insist the greater threat to security remains external.
Sunday, March 10, 2002
Researcher sees security risk in computer's glow A German research student says that under the right conditions, hackers could steal information off cathode-ray tube (CRT) computer screens by measuring the light reflected from a user's face.
Tuesday, January 15, 2002
Expect more worms, and publicity, in 2002 2001 was dubbed, by some, the year of the virus. And not without good reason, as it brought the potentially damaging Code Red and Nimda worms, along with scores of lesser, more annoying threats into offices and homes worldwide. If 2001 was the year of the worm, though, what does 2002 hold for users?
Sunday, December 23, 2001
FBI agency advises turning off vulnerable XP feature A U.S. government computer security agency recommends that Windows XP users consider turning off XP’s universal plug-and-play service to close a security hole that can allow hackers to break into a user’s computer.
Monday, November 12, 2001
16 U.S. gov't agencies flunk computer security In a scathing report released Friday, the U.S. congressional Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovermental Relations flunked 16 federal agencies on their computer security efforts, while giving barely passing grades to a host of other agencies.
Sunday, November 11, 2001
16 U.S. gov't agencies flunk computer security In a scathing report released last week, the U.S. Congressional Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovermental Relations flunked 16 federal agencies on their computer security efforts, while giving barely passing grades to a host of other agencies.
Sunday, August 19, 2001
Copyright law chills IT security research A cloud of fear and uncertainty hung over the 10th annual Usenix Security Symposium in Washington D.C. last week, as IT researchers wondered nervously whether they would be hauled off to jail by the FBI for revealing security flaws in an anti-piracy technology backed by the music industry.
Tuesday, July 31, 2001
Online security impossible: expert Computer and Internet security guru Bruce Schneier proclaimed that "the Internet is too complex to secure,"during a speech on the last day of the Black Hat Briefings security conference held in Las Vegas in July
Wednesday, March 14, 2001
Survey: Financial toll from computer crimes climbing A survey of U.S. companies released today by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and an association of IT security workers found that 85 per cent of the respondents detected computer security breaches in the past 12 months and 64 per cent suffered financial losses as a result of the incursions.
Tuesday, October 24, 2000
Sites That Assist Security Every organization faces a daunting task in establishing and strengthening its security function. With the increasing movement to e-commerce and 7/24 operation, the many global challenges and op-portunities facing every industry, and the increasing need for secure information and information systems, an organization’s security function will need to be world-class to survive. For many the task will be all the more difficult because of past under-funding of the security area.
Thursday, February 24, 2000
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