Brian Sullivan

Security consultants aren't surprised that someone managed to take a voice mail Hewlett-Packard Co. chairwoman and CEO Carly Fiorina left for HP chief financial officer Robert Wayman last month and transmit it to the world.

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Tens of thousands of people have reportedly been tricked into downloading malicious software onto their computers from Internet Relay Chat (IRC) and instant messaging (IM), said an incident report released by the CERT Coordination Center at Carnegie Mellon University.

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.

Symantec Corp. said it considered the Klez.e worm a relatively low threat, though a spokesman said the company had received many calls from clients who had encountered it.

U.S. Secret Service agents and Jacksonville County Sheriff's officers arrested a 30-year-old Florida man who authorities allege was trying to sell 60,000 names and personal information of The Prudential Insurance Co. of America employees.

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Bolivia, Tanzania and Mozambique have captured the first three of 12 spots in a United Nations program aimed at upgrading and building the IT infrastructure in countries that are lagging behind the rest of the world in those areas.