Archive for the ‘Network World’ Category

Altered Android application spreads a martyr’s message

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A popular Android application for Muslim users has been curiously hacked to commemorate the memory of a Tunisian produce vendor whose suicide kicked off anti-government protests in the country a year ago.

Cloud activity to explode in 2012

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In testing cloud computing services and observing the growth of cloud activities, we've noticed that there are distinct phases that organizations go through in adopting cloud.

Twitter to open source Android security tech

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Twitter plans to open source some of the Android security products built by the developers behind Whisper Systems, which Twitter acquired last month.

Lady Gaga Twitter, Facebook pages recover from iPad 2 scam hacks

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Lady Gaga's Twitter and Facebook pages were hacked on Monday, tricking some of her millions of followers to a scam website looking to suck up victims' personal information.

With great privilege comes great responsibility

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While additional IT privileges are part of IT management, recent incidents and a number of surveys show many organizations don't do what's necessary to ensure such access isn't abused

2011 Women of Influence award winners named

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The 2011 Executive Women's Forum "Women of Influence" Awards were celebrated recently at the annual EWF event in Scottsdale, Arizona.

FBI Warns Hacktivists: You’re Breaking the Law

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Last July, the FBI executed what is arguably its most public campaign against hacktivists--individuals who breach computer systems to make a political or ideological statement. On Tuesday, July 19, the G-men cuffed 12 men and two women allegedly associated with hacktivist group Anonymous for their supposed involvement in a dedicated denial of service (DDoS) attack against PayPal's website in December 2010.

Japanese game maker Square Enix to reopen hacked site, says no private data lost

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Japanese game developer Square Enix said Monday that no private data was stolen when a server for a fan site was hacked last week, and it plans to reopen the site to users by the end of the year.

UK Supreme Court will hear Assange extradition appeal in February

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted permission to take his fight against extradition to Sweden to the U.K.'s Supreme Court.

IBM, HP, Microsoft lead patching laggards, says bug buyer

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IBM, HP and Microsoft led the list of companies that failed to patch vulnerabilities within six months of being notified by the world's biggest bug bounty program, according to HP TippingPoint's Zero-Day Initiative (ZDI).