Posted in Network World on December 20th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
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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.
Posted in Network World on December 20th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
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.
Posted in Network World on December 20th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
Twitter plans to open source some of the Android security products built by the developers behind Whisper Systems, which Twitter acquired last month.
Posted in Network World on December 20th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
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.
Posted in Network World on December 19th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
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
Posted in Network World on December 19th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
The 2011 Executive Women's Forum "Women of Influence" Awards were celebrated recently at the annual EWF event in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Posted in Network World on December 19th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
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.
Posted in Network World on December 19th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
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.
Posted in Network World on December 19th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been granted permission to take his fight against extradition to Sweden to the U.K.'s Supreme Court.
Posted in Network World on December 19th, 2011 by NetworkWorld
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).