Archive for the ‘Network World’ Category

US business leaders complain about China’s Web control

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The Chinese government is using Internet censorship as a trade weapon against U.S. tech companies trying to do business there, leaders of two business organizations have told a U.S. government commission focused on human rights in China.

Don’t blame Anonymous for Facebook porn storm, says researcher

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The recent spam attack that planted pornographic images on Facebook was not the work of Anonymous, a security researcher said today.

Do smaller businesses think they’re immune to security threats?

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Do small to midsize businesses (SMB) think they're somehow immune to security threats?

iOS, Android to get federal-strength authentication

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Businesses also gain a new Android app management and provisioning tool

Why Law Enforcement Can’t Stop Hackers

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On July 19, 2011, FBI agents in nine states rounded up 14 men and two women ranging in age from 21 to 36 for their alleged involvement with the international hacking group Anonymous. Fourteen of these individuals were arrested for allegedly plotting and executing a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack in December 2010 that took down PayPal's Website.

Facebook users flooded with adult images in mystery hack

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For the past several days, many Facebook users have been seeing adult images in their news feeds that feature pornography, violence and animal abuse -- the result of what security analysts say is a mystery attack.

W3C releases draft online privacy standards

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The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released the first draft of two standards intended to protect the privacy of Web users and allow them to opt out of Web tracking systems.

Advertisers can’t be trusted to self-regulate on data collection, says EFF

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The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) doesn't think that the digital advertising industry can efficiently regulate itself and has issued a statement saying that the self-regulatory principles for multisite data recently published by the Digital Advertising Alliance will suffer from a lack of enforcement.

U.S. border security strategy faces budget woes

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Officials within the U.S. Customs and Border Protection have a disparate and sometimes misunderstood set of roles when it comes to securing America's border, and the need for innovative technologies is high. But, like many organizations, budget constraints mean technology acquisition needs to be done with an eye on only the highest priorities.

Facebook users hit by nasty porn storm

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Facebook users have been bombarded with explicit and violent images in the latest malware campaign aimed at the giant social networking site, a security researcher said today.