Archive for the ‘Network World’ Category

Apple approves fake iPhone app for App Store

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Apple let a fake app slip through its approval process for the iOS App Store, the makers of the popular Camera+ program said over the weekend.

Supreme Court: GPS tracking needs court warrant

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U.S. law enforcement agents need court-approved warrants to track a suspect's whereabouts using a GPS device, the U.S. Supreme Court said Monday, in deciding a burning issue where privacy intersects with modern technology.

Hacker releases 100,000 Facebook log-in credentials

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A hacker who claims to act in defense of Israel has released 100,000 credentials of allegedly Arab users of Facebook in an ongoing row between Israeli and Arab hackers.

Do you need a cyberumbrella?

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If your company were hit with a cyberattack today, would it be able to foot the bill? The entire bill, including costs from regulatory fines, potential lawsuits, damage to your organizations' brand, and hardware and software repair, recovery and protection?

DreamHost resets customer FTP passwords following database breach

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Los Angeles-based Web hosting firm DreamHost reset the FTP and shell access passwords for all of its customers on Friday after detecting unauthorized activity within one of its databases.

OpenSSL fixes DoS flaw introduced by critical DTLS patch

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The OpenSSL Project has released new versions of the popular OpenSSL library in order to address a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability that was introduced by a critical patch issued on Jan. 6.

Researchers expose flaws in popular industrial control systems

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Researchers showcased unpatched security flaws in software used to control critical industrial systems by oil, gas, water and electrical distribution plants at the 2012 SCADA Security Scientific Symposium (S4) on Thursday.

Reduce the conflicts between IT administrators and information security personnel

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Sometimes the simplest solutions to problems evade us because we cannot see the forest through all the trees. In this case, the forest and trees I'm referring to are the people and policies that are in place to manage the operations and the information security of business networks. A few common-sense practices can reduce the conflicts between teams with a shared mission but disparate approaches.

Anonymous retaliates for Megaupload shutdown, attacks DOJ, others

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The hacker group Anonymous is claiming responsibility for attacks that have taken down websites run by Universal Music, the U.S. Department of Justice and the Recording Industry Association of America in retaliation for the government's removal of the Megaupload websites.

Twitter, Facebook fuel SOPA protests

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Several major internet companies and thousands of concerned users are lighting up social networks in efforts to spread opposition to controversial anti-piracy bills now under debate in Congress.