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Caller ID spoofing burns fire equipment company

2008-01-24 00:00:00 by Paul McNamara in Network World on Security
 
Todd Smith, owner of Maine Fire Equipment Company, spent an entire day recently hosing off angry callers convinced that his small business was responsible for threatening them during the course of pushy credit-card solicitations
 
Tags: entire day recently, pushy credit-card solicitations, angry callers, todd smith, owner, responsible, business
 
 
 
 
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Comcast Hijackers Say They Warned the Company First

2008-05-29 20:45:00 by Threat Level in Wired Security
 
In an interview with Wired.com, the DNS hijackers who took over ownership of Comcast.net say they told the company about the security hole that made the attack possible. When Comcast allegedly hung up on them, they got mad
 
Tags: comcast, comcast allegedly hung, dns hijackers, company, security hole, attack, net, mad, interview
 
 
 
 
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Microsoft's directory team forced to reconsider ignored standards

2008-03-04 00:00:00 by John Fontana in Network World on Security
 
Recent proclamations by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer that the company would move toward interoperability and support for standards is putting pressure on the head of the company's directory and identity development to reconsider support for industry standards such as SAML that have been long ignored
 
Tags: standards, support, reconsider support, industry standards, identity development, directory, company, recent proclamations, head
 
 
 
 
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Aircell Gets Rave Advance Review

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2008-06-19 06:17:06 by Glennf in Wi-Fi Networking News
Walt Mossberg of the Wall Street Journal uses test version of Aircell Gogo: He finds it works pretty much as the company is promoting it. Most medium-bandwidth activities work well, while video is choppy. The company told him it would prioritize data, so that email and Web connections would work for the most people. There's nothing new in the...
 
Tags: cell data, walt mossberg, wall street journal, flights, sub-3-hour flights, american cross-country routes, data, mossberg, web connections
 
 
 
 
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Gates pushed change in security culture at Microsoft

2008-06-25 06:21:31 by Editor in Computerworld Security News
 
In January 2002, then-Microsoft CEO Bill Gates launched the company's "Trustworthy Computing" effort to bolster security in Microsoft products. While the move set the company on the right path, analysts say more work is needed
 
Tags: then-microsoft ceo bill, bolster security, move set, microsoft products, company, effort, analysts, path, trustworthy
 
 
 
 
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McAfee to pay $13.8 million to settle backdating lawsuits

2007-12-22 00:00:00 by Robert McMillan in Network World on Security
 
McAfee has taken two major steps toward closing the stock-option backdating scandal that has plagued the company for the past two years
 
Tags: mcafee, major steps, past, scandal, company, stock-option
 
 
 
 
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Enterasys-Bluesocket union in the works?

2007-12-21 00:00:00 by Network World Staff in Network World on Security
 
Speculation is swirling that network equipment maker Enterasys Networks is buying wireless security company Bluesocket, which recently announced its first 802.11n products
 
Tags: 11n products, recently, speculation
 
 
 
 
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Domain Theft by Employees

2007-08-06 18:53:00 by Editor in Cheap Hack
 
Domain Name Wire is reporting that sofa.com was sold without authorization by an employee of the company that owned it. The employee pocketed the money. When domains like sofa.com, the one that was stolen, sell for $200K, you have to be careful with them. Think of this when you make your techie guy with all those piercings (you know,...
 
Tags: domain, domain disappears, techie guy, sofa, employee, administrative contact, money, authorization, possibly
 
 
 
 
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Cyber spies plan attacks next year

2007-12-28 13:15:45 by Editor in ElectricNews.net - SECURITY
 
Cyber spying will pose the single biggest security threat in 2008, with 120 countries now using the internet for web espionage operations, according to security company McAfee
 
Tags: web espionage operations, security company mcafee, cyber, security threat, single, internet, countries, pose
 
 
 
 
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Consultant gets five years for stealing names from an insurance company

2007-07-12 08:00:00 by Editor in IT Compliance