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Making sure everything works at the Beijing Olympics

2008-05-07 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b44ed4 in Network World on Security
 
The first of the two technical rehearsals has been completed by the system integrator behind the 2008 Beijing Olympics
 
 
 
 
 
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Hotels to spy on Olympics guests, says US senator

2008-07-30 00:00:00 by HASH0x8472b68 in Network World on Security
 
Kansas Senator Sam Brownback reiterated accusations Tuesday that China is forcing foreign-owned hotels to install electronic eavesdropping equipment ahead of next month's Olympics
 
 
 
 
 
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Olympics, security holes, IT job dissatisfaction and more

2008-07-31 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b462c4 in Network World on Security
 
Beijing Prepares for "High-Tech Olympics"; Endpoint Security Holes an Open Door for Attackers; IT Leaders Can't Get No Job Satisfaction; and more
 
 
 
 
 
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Phishing Websites Sell Fake Olympics Tickets

2008-08-04 22:42:08 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Many people have recently fallen for a Beijing Olympics ticketing scam that seems to have hit people all across the world. Due to the rarity of tickets for the games, and the particular setup of the scam site (and others), there was a lot of money lost by many people as they struggled to get
 
 
 
 
 
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Beijing Olympics Lottery Phishers Verify Their Victims

2008-08-05 22:49:26 by CyberInsecure in CyberInsecure.com
 
Websense has recently discovered another rogue Beijing Olympics website, this time for fake ticket lottery. The Web site uses the hostname that is a clear typo-squat to the official Olympic Games Web site at beijing2008.cn. Benefiting from the hype around the purchasing of tickets for the Games, the social engineering tactic behind this scam is to
 
 
 
 
 
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This Generations ApathyThe Age of Specialization and ADD

2008-08-19 13:46:26 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...Olympics Hes a bit indignant that so much energy goes to sporting events like the Olympics rather than more important news that isnt getting reported around the world This is in a year when tons of journalists are getting laid off This is in a year when there are tons of stories around the world that arent getting reported on Could we take...
 
 
 
 
 
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Links List 8.22.08

The Article has images
2008-08-22 20:15:48 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
...Olympics. How spectacular. Is that Li Ning running in the sky with the torch? Oooh, aah. And wait, whats that image on the wall behind him? Looks kinda familiaroops, its an XP blue screen of death .I wonder how much Microsoft paid for advertising during the Olympics Photo Credit: Gizmodo You lose some. You win some: Of course as NBCs online...
 
 
 
 
 
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Things that happen in China when nodoby is watching

2008-07-19 18:33:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...Olympics The BBC World News ran a story yesterday of a local Beijing woman whose house was about to be torn down, leaving her homeless. Why was her home being demolished? The Government had decided that her house would not look nice enough to the foreign visitors coming to Beijing for the summer Olympics. They planned to plant flowers in the...
 
 
 
 
 
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Links List 8.8.08

2008-08-08 19:03:05 by Julia Lim in ScienceLogic
 
...Olympics are here! Network administrators around the world, except for Terry Childs , will be eyeing office network bandwidth closely as people go online to watch streaming video of the games. NBC and Microsoft will offer 2,200 hours of live video coverage with up to 20 simultaneous live streams of different events. Plus NBCOlympics.com will...
 
 
 
 
 
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Security dominates 2008 IT agenda

2008-01-02 00:00:00 by Network World Staff in Network World on Security
 
VoIP security, malware aimed at the Olympics and U.S. presidential elections and Web 2.0 threats will keep security professionals busy in the New Year. Faster wireless LANs based on 802.11n, more enterprise-class open source applications, and new markets for Google are also on tap