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- Selling customer information leads to prosecution
- Perhaps Mr. Graham of the Information Commission was reading my post yesterday. The BBC has reported that an individual attempted to sell customer mobile cellular account information. A broker got the information from an employee of a mobile service provider and then sold it to other mobile service providers. ...
- Tags: Customer Information, Mobile, Service Provider, Business Services, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Doug Hanchard
- Blog posts 2009-11-18
- 60 Minutes: We're not ready for a cyber war
- Just like 9/11 thousands will have to die Before we give a damn. It's really a shame.and everything workshow's that possible?Unfortuantely, it will take a disasterIn the US, until disater strikes no one will do anything. Once it does happen then there will be screaming for heads to role....
- Tags: Hacking, SECURITY, Regulations, FERC, Obama, hacker, Bush
- Discussion threads 2009-11-09
- Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus software
- According to a recently published SEC cease-and-desist order, the Commission has recently fined Commonwealth Financial Network $100,000, for not mandating antivirus software on the computers of its representatives, leading to a security incident which took place in November 2008, allowing the cybercriminal behind the attack to place eighteen unauthorized purchase...
- Tags: Software, Electronic Banking, Antivirus Software, Commonwealth Financial Network, Banking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room
- we don't need big governmentThe broadband has to be build by private businesses and everyone needs to pay to get it.The government should only provide incentives like tax cuts that are deficit neutral.And of courseAnd of course ZDNet is still pushing the crazy idea that broadband everywhere is inevitable. Somehow,...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Highways, broadband, broadband over power line, U.S. national broadband strategy, U.S. National
- Discussion threads 2009-08-14
- Facing Windows 7 E browser issues head on
- Facing Windows 7 E browser issues head onit is easier......when you have a browser to start with, so that you can install a browser of your choice, if you so wishJust use FTPMozilla is available from ftp servers. A small batch script to ftp get the desired copy and...
- Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Web browser, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- SoftBooking Management System for all Salons 2.1.0 (Windows)
- SoftBooking is the most enhanced salon management software available. SoftBooking has been designed for the salon industry being both simple to use and truly comprehensive. SoftBooking features: A versatile booking system point of sale and stock control functions, detailed client, staff and product files, and a powerful reporting tool.SoftBooking is...
- Tags: Client, Microsoft Windows, Mail Merge, Staff, SoftBooking, Sales Strategy, Sales Force Management, Sales
- Software downloads 2009-07-14
- US, S. Korean websites under attack; N. Korea blamed
- So it's cyberwar. In a July 4 attack that is believed to come from North Korea or its sympathizers, the websites of a number of U.S. and South Korean government agencies were knocked out and experienced continuing problems since the holiday, the Associated Press is reporting today....
- Tags: U.S., North Korea, Web Site, FTC, Attack, Transportation, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Security, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Geo-engineering can save this planet
- Geo-engineering can save this planetToo funnyI love it, socialism and government control of your daily life.Nothing like United Socialist States of Amerika....Population control is a better targetIf that kind of money was spent educating people about overpopulation - and how the earth can only support a finite number of humans...
- Tags: Contraception, Wood, Geo-engineering
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in Europe
- Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in EuropeRE: Microsoft to EU: Antitrust this! Will remove IE from Win 7 in EuropeI can't believe people are still complaining that Microsoft includes a browser with Windows? How are they going to handle people downloading another...
- Tags: antitrust, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Internet Explorer, Opera Software ASA, Web browser, Win 7
- Discussion threads 2009-06-12
- Microsoft proposes launching an IE-free Windows 7 'E' in Europe
- Microsoft is stepping up its campaign to try to appease European Commission EC regulators who are mulling possible remedies in the ongoing Opera-Microsoft browser-bundling case in the European Union. According to News.com, Microsoft's newest proposal is to offer a version of Windows 7 which strips out Internet...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, European Union, Softies, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Proposed Amendments to Regulation S-P Safeguard & Disposal Rules: Risk Mitigation and Compliance Solutions for Organizations Falling Under SEC Rules
- The Securities and Exchange Commission SEC currently has a series of Safeguards and Disposal Rules (Section 30a of Regulation S-P) that requires institutions to adopt written policies and procedures to safeguard customer records and information. The safeguards are required to be reasonably designed to meet the objectives of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley...
- Tags: Safeguard, Compliance, SEC, Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, Perimeter eSecurity, Regulations, Government
- White papers 2009-06-11
- FTC shuts down notorious botnet ISP
- The Federal Trade Commission FTC has shut down a U.S.-based Internet Service Provider for recruiting, hosting and actively participating in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content. Pricewert LLC (also known as 3FN and APS Telecom) was shut down by a district court...
- Tags: Internet Service Provider, Server, Bot, FTC, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-04
- China's 'secure' OS Kylin - a threat to U.S offensive cyber capabilities?
- Picture a cyber warfare arms race where the participating countries have spent years of building offensive cyber warfare capabilities by exploiting the monoculture on one another's IT infrastructure. Suddenly, one of the countries starts migrating to a hardened operating system of its own, and by integrating it...
- Tags: China, Operating System, Operating Systems, Linux, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Election industry fights open source like it is 1999
- Election industry fights open source like it is 1999Correction: change the insecure in previous posting to secureReally got to look closer at what I post.I have to agree that the electronic election industryNeeds some severe reform, if not the hammer brought down on them. I was ALWAYS suspicious as to...
- Tags: Companies, election industry, open source, TRANSPARENCY
- Discussion threads 2009-04-21
- I challenge you to ask yourself: Will not-new technology do?
- While the rest of the tech world works itself into frenzy over the strange yet fabulous union of Oracle and Sun Microsystems, I've been contemplating a much more mundane but potentially far-reaching issue for IT manager sorts. That is: whether or not your organization should be considering refurbished systems as...
- Tags: Procurement, Redemtech, Purchasing & Procurement, Microsoft Windows, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows XP, Business Operations, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- FCC takes first step toward National Broadband plan
- The Federal Communications Commission said today that it has taken the first step toward developing a National Broadband plan to ensure that all Americans have access to high-speed Internet connections. A CNET report notes, however, that the process could get bogged down by special interest groups who...
- Tags: FCC, Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Federal Government, Networking, Government, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Smart Grid vulnerable to cyberattack
- OK, next multibillion dollar opportunity for security consultants coming right up! The Smart Grid, a sort of energy-carrying Internet that will feature automated meters, two-way communication and advanced sensors according to CNN, is ripe for the same kind of cyberattacks that Net users have become so...
- Tags: U.S., Blackout, Grid, Cyberattack, Power Grid, Hacking, Security, Viruses And Worms, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-22
- EPIC claim on Google Docs rings hollow
- In the aftermath of a security boo-boo, in which a "a very small percentage" of Google Docs users had their documents exposed to the worldunintended collaborators, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has officially asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate whether Google engages in deceptive business practices. ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Docs, EPIC, Internet, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2009-03-18
- Privacy group to FTC: Google's cloud is unsafe
- A Washington-based privacy group wants the Federal Trade Commission to launch an investigation of the cloud-computing services offered by Google - including Gmail, Google Docs, Google Calendar and others - to ensure that they are as secure as Google promises they will be. Specifically, the matters stems...
- Tags: Google Inc., Privacy, FTC, Cloud Computing, Security, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-17
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