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Terry Childs convicted in San Fran network case
Terry Childs convicted in San Fran network case
Things are not looking good for Terry Childs, the former San Francisco network administrator who compromised the city's network and essentially held it to ransom. Childs was convicted of computer tampering this week, and now faces up to five years in jail.
April 28, 2010
Blippy suffers credit card number leak
Blippy suffers credit card number leak
Shoppers’ social networking service Blippy suffered a security flaw late last week, after some of its users’ credit card numbers began appearing in search results.
April 26, 2010
Kaspersky Lab host infosec student event in Poland
Kaspersky Lab host infosec student event in Poland
Kaspersky Lab has announced it will be hosting an IT security student conference in Krakow, Poland, on May 23/24. The event - titled 'IT Security for the Next Generation' - forms part of the Kaspersky academy education programme.
April 26, 2010
Israel lifts Apple iPad ban
Israel lifts Apple iPad ban
Israel has lifted a ban on imports of Apple's iPad, which was imposed because authorities said the device's Wi-Fi system was incompatible with Israel's wireless standard.
April 26, 2010
FBI names new cybercrime director
FBI names new cybercrime director
The FBI has promoted Gordon M. Snow as assistant director of its Cyber Division, saying that the bureau’s highest priority in the criminal sphere is combating cybercrime.
April 26, 2010
Lancashire Constabulary taps into secure virtual desktop technology
Lancashire Constabulary taps into secure virtual desktop technology
Lancashire Constabulary has implemented a secure virtual desktop environment to manage staff access to its restricted and confidential networks.
April 23, 2010
Flash-based client device identification on the way out
Flash-based client device identification on the way out
Gartner has warned that the use of Flash local storage as a means of verifying end-user devices for security purposes is coming to an end.
April 23, 2010
McAfee blames QA process change for faulty update
McAfee blames QA process change for faulty update
Companies around the world have been forced to clean up thousands of computers after the flawed McAfee anti-virus update released on Wednesday caused chaos.
April 23, 2010
Microsoft wins piracy battle in China
Microsoft wins piracy battle in China
Microsoft has won its first big piracy battle in China against a Shanghai-based insurer.
April 23, 2010
McAfee's security software flags Windows kernel code as malware
McAfee's security software flags Windows kernel code as malware
Reports are coming in that McAfee's popular IT security software is tagging Microsoft Windows system files as malicious, causing serious stability problems, screen freezes and bootup loops for a large number of Windows XP users.
April 22, 2010
Google fixes Chrome flaws
Google fixes Chrome flaws
Google has closed four high-priority vulnerabilities in version 4 of its Chrome browser for Windows.
April 22, 2010
McAfee security software flags Windows kernel code as malware
McAfee security software flags Windows kernel code as malware
Reports are coming in that McAfee's popular IT security software is tagging Microsoft Windows system files as malicious, causing serious stability problems, screen freezes and bootup loops for a large number of Windows XP users.
April 22, 2010