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Apple iPad: Three million units and counting
Apple iPad: Three million units and counting
Apple announced yesterday that it sold its 3 millionth iPad this past Monday, as strong international and domestic demand for the tablet device continues unabated.
June 23, 2010
Florida university notifies students and faculty of possible data exposure
Florida university notifies students and faculty of possible data exposure
Students and faculty at Florida International University are being sent notification letters regarding the potential compromise of personal data stored in a university database.
June 23, 2010
Skybox Security introduces change assurance/tracking
Skybox Security introduces change assurance/tracking
US headquartered IT security vendor Skybox Security has taken the wraps off v5.0 of its automated firewall and allied security systems management software. In the process, the company has added change assurance and tracking to its software.
June 22, 2010
Government scrutinises IT projects and contracts to find £95m savings
Government scrutinises IT projects and contracts to find £95m savings
Every IT project in central government is being reviewed and contracts renegotiated in an attempt to make the £95m savings announced by the government last month.
June 22, 2010
Major hack of Israeli Twitter accounts
Major hack of Israeli Twitter accounts
Reports are coming in of a systematic hack of Twitter accounts – apparently owned by Israeli internet users – by Turkish hackers.
June 22, 2010
IT staff remains dedicated, even during major sporting events
IT staff remains dedicated, even during major sporting events
Whether it’s during the Super Bowl or World Cup, recent surveys show that IT department staff would stay on the job in the event of a crisis, at least hypothetically speaking.
June 22, 2010
eNom fails to act on bogus online pharmacies
eNom fails to act on bogus online pharmacies
The world's second-largest seller of website addresses knowingly helped groups that sell counterfeit pharmaceuticals to US residents in violation of federal laws, a research report alleges.
June 21, 2010
Belgian pump and dump botnet revealed
Belgian pump and dump botnet revealed
A cybercriminal gang appears to have resurrected the old pump and dump internet scam, this time adapted to use the power of a botnet.
June 21, 2010
UK consumers seek secure ticket sites
UK consumers seek secure ticket sites
Online ticket sales are hot targets for fraudsters, but research shows UK customers are buying only from sites that offer security assurances, says VeriSign.
June 18, 2010
Twitter warns of more disruptions during World Cup
Twitter warns of more disruptions during World Cup
Twitter's outages at the start of the week could be repeated in the next few weeks due to technical problems and increased traffic during the FIFA World Cup, the site has warned.
June 17, 2010
Canon warns of digital printer security issue
Canon warns of digital printer security issue
You wouldn't normally classify digital printers as being a security risk but, according to Quentyn Taylor, director of information security with Canon, high-end multi-functional printers pose a serious security risk when they come to the end of their working lifetime.
June 17, 2010
Security vendor identifies Skype exploit in the wild
Security vendor identifies Skype exploit in the wild
M86 Security has come across active exploitation of a Skype ActiveX vulnerability that affects older versions of the popular VoIP service.
June 17, 2010