Hackers Access Financial Data At UMDNJ
(AP) NEWARK Computer hackers were able to gain access to the Social Security numbers and other confidential financial information of almost 2,000 University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey students and alumni, university officials said. UMDNJ kep...
Prof may resolve dilemma over privacy vs. need to hunt terrorists
In Russian, there is no word for “privacy.” That never sat well with St. Petersburg native and former citizen of the Soviet Union Rafail Ostrovsky. Now a UCLA computer science professor at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Appli...
IBM bakes security into processors
Researchers at IBM have come up with a way to hardwire encryption technology into a microprocessor, promising a more secure way to store data. IBM plans to announce availability of the new technology, dubbed Secure Blue, on Monday. The Armonk, N.Y.-based ...
Google"s Wi-Fi Plan For San Francisco Stirs Privacy Debate
Privacy advocates have raised concerns over Google"s proposed free Wi-Fi service in San Francisco, which would target users with advertising based on their location. Most troubling is the potential of tracking where people go on the Web based on the user ...
RaboDirect’s 100% No Fraud Guarantee
Sunday 9 April 2006: Online bank RaboDirect, has announced a 100% Secure Guarantee for its Irish customers. The bank, which implements the highest levels of online banking security is the first bank in Ireland to give a guaranteed protection to its custome...
U.S. Military Secrets for Sale at Afghan Bazaar
BAGRAM, Afghanistan — No more than 200 yards from the main gate of the sprawling U.S. base here, stolen computer drives containing classified military assessments of enemy targets, names of corrupt Afghan officials and descriptions of American def...
Web site exposes Air Force One defenses
Whenever the president travels, security is a prime consideration. Motorcade routes are kept secret, and premature release of information about a presidential trip aboard one of the twin Air Force One planes can result in the Secret Service canceling a vis...