HP fills LaserJet security hole
HP is warning of a vulnerability in some of its printer driver software that could allow hackers to siphon information from a user"s PC. The unusual security alert -- printer software is not usually at the forefront of security worries -- affects anyon...
Breach at insurance company highlights insider threat (Progressive Insurance)
A recent case in which an employee at Progressive Casualty Insurance wrongfully accessed information on foreclosure properties she was interested in buying highlights again the dangers posed to corporate security by insiders. Progressive officials Thu...
Microsoft Pledges "Significant" DRM Investment
Microsoft Corp. said Wednesday it would increase investments in digital rights management (DRM) to guard against piracy and support the wireless industry, as more tunes, pictures and video clips are sent over the airwaves to mobile phones. More than 30 m...
HP warns over printer hacking risk
LaserJet becomes snooping tool By John LeydenPublished Thursday 6th April 2006 12:10 GMTGet breaking Reg news straight to your desktop - click here to find out how.A security vulnerability involving some HP printer models makes users open to hacking att...
Deleting May Be Easy, but Your Hard Drive Still Tells All
Sherlock For investigators like Scott Cooper, the devil is in the digital details. "All we"re after is the story, just like in the old days," he said. Mr. Cooper, a computer forensics expert, learned that the numeral "1" had been scrubbed in some later v...
Security concerns could slow RFID
RFID will someday revolutionize business, but that won"t occur until serious security issues are resolved. That was the message delivered Monday at InfoSec World by Kevin Ashton, founder and director of MIT"s Auto-ID Center, which developed RFID techn...
Privacy breach at ISP (Australian ISP Astratel)
A SECURITY hole in Sydney internet provider Astratel"s LiveBilling online account management system has seriously compromised its customers" privacy. Astratel customer Nick Adams notified the ISP after he discovered that he could view billing informatio...