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...
Symantec Takes On IM Security, Compliance
Symantec released Monday a new version of its IM Manager designed to shore up vulnerabilities in instant messaging networks and address compliance issues. Security vulnerabilities in IM networks are causing companies to limit or prohibit use of IM, and c...
Security Fears Prod Many Firms To Limit Staff Use of Web Services
Companies are clamping down on employees" workplace use of the expanding range of free Internet services, such as instant messaging and video downloading, to protect themselves from viruses, communications traffic jams and regulatory missteps. General Ele...
Senate panel approves phone-records privacy bill
MARCH 31, 2006 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A U.S. Senate committee yesterday approved a bill that would outlaw the practice of posing as a telephone or mobile phone customer to obtain phone records. The practice, called pretexting, is allegedly used by a numb...
House panel approves data protection bill
A House of Representatives committee has unanimously approved a bill that would create new regulations for so-called data brokers, including a requirement that U.S. companies that traffic in personal data notify victims of breaches. The House Energy a...
Verizon security chief says protect your data first
What"s your biggest concern in data center security? JP Callahan: Physical security in the data center is about who touched what when. I"m not worrying about someone stealing a server for its monetary value. I"m concerned someone stealing the data without...
Grid computing and security uncertainties
Last week, Sun Microsystems Inc. announced the debut of its Sun Grid Compute Utility, available at www.network.com. The world"s first grid available for public, commercial use, Sun Grid was created to serve customers big and small needing inexpensive, simp...