attack in comment and analysis
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment While Windows 7 will undoubtedly provide a revitalised challenge for Apple in the consumer space, the Cupertino company is already preparing its next attack. Apple reported record fourth quarter results this week,... [20 Oct 2009]
Elon Musk
AS Profile By gunning for the traditional climate-ambivalent territory of the true petrol head with sexy sports cars while mixing in the appeal of a family friendly sedan, Tesla's two-pronged attack is making it the one to watch in... [29 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can tech end bloody wars?
Comment Individuals, groups and nations can attack each other using denial-of-service attacks and/or control-and-command usurping with bot technology. Compiled on the M6 driving to Birmingham, edited later in my hotel, and... [28 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 14.08.09
Round-Up Furthermore there was the news that a massive denial-of-service attack on both Twitter and Facebook last week may have been a coordinated attack on a single individual with accounts on both social... [14 Aug 2009]
Inbox: 'Microsoft - focus on what you do do, not what you don't do'
Comment The most bizarre thing about Microsoft's line of attack is that it is further alienating around 10 per cent of the potential market for its software products. The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most... [05 May 2009]
Why you should hack your own systems
Comment Penetration tests allow organisations to set up social engineering attacks, garnering information such as email addresses from vulnerable applications and using wizards and templates to do things such as create an email, associate it... [22 Apr 2009]
Mobile working needs a security rethink
Comment According to the most recent annual survey from the Computer Security Institute (CSI), the third most common security incident experienced by companies was the theft or loss of mobile devices, behind virus infection and insider... [16 Mar 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.02.09
Round-Up One of hackers' favourite tricks is to disguise their attack as an e-card from an anonymous admirer, and as Valentine's Day approaches we can expect the fraudsters to redouble their efforts," reckons Graham Cluley, of... [13 Feb 2009]
Inbox: Home Office hacking powers go too far
Comment Warship computers scuttled after virus attack The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. Regular silicon.com column the Legal Eye attracted... [23 Jan 2009]
Indian outsourcers shore up their defences
Comment Mumbai-based outsourcer Syntel, whose customers include American Express and State Street Bank, says it has set up a command centre that will come alive in the event of an attack. Saritha Rai reports from Bangalore. [10 Dec 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Presentation SNAFUs
Comment Written on KLM1508 flying from Amsterdam to Norwich, and dispatched to silicon.com from London via a free wi-fi service Several times over the past decades I have contemplated writing a book detailing all the things that can go wrong... [25 Nov 2008]
Don't cut corners when outsourcing
Comment This could leave financial services organisations' applications at serious risk of attack. Outsourcing software development is tricky but can prove a success. Quocirca's Fran Howarth offers some advice on how to get it... [06 Nov 2008]
Closing time for Bangalore's nightlife
Comment The protests turned public last week when writers and musicians took to the street demanding a stop to the attack on the freedom of expression. Could this Cinderella Rule actually end up shutting out tech firms, asks... [26 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Price of panic
Comment Hard-working employees have often expended untold effort attempting to deploy a project championed by IT and the business, only for a panic attack by executives to wipe it all away in the space of a two-hour meeting. [03 Jun 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Warped perceptions
Comment You need two security departments - one to defend and one to attack. Some years ago I was struck by the amount of time people spent at my local supermarket trying to decide which pack of bacon to buy. [28 May 2008]
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