consultant army
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Photo September saw the US Army honour the gadgets that keep its soldiers fighting fit on the battlefield. According to the Army, the kit allows soldiers to exit vehicles faster and more safely in the case of... [02 Oct 2009]
iPhone for business? Hang on...
News O2 recruits an iPhone army Amit Nagpal, principal consultant at Analysys Consulting, also sees the iPhone as consumer focused but does see potential in its web browsing features. An O2 spokeswoman told... [12 Nov 2007]
US hacker gets five years in the slammer
News An army of compromised machines sitting in suburbia, whose owners are oblivious to the risk, can be hijacked to distribute malware, spam or launch crippling attacks via their broadband connections. Graham Cluley, senior... [09 May 2006]
US spammer faces two years in jail
News Daniel Lin of Detroit, along with three other men, has been charged with sending spam in April 2005 over compromised computers belonging to the likes of Ford, Unisys and the US Army Information Centre. [12 Jan 2006]
Creator of the integrated circuit dies
News He went into the Army during World War II but returned to Illinois to graduate in 1947. He formally retired in 1970 from the company but still served as a consultant. Jack Kilby, whose work on integrated... [22 Jun 2005]
Union slams government's 'consultant army'
News The government is spending too much on an army of consultants when the money should be spent on front-line services instead, says one union. The GMB said that at the average rates of pay for consultants this means the... [06 Jun 2005]
IT consulting: Small firms flourishing
Comment Our approach is different to the larger consultants, we do not take an 'army' approach and send in loads of consultants," says Exoftware's Patel. Some companies may have started out as general consultant... [18 Nov 2004]
Beckham Trojan recruits zombie army
News Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant for antivirus firm Sophos, said the file has been posted to thousands of different news sites. A new attempt to entice users to download a malicious Trojan horse has been... [13 Oct 2004]
Virus alert: Microsoft targeted by MyDoom wannabe
News A new worm, called Zindos, is launching an attack on Microsoft.com by using an army of machines infected by the MyDoom.O virus and the Zincite Trojan installed earlier this week. Graham Cluley, senior technology... [28 Jul 2004]
Bin Laden 'suicide' virus recruits zombie army
News But, once the file is opened, it installs a Trojan horse that effectively recruits the infected machine into the author's zombie army, which can then be used to distribute spam or launch DDoS attacks. [26 Jul 2004]
Canadians arrest teen over Randex worm
News The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) have arrested a teenager on suspicion of creating a worm that could be used to create an army of zombie computers for delivering spam. This kind of malware causes real harm by... [27 May 2004]
Phatbot is "the Swiss army knife of Trojans"
News Phatbot is the Swiss army knife of Trojan horses," he added. However, Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos, said Phatbot can be dealt with by regular antivirus software and may be... [18 Mar 2004]
US army plays war games with would-be squaddies
News Previously the army has acted as a consultant to game makers but this is the first time it has created its own software. The US Army has invested around $7.5m in the development of the... [23 May 2002]
BT wins police and army deal
News Chris Mason, solutions consultant at BT central government department, explained that the implementation logistics are immense.mm02 will work force-by-force across 53 police sectors in the UK to migrate users, systems,... [06 Mar 2002]