data protection in news
Virus Update: European companies are still Love-sick
News But according to MessageLabs, which handles virus protection for corporate ISP customers in the UK, only 25 per cent of its clients were sent the virus. One wrote: "I work for a large computer company and I checked with... [11 May 2000]
AOL switches off Microsoft security hole
News Mark Maiffret, chief hacking officer for network protection company eEye Digital Security, said: "That is definitely being proactive about security. AOL has turned off Microsoft's flawed Windows Messenger service - a... [27 Oct 2003]
'Banks must educate customers on fraud'
News Half said they would not switch banks or building societies if offered better security protection. Any company that collects data needs to get much better at integrating knowledge and information across... [04 Aug 2005]
Microsoft plugs 'critical' hole
News Internet Security Systems, a network protection company based in Atlanta, warned its customers of the flaw on Wednesday. By sending too much data to the RPC process, an attacker can cause the system to... [17 Jul 2003]
Gates offers light at the end of the tunnel
News In a sign of the times, show organiser Key3Media said last week that it may seek bankruptcy protection. He added that hundreds of gigabytes of data will be able to be stored on portable devices.... [18 Nov 2002]
Demon drops appeal against defamation ruling
News The law as it stands is clear, but doesn't give sufficient protection to ISPs. On 23 March, Mr Justice Morland made a preliminary ruling supporting Godfrey's assertion that Demon is responsible for all content held on... [09 Jun 1999]
Security the biggest barrier to widespread teleworking
News A significant majority said they rely on either virus checkers (85 per cent) or firewalls (71 per cent) for protection. The fact that two thirds of British businesses are not encrypting their data via... [05 Nov 2002]
Ballmer email takes on open source
News He claimed that Windows was a better choice than Linux in terms of security, total cost of ownership (TCO) and protection against legal action over patent violations -- charges that Linux companies were quick to... [28 Oct 2004]
Blunder in Word shows government terror doubts
News Gottwals said businesses are now demanding this level of protection and authentication where documents are concerned in order to increase the sharing of information while protecting the intellectual property and ensuring... [16 Sep 2005]
Computer crime tab costs US business dear
News Survey respondents use a variety of security products for protection. Verduyn said: "The data set is three or four times larger than in past surveys. The FBI calculated the price tag by extrapolating... [20 Jan 2006]
Ill-gotten web gains falling further
News This year, eight out of 10 said they also use spyware protection, a category not listed a year ago. Costs related to identity theft, for example, fall largely back onto the consumer, he added, even if it did start with a... [15 Jun 2006]
The Linux Slapper worm: an update
News Symantec has forwarded on the information to the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center for analysis. Once infected, a computer drawn into the Slapper network can be ordered - by commands passed from machine to... [17 Sep 2002]
Paid-for Napster launches
News One poster explained how to record streams from the service and save them as MP3s without any copy protection. After receiving little help from customer support, he ultimately had to reformat his hard drive, losing... [30 Oct 2003]
Chips to be made hackerproof by AMD and Intel
News John Morris, director of marketing at AMD, said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas that with Execution Protection, data in the buffer can only be read and, therefore, is prevented from doing... [09 Jan 2004]
Government pushes UK as ecommerce leader
News The document contains analysis of ecommerce hurdles that need to be addressed, such as consumer protection, data protection and the handling of objectionable material. UK minister... [07 Oct 1998]
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