Archive for February, 2008
Court Finds Contractor Guilty of Identity Fraud (Part 1)
A defense contractor has been charged and found guilty of selling a thumb drive containing names and Social Security information of around 17,000 military personnel for $500.00. The good news, the guy who bought the information was part of a special FBI task force that was entasked of finding such activities. What does that have [...]
Read More..>>This disk, this disk…… Home Office? (Part 2)
The technicians were surprised at first and they treated the event trivially only to realize that the disk was real due to heavily encrypted data stored within it. The repair shop technician reports the incident to the police who dispatches an anti-terrorism team to the site to receive the errant laptop. This strikes another blow [...]
Read More..>>Found a disk, what disk?…… A HomeOffice.gov.UK disk? (Part 1)
Apparently, governments are not as tight in their control of information as they should be in another blow to the It Security of the UK government. An online shopper who recently bought a laptop from eBay had it repaired with technicians discovering a disk that was labeled to be confidential and guess what, it comes [...]
Read More..>>Intel Releases new Microprocessor chip
The release of Intel of a low-power microprocessor which is aimed at the mobile internet enabled workforce with their internet capable gadgets is set to revolutionize the market. The actual chip can fit in the same area as a dime giving the idea of small a new meaning. Using the latest and smallest technology in [...]
Read More..>>Iran - Blocking the Internet (Part 2)
This has many Western nations worried of the implications of having a country that has been tied and accused of having links to many terror organizations that span the globe having the capability and technology to deploy nuclear weapons. The country says it is purely for power generation yet their testing of an intercontinental ballistic [...]
Read More..>>Iran - Blocking the Internet (Part 1)
The move has become standard for those who wish to curb information that is uncensored and raw from getting out onto the internet but law makers are seeing this as the true gagging of the freedom of speech. Pakistan has done so in the past week and Iran has announced that it will do so [...]
Read More..>>Keeping the Office out of the Social Network???? Naaaahh!
This is one problem that many firms are facing, how to keep their workers from doing things other than working while in the office. Yes, sites can be blocked but wireless networks allow employees through mobile phones, laptops and other portable device to log on and stay connected to the internet thus the social network. [...]
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