Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans THE COMPUTER FRAUD and Abuse Act, the law that’s been at the heart of almost every controversial hacking case of the past decade, is in the news again this month. Prosecutors recently used the law to convict journalist Matthew Keys on…
From the Editor’s Desk: A decade later …
There’s a 200-mile stretch of the Gulf Coast that shares an incredible amount of culture and history. It starts, of course, with New Orleans, then ventures a little more than 100 miles east to Mobile, Ala., (pronounced mo-BEEL if you’ve never been down here), and finally another 45 miles or…
Spam email down below 50%, 1st time in a decade
Source: National Cyber Security – Produced By Gregory Evans The level of spam has fallen to less than 50 per cent of the total volume of email, for the first time in more than a decade, according to security firm Symantec. The last time Symantec recorded a similar spam rate…
Northern Command marks decade of service
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response October 1 marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Northern Command, the first activation since the days of George Washington that saw a single commander charged with protecting the homeland. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security…
Northern Command marks decade of service
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response October 1 marked the tenth anniversary of the establishment of the U.S. Northern Command, the first activation since the days of George Washington that saw a single commander charged with protecting the homeland. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security…
Nortel Was Hacked for a Decade
Hackers based in China stole technical papers, R&D reports, business plans, employee e-mails and other documents. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
College and students ravaged by malware for over a decade
Malware that lay undetected on the PCs at a US college for over a decade has probably allowed criminals as far afield as China, Russia and Iran to steal sensitive data, admins have discovered to their horror. The scale of the data theft from City College in San Francisco (official…
College and students ravaged by viruses for over a decade
Malware that lay undetected on the PCs at a US college for over a decade has probably allowed criminals as far afield as China, Russia and Iran to steal sensitive data, admins have discovered to their horror. The scale of the data theft from City College in San Francisco (official…
IT industry shrinks as employer in last decade
Computerworld – WASHINGTON — In overall numbers, the IT industry employed 6.5 million people in 2001. That number had slipped to 5.9 million by mid-year. In short, the U.S. tech industry as an employer is shrinking, even as it continues to regain jobs lost during the recession. Although the U.S….
