SANS warns IT groups fail to focus on logs for security clues

Relatively few organisations are making good use of gobs of log data they collect for purposes such as identifying attackers, according to a survey of 600-plus IT professionals by security outfit SANS. View full post on … View full post on National Cyber Security » Computer Hacking

Plymouth County lab digs for digital clues

Know what is on your kid’s cell phone? Tara Cruza does. Cruza’s job involves scanning hard drives, dumping call logs and text messages from cell phones – all manner of high-tech wizardry that is increasingly an important part of police work. Cruza, a deputy and chief computer specialist at the Plymouth County Sheriff’s Department, runs […]

Missing mom’s cellphone offers new clues

Did Beyonce’s security block other parents from hospital floor? Reports from fellow new parents at Lenox Hill hospital say Beyonce and Jay-Z’s security had the entire sixth floor on lockdown, but the hospital denies the allegations. Article source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45659275/ns/today-today_people/ View full post on National Cyber Security

Help us find clues in climate email hacker’s message | Leo Hickman

Early on Tuesday, a still-as-yet unidentified person, or persons, going by the name of “FOIA” posted messages on at least four separate blogs popular with climate sceptics, each of which provided a link to a folder of files being hosted on a Russian server. The folder contained another huge tranche of private emails that had […]