Cybercriminals tricking users into using hoax IT help desk

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• Cybercriminals tricking users into using hoax IT help desk
• Twitter backlash grows after airport joke tweeter fined
• UK gov't warns on new tech's privacy implications
• UBS rogue email sees General Motors pull $10m account
• Kindsight meshes security service with targeted ads
• Fake antivirus still scamming naive consumers
• OPM delays launch of federal health claims database
• Brocade CEO says Ethernet fabrics will undermine Cisco's dominance
• Is there free stuff for online security? Yes!
• Sarah Palin email hacker dodges prison
• New Stuxnet clues suggest sabotage of Iran's uranium enrichment program
• Brocade data center switches take on Cisco, Juniper
• Enterasys rolls out data center manager
• Juniper looks to one-up Cisco again in core routing

Cybercriminals tricking users into using hoax IT help desk Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Nearly a quarter (24 percent) web users have been approached by hoax IT helpdesks, that claims the user's PC is infected with malware, says GetSafeOnline.org.

Twitter backlash grows after airport joke tweeter fined Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The case of a UK man who was prosecuted for making what many believe was a joke post about blowing up an airport on Twitter appears to be turning into a free speech cause celebre.

UK gov't warns on new tech's privacy implications Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The Information Commissioner has said the privacy implications of new technologies should first be considered before they are launched.

UBS rogue email sees General Motors pull $10m account Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST An analyst at Swiss bank UBS has sent an accidental email that caused the bank to be dropped by a major client, General Motors.

Kindsight meshes security service with targeted ads Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST A U.S. company is testing a consumer security service that is subsidized by behavioral advertising, taking a new tact compared to similar companies that ran into show-stopping privacy issues.

Fake antivirus still scamming naive consumers Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Years after criminals started distributing fake antivirus software on a wide scale, UK consumers are still regularly falling for the scam, government-backed security organisation Getsafeonline has said.

OPM delays launch of federal health claims database Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The U.S. Office of Personnel Management has pushed back the planned launch of a controversial health claims database to Dec. 15.

Brocade CEO says Ethernet fabrics will undermine Cisco's dominance Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Brocade swallowed Foundry Networks a few years ago and has been hard at work ever since marrying the best of Brocade's storage network assets with Foundry's high-end Ethernet network tech. The result, says CEO Michael Klayko, is an emerging product line that positions the company perfectly for the demands of the virtualized, cloud-ready data center, and perfectly to steal share from Cisco.

Is there free stuff for online security? Yes! Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:00 AM PST Security software is a real free-for-all these days.

Sarah Palin email hacker dodges prison Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST The student convicted of hacking Sarah Palin's Yahoo email account in 2008 appears to have been treated relatively leniently, receiving a term of one year and one day in Tennessee state custody.

New Stuxnet clues suggest sabotage of Iran's uranium enrichment program Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Researchers have uncovered new clues that the Stuxnet worm may have been created to sabotage Iranian attempts to turn uranium into atomic bomb-grade fuel.

Brocade data center switches take on Cisco, Juniper Posted: 15 Nov 2010 02:00 AM PST Brocade this week will introduce switches that will let users build a flat, multipath network for virtualized data center environments.

Enterasys rolls out data center manager Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Enterasys Networks this week is unveiling a management system designed to provide visibility, automation and control over physical and virtual data center resources.

Juniper looks to one-up Cisco again in core routing Posted: 15 Nov 2010 08:00 AM PST Juniper Networks this week will take its turn claiming innovation leadership in Internet core routing by unveiling its next-generation platform.

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