Apple denies tracking iPhone users, but promises changes

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• Apple denies tracking iPhone users, but promises changes
• Oracle hedging its vulnerability reports?
• Sony PlayStation Network outage: Your FAQs answered
• Is health care security in intensive care?
• German lawmakers say Data Retention Directive may be illegal
• PlayStation Network hack timeline
• Feds to remotely uninstall Coreflood bot from some PCs
• The chaotic data center LAN
• Iron Mountain going back to roots in storage services
• Sony: PlayStation Network personal user data stolen
• Sony warns users of data loss from PlayStation network hack
• Corporate security threats many times come from customers, business partners
• Court order cripples Coreflood botnet, says FBI
• Apple patent app shows plans for location data
• Group: Google Buzz settlement a 'killer' for e-commerce
• Is IT Tracking Your Location via Smartphone?
• Microsoft explains its location data collection practices
• Google's new CEO won't change stance on China

Apple denies tracking iPhone users, but promises changes Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:52 AM PDT Apple today denied that it tracks iPhone and iPad users, saying that "users are confused" about the issue.

Oracle hedging its vulnerability reports? Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:43 AM PDT Security vendor AppSec charges Oracle has been reporting inappropriate CVSS ratings for its database software

Sony PlayStation Network outage: Your FAQs answered Posted: 27 Apr 2011 08:23 AM PDT There is no end in sight for the PlayStation Network outage after Sony said Monday that it didn't know when PSN would be back online.

Is health care security in intensive care? Posted: 27 Apr 2011 07:12 AM PDT As the health care industry rushed to adopt electronic medical records, its ability to keep them secure fell into question, experts say.

German lawmakers say Data Retention Directive may be illegal Posted: 27 Apr 2011 07:04 AM PDT The German Parliament said Tuesday that the European Commission's controversial Data Retention Directive may be illegal.

PlayStation Network hack timeline Posted: 27 Apr 2011 05:21 AM PDT This is a timeline of major events associated with the attack on Sony's PlayStation Network and Qriocity online services.

Feds to remotely uninstall Coreflood bot from some PCs Posted: 27 Apr 2011 03:10 AM PDT Federal authorities will remotely uninstall the Coreflood botnet Trojan from some infected Windows PCs over the next four weeks.

The chaotic data center LAN Posted: 27 Apr 2011 09:00 AM PDT As mentioned in the last newsletter, LAN design used to be quite staid. Now it is anything but staid. A good example of the dynamic nature of LAN design is the data center LAN. As we will explain in the next two newsletters, it is only a bit of hyperbole to say that everything that you once knew about designing a data center LAN needs to be re-examined in light of shifts in demand, technology and the vendor landscape.

Iron Mountain going back to roots in storage services Posted: 27 Apr 2011 02:05 AM PDT Iron Mountain is considering selling off its entire digital business and getting out of the software development business to refocus on its roots in delivering storage services.

Sony: PlayStation Network personal user data stolen Posted: 26 Apr 2011 02:04 AM PDT Things just got a lot worse for users of the Sony PlayStation Network. With the service still offline after almost six days, Sony has now said that an intruder stole personal information about its users, potentially including their credit card numbers.

Sony warns users of data loss from PlayStation network hack Posted: 26 Apr 2011 01:29 AM PDT It's been six days and the PlayStation Network is still offline -- and now Sony has acknowledged that the problem involved a security breach.

Corporate security threats many times come from customers, business partners Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:49 AM PDT While a company can do everything possible for its own network security, in the age of e-commerce and online banking that's not enough. Increasingly, IT managers have to ask, Is the guy we do business with the loose wire in security?

Court order cripples Coreflood botnet, says FBI Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:45 AM PDT Although the FBI said a federal temporary restraining order has crippled the Coreflood botnet in the U.S., Microsoft today took the unusual step of pushing a second version of its monthly malware cleaner to Windows users to again quash the botnet.

Apple patent app shows plans for location data Posted: 26 Apr 2011 12:44 AM PDT A recently published Apple patent application indicates the company may have plans to collect iPhone user location history but it's not clear if the patent application is related to the recent discovery that iPhones and iPads store historical location information.

Group: Google Buzz settlement a 'killer' for e-commerce Posted: 25 Apr 2011 11:07 PM PDT A trade group raises concerns about the FTC settlement with Google over Buzz.

Is IT Tracking Your Location via Smartphone? Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:52 PM PDT Let's say you scored a boondoggle to Los Angeles for a business conference, and instead sneaked off to nearby Disneyland with the family for a vacation on the corporate dime. Or maybe you simply told your boss you were meeting a client, but hit the golf links with your buddies.

Microsoft explains its location data collection practices Posted: 25 Apr 2011 10:28 PM PDT In the midst of an uproar over ways that Apple and Google collect and store location information from mobile phones, Microsoft has laid out details about its Windows Phone 7 data collection policies.

Google's new CEO won't change stance on China Posted: 26 Apr 2011 09:53 AM PDT Google's position on doing business in China will not change because of Larry Page's succession as CEO of the Internet search company.

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