Microsoft researchers tout low-cost, programmable prototype data center switch

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Microsoft researchers tout low-cost, programmable prototype data center switch


Microsoft researchers tout low-cost, programmable prototype data center switch

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 10:33 PM PDT


Microsoft researchers are experimenting with a programmable, low-cost prototype switch they say could help support cloud or other network-delivered services.

Man-in-the-Browser attacks target the enterprise

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 06:53 AM PDT


With firewalls, antivirus and other security mechanisms protecting corporate networks, how do attackers manage to penetrate enterprise computer systems? Simply by exploiting the weakest link in the security chain. One of the newest methods is tunnelling in via employees' browsers using an attack known as "Man-in-the-Browser" (MitB).

Failure to encrypt portable devices inexcusable, say analysts

Posted: 31 Mar 2011 02:06 AM PDT


The continuing failure by most enterprises to encrypt sensitive data stored on laptops and other mobile devices is inexcusable, analysts said following BP's disclosure this week of a data compromise involving a lost laptop.

Samsung Series 9 Laptop Shows No Signs Of Spyware

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 04:28 AM PDT


Are Samsung laptops shipping with software that will monitor your every keystroke, as one security researcher claimed Wednesday? We can't say for sure, but we couldn't find any trace of spying software on the one Samsung laptop in PCWorld's Lab.

Samsung investigating report of keylogger on its laptops

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 02:03 AM PDT


Samsung Electronics is investigating allegations that some models of its R Series laptops contain keylogging software that could be used to record anything typed on the laptop computers.

Comodo hacker claims another certificate authority

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 11:39 PM PDT


The hacker who claimed credit for breaking into systems belonging to digital certificate vendor Comodo said he has compromised another certificate authority, along with two more Comodo partners, a move that could further undermine trust in the system used to secure websites on the Internet.

Google settles FTC complaint over Buzz

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Google settles FTC complaint over Buzz


Google settles FTC complaint over Buzz

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:52 AM PDT


Google settles an FTC privacy complaint over its Buzz social network.

Researchers' SSL offloader costs fraction of commercial hardware

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 07:11 AM PDT


Off-the-shelf graphic processing units can perform SSL acceleration as fast as high-end commercial SSL hardware at a fraction of the cost, according to researchers in Korea and the U.S.

BP employee loses laptop containing data on 13,000 oil spill claimants

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 04:35 AM PDT


The personal information of 13,000 individuals who had filed compensation claims with BP after last years disastrous oil spill may have been potentially compromised after a laptop containing the data was lost by a BP employee.

Behind the curtain of a botnet business

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 12:37 AM PDT


Researchers gain access to one of the world's largest spam botnets, and find it's an operation that as organized and crafty as any successful corporation

Critical NASA network was open to Internet attack

Posted: 28 Mar 2011 10:39 PM PDT


Six NASA servers exposed to the Internet had critical vulnerabilities that could have endangered Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Hubble Telescope missions -- flaws that would have been found by a security oversight program the agency agreed to last year but hasn't yet implemented, according to a report by the agency's inspector general.

Restaurant chain to pay $110,000 to settle breach claims

Posted: 29 Mar 2011 09:49 AM PDT


The Briar Group has agreed to settle claims that it failed to adequately protect credit card data of its customers.

Cisco data center revamp cuts across switches, servers, storage

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 09:00 AM PDT


Cisco this week is expanding its data center product portfolio with a new switch, extensions to existing ones, and enhancements to its servers and software.