Baidu to pursue claims against U.S. domain registry

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• Baidu to pursue claims against U.S. domain registry
• UK cracks down on mobile phone recycling industry
• 12 Top Spy Gadgets
• WPA2 vulnerability found
• Open Rights Group slams Ofcom's net piracy code
• Shortened URL spam shows big rise
• Google pushed to name names over Wi-Fi data collection
• IT departments swamped by consumer devices
• Researcher finds Safari reveals personal information
• Avaya CEO on Cisco, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and how to win over Nortel customers
• Quick Poll: How Important Is Facebook Privacy to You?
• Virus writers are picking up new Microsoft attack
• Microsoft: No money for bugs

Baidu to pursue claims against U.S. domain registry Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Baidu plans to press its claims against a U.S. domain registry for allowing hackers to take over the search engine company's website, following a judge's ruling clearing the way for a lawsuit.

UK cracks down on mobile phone recycling industry Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Recycling companies will be required to check whether a mobile phone has been reported stolen before reselling it, according to a new code of practice announced by the U.K. government on Friday.

12 Top Spy Gadgets Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Spies are everywhere these days, from the 10 Russian agents nabbed recently here in the United States to the more glamorous Hollywood variety, such as is Angelina Jolie. In the movie Salt, Jolie plays Evelyn Salt, a CIA officer accused of being a Russian spy.

WPA2 vulnerability found Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Perhaps it was only a matter of time. But wireless security researchers say they have uncovered a vulnerability in the WPA2 security protocol, which is the strongest form of Wi-Fi encryption and authentication currently standardized and available.

Open Rights Group slams Ofcom's net piracy code Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT The Open Rights Group has slammed Ofcom's draft Code of Practice to tackle net piracy, claiming the code fails to outline the standard of evidence needed to prosecute those accused of illegal file-sharing.

Shortened URL spam shows big rise Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT The tendency of spammers to use shortened URLs to evade detection has gone from last year's clever exploit to this year's mainstream tactic, MessageLabs has reported.

Google pushed to name names over Wi-Fi data collection Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Google is being urged to hand over the names of its engineers that created a code, which was accidentally used by the search engine to collect information from unsecured Wi-Fi networks.

IT departments swamped by consumer devices Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT IT departments are losing their technological grip as employees increasingly dictate which devices and applications get bought and used by businesses, a new study has found.

Researcher finds Safari reveals personal information Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT A feature in Apple's Safari browser designed to make it easier to fill out forms could by abused by hackers to harvest personal information, according to a security researcher.

Avaya CEO on Cisco, Microsoft, Facebook, Twitter and how to win over Nortel customers Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Avaya CEO Kevin Kennedy recently sat down at his office in Basking Ridge, N.J., with Network World Senior Editor Tim Greene to discuss the company's progress integrating Nortel enterprise assets into the company, the changing nature of the business communications market, the effects of Facebook and Twitter on corporate networks, the impact of Skype, the competition Avaya faces from Cisco and Microsoft and the promise of cloud computing. What follows is an edited transcript of that conversation.

Quick Poll: How Important Is Facebook Privacy to You? Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Facebook, which just recently reached 500 million members, has become a daily ritual for many of us. We give the site information about ourselves, about our likes and dislikes, and about the people we choose as friends. Over time, all of that data collects on Facebook's servers. But Facebook, in many people's view, has played fast and loose with our data, marking much of it as "public" and giving its app-developer and advertising partners access to some of it.

Virus writers are picking up new Microsoft attack Posted: 23 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT The Windows attack used by a recently discovered worm is being picked up by other virus writers and will soon become much more widespread, according to security vendor Eset.

Microsoft: No money for bugs Posted: 22 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft will not follow the lead of Mozilla and Google in paying researchers for reporting vulnerabilities, a company executive said today.

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