Network World on Intrustion Detection and Prevention

Former inmate arrested for breaking into prison's IT systems

2008-11-11T00:00:00Z

It isn't uncommon for people to go to prison for breaking into corporate computers and stealing data. It's rare, though, for someone to be sent back to jail for breaking into a prison computer system while already serving time for another crime.

Report: 'Foreign entity' hacked Obama, McCain PCs

2008-11-05T00:00:00Z

Computer systems used by the election campaigns of both President-elect Barack Obama and his Republican rival John McCain were broken into earlier this year, and a large number of files related to the evolving policy positions of the two candidates were stolen, according to a story posted online Wednesday by Newsweek magazine.

IT worker let spammers into ex-employer's servers

Robert McMillan — 2008-11-04T00:00:00Z

An IT manager who logged onto to his former employer's computer network five months after being fired and opened the e-mail server up to spammers has been sentenced to one year in prison.

Security at the Point of Sale

2008-11-03T00:00:00Z

When thieves stole the PIN pads at a cash register in one of his company's stores, Daniel Marcotte was amazed. Not that they'd done it--such thefts can happen once a week during the holiday season. But watching it on videotape later, "I couldn't tell they had it with them when they left" the store, says Marcotte, director of systems and data security at La Senza, a Montreal retailer now owned by The Limited.

Tech tricks and treats of 2008

2008-10-29T00:00:00Z

Growing up, you probably loved Halloween: Dressing up as your favorite superhero or princess, telling ghost stories, eating so much candy that your mom warned you your teeth were going to fall out. Of course, there was the trick side of the equation--the eggs you'd see slimed across some streets the morning after or the paper in someone's front-yard tree. Aahh, those were the days.

E-mail blunders: Top 10 dumbest moments of 2008

2008-10-27T00:00:00Z

What do Halloween and a sent e-mail have in common? Both can be equally frightening, according to Proofpoint, a provider of unified e-mail security, archiving and data loss prevention solutions. With Halloween lurking around the corner, the company has identified some of the scariest e-mail snafus of 2008. These blunders, attacks and mishaps have caused sleepless nights and financial peril for consumers, corporate executives, politicians and of course, e-mail and IT administrators. And read more Tales of IT Terror.

Breach cripples Ohio Secretary of State's site

2008-10-21T00:00:00Z

The Web site of Ohio's secretary of state was shut down after it was hacked Monday, according to the site and local media reports. The site was later restored, but with only limited functionality.

Election deception: The Web's 12 dirtiest tricks

2008-10-20T00:00:00Z

Political campaigns in the United States are notorious for inspiring dirty tricks and nasty tactics. Now, in the most tech-attuned presidential race to date, the dark art of misleading voters is growing even more malignant than it was in the past.

McAfee bolsters network access security

Tim Greene — 2008-10-20T00:00:00Z

McAfee is making it possible for customers to enforce network access policies on unmanaged devices such as laptops owned by visitors or consultants.

Cybersecurity: Users, other groups must work together

Grant Gross — 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Individual Internet users, businesses, the government and tech vendors all need to focus more on cybersecurity and be aware of the dangers, a group of cybersecurity experts said Thursday.