Monthly Archives: August 2007
Survey: Cost of Cybercrime Reaches $7B
A new study has put a price tag of more than $7 billion on the financial suffering experienced by victims of Internet fraud and...
2 Screws, 1 Plastic Cover, How Many Airports Infiltrated?
LAS VEGAS—Sections of our airports are being secured by two screws and a plastic cover.You can press your eyeballs into retina scanners, you can...
ICANN Takes a Lick at Domain Tasting
ICANN Takes a Lick at Domain Tasting
I recently became aware of a report by ICANNs staff called "GNSO Issues Report on Domain Tasting" for...
Rutkowska Gets Last Laugh in Rootkit Cat-and-Mouse Game
LAS VEGAS—When it comes to rootkits, nothings undetectable, and much less so a virtualized rootkit. Or is it?
At Black Hat here Aug. 1, a...
Slumping Market Shakes IT Confidence
The job market lost some luster last month as employers added only 92,000 jobs, the fewest in five months, the Labor Department reported Aug....
ComScore: Quarterly E-Commerce Sales Hit $47.5 Billion
E-commerce spending in the United States for this years second quarter jumped 19 percent, to $47.5 billion, compared with last years identical quarter, according...
Ingrian 60-Day PCI Service a Frightening Sign
Ingrian Networks on July 31 introduced a 60-day program for compliance that puts together PCI consulting and software "in order to bring customers into...
Bridges, Tunnels and Steampipes Without Control
Bridges, Tunnels and Steampipes Without ControlFollowing the tragic collapse of the I-35W bridge in Minneapolis, state and federal officials have been busy sending out...
A Public-Private Partnership on the Airwaves
Kentucky may be leading the nation in technology.
At least, it has become the most improved state from 2004 to 2007, where its rank leapt...
Undercover Dateline Reporter Outed, Flees from Defcon
Undercover Dateline Reporter Outed,
Flees from Defcon"> LAS VEGAS—The Defcon hackers convention has been infiltrated.
NBC Dateline sent at least one undercover reporter to pose as...