Security Breaches Highlight Need for Repairs, Experts Say (GigaLaw.com)

August 27th, 2008


Three very big and very different computer security breaches that have dominated recent headlines did more than show how badly the Internet needs major repairs. They also exposed the huge rift between corporate America and the federal government over who should fix it, cyber-security experts say.
Source: www.gigalaw.com

Taxpayers’ details found on eBay
details, including conversations about householders’ divorces and family bereavements, were also on the computer’s hard drive. The apparent security breach emerged a day after it was revealed that a computer storing information on up to one million bank
Source: c.moreover.com

Online to overtake radio in global advertising spend as credit crunch slows UK growth
By Rachael Gallagher The internet is set to overtake radio and become the world?s third most popular advertising medium behind TV and print, according media communications agency Carat. Carat forecast that the internet?s global share
Source: c.moreover.com

US ship docks at Georgian port
Ossetia have pulled back, but hundreds at least are estimated to still be manning checkpoints that Russia calls ’security zones’ inside Georgia proper. Two of those checkpoints are near the edge of Poti, one of Georgia’s most important Black Sea ports.
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Public, private sectors at odds over cyber security (Los Angeles Times)
The government has largely argued that the private sector is better suited to tackle the problem. But big corporations say it’s too big for them to handle. Three very big and very different computer security breaches that have dominated recent headlines did more than show how badly the Internet needs major repairs. They also exposed the huge rift between corporate America and the federal …
Source: www.latimes.com

Oklahoma Crime and Court briefs
and was considered dilapidated. Edwards said that section of the complex should have been secured and patrolled by security. The owners could face charges ranging from negligent homicide to manslaughter in connection with Schmidt’s death, officials said.
Source: c.moreover.com

Not all e-mails, letters about unclaimed funds are bogus
‘When I looked at it what upset me was it had my last four digits of my social security number and I thought, I wonder if this is bogus,’ she said. ‘Like everybody else I wouldn’t mind having a couple of dollars. This says I’m owed more than $600.’
Source: c.moreover.com

Iraq buildup succeeds, Brian Baird still an outcast
discussion of the war, other than perfunctory calls to end it. I haven’t heard much about how the security picture in Iraq has brightened so dramatically, nor any mention of the role of the controversial troop increase. Baird says it’s a dicey issue for
Source: c.moreover.com

Check Point Releases Updated Endpoint Security Product (Enterprise Security Today)
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Aug 26, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Check Point(R) Software Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq:CHKP), the worldwide leader in securing the Internet, today announced it has began shipping a new version of Check Point Endpoint Security(TM), the first single agent for endpoint security to combine the highest-rated firewall, network access control (NAC), program control, remote access, …
Source: www.enterprise-security-today.com

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