Recent articles by René Millman

Spanish man arrested on webcam hacking charge

Spanish man arrested on webcam hacking charge

Spanish police have arrested a 37-year-old man in connection with writing and distributing a trojan which hijacks unsuspecting users' webcams.
René Millman Jan 19 2005 1:25PM Security
EU sets data transfer rules

EU sets data transfer rules

European companies will be able to provide a legal means of transferring private data outside of the European Union (EU) from 1st April when new clauses come into effect.
René Millman Jan 13 2005 4:00PM Security
Biggest credit card fraudster jailed

Biggest credit card fraudster jailed

A 425-pound computer hacker with a huge appetite for identity theft has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for his part in the biggest case of credit card fraud in US history.
René Millman Jan 12 2005 3:22PM Security
Microsoft and Cisco play nice

Microsoft and Cisco play nice

Unity has broken out in the realm of endpoint security. But for many organizations, grand plans and vision are all well and good, but what about the practicalities? René Millman goes in search of some answers
René Millman Jan 7 2005 3:21PM Security
Private webcams left unsecured on internet

Private webcams left unsecured on internet

Thousands of private security webcams are publicly viewable from the internet and are not being secured from cyber peeping toms and hackers, SC Magazine has learned from an investigation.
René Millman Jan 6 2005 5:40PM Security
Symantec buys Veritas

Symantec buys Veritas

Symantec has bought back-up and storage firm Veritas in a deal worth $13.5bn.
René Millman Dec 16 2004 3:44PM Security
Fewer security flaws found in Linux than commercial software

Fewer security flaws found in Linux than commercial software

A review of the latest Linux source code has revealed it to have far fewer security flaws than commercial software.
René Millman Dec 15 2004 5:08PM Security
TippingPoint bought up by 3Com

TippingPoint bought up by 3Com

Austin, Texas-based security firm TippingPoint has been acquired by 3Com for $430 million.
René Millman Dec 13 2004 3:12PM Security
German Teen tops Virus chart

German Teen tops Virus chart

A German teenager has dominated the charts of this year's biggest viruses. Sven Jaschen, writer of the various Netsky and Sasser worms was responsible for more than 50 per cent of all virus incidents this year, according to latest research from Sophos.
René Millman Dec 8 2004 4:06PM Security
Best of 2004

Best of 2004

Infosec arrives on corporate radar screens
René Millman Dec 8 2004 10:16AM Security
Review: Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking

Review: Wi-Foo: The Secrets of Wireless Hacking

Despite the names (Konstantin Gavrilenko, Andrei Mikhailovsky, Andrew Vladimirov), the three people who wrote this book are based in the UK and are the founders of an IT security company there by the name of Arhout. They have decided to impart gems of knowledge to us about wireless networks and how to kept hackers out. Or alternatively if you possess a degree of moral flexibility, you could use this book to learn about hacking into said networks.
René Millman Dec 2 2004 12:00AM Security
SCO hit by hacker protest

SCO hit by hacker protest

A hacker by the name of realloc() has defaced the SCO web site in an apparent protest over the ongoing legal proceedings the company is waging against Linux.
René Millman Nov 29 2004 2:29PM Security
Review: Firefox

Review: Firefox

So the browser wars are over and Internet Explorer won?
René Millman Nov 12 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery

Review: Windows Forensics and Incident Recovery

Every attack on a computer system leaves a trace behind, no matter what an attacker might to to cover their steps. Also, data can be hidden by an attacker to use later as a back door. Forensics in part looks at uncovering evidence of this activity.
René Millman Oct 28 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Flip2Disk

Review: Flip2Disk

This disaster recovery device from Amacom could be looked upon as nothing more that a USB hard drive with some back-up software thrown in for good measure. But this product is more than the sum of its parts.
René Millman Oct 14 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Ideal Administration

Review: Ideal Administration

This application offers centralised control and administration for Windows domain. It does this by putting all the essential tools needed to manage domains, computers, users and groups in one place.
René Millman Oct 12 2004 12:00AM Security
ISPs told to clean up their networks

ISPs told to clean up their networks

A security expert called on ISPs to do more to stop attacks on their corporate customer's networks.
René Millman Oct 9 2004 11:09AM Security
IP telephony take up dogged by security woes

IP telephony take up dogged by security woes

Security concerns are holding back the takeup in IP telephony as it is considered another gateway into the corporate network for hackers.
René Millman Oct 9 2004 11:05AM Security
Review: DiskNet Pro 4

Review: DiskNet Pro 4

A lot of companies are shouting that the next big threat to organizations will come from within – a problem that security professionals have known about for a very long time. As long as people are fallible, they will be tempted to look at things they shouldn't or steal things from the companies they work for. So with that in mind, something should be done to keep data from slipping out in pockets and handbags.
René Millman Oct 6 2004 12:00AM Security
Review: Enterasys Networks Wireless Access Point 3000

Review: Enterasys Networks Wireless Access Point 3000

No security professional in their right mind would consider embarking on installing wireless access points (APs) in the enterprise without making sure they had some form of protection.
René Millman Oct 6 2004 12:00AM Security

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