Recent articles by Steve Gold

AT&T starts disaster recovery drill in Seattle

AT&T starts disaster recovery drill in Seattle

AT&T kicked off a six-day network disaster recovery drill to test its backup systems and strategy in the event of a serious network problem.
Steve Gold Mar 1 2004 3:39PM Security
Computer hacker disrupts Washington water utility

Computer hacker disrupts Washington water utility

The FBI has announced that it has traced a hacker who disrupted business operations at the Neton-Washington water association to Sri Lanka.
Steve Gold Mar 1 2004 1:25PM Security
Shimizu launches IT security consulting service

Shimizu launches IT security consulting service

Japanese firm Shimizu has launched an IT security consulting service for companies in Japan.
Steve Gold Feb 27 2004 11:40AM Security
Japanese Government creates independent IT security agency

Japanese Government creates independent IT security agency

Japan's Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI) has created an independent agency for IT security.
Steve Gold Feb 27 2004 11:30AM Security
Cybercrime affecting 83 per cent of UK businesses

Cybercrime affecting 83 per cent of UK businesses

High-tech crime is costing UK business billions of pounds.
Steve Gold Feb 27 2004 11:22AM Security
Top Japanese bank to introduce biometric ATM system

Top Japanese bank to introduce biometric ATM system

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi, one of Japan's top four banks, plans to introduce a biometric reading system for its ATMs that can identify customers from the pattern of the veins in their hands.
Steve Gold Feb 26 2004 2:50PM Security
MBNA Europe bank hit by phishing

MBNA Europe bank hit by phishing

Customers of MBNA Europe, the bank and credit card issuer, have been hit by a new email identity theft scam, known as phishing.
Steve Gold Feb 26 2004 2:44PM Security
US SMEs spent $1.8 billion on IT security in 2003

US SMEs spent $1.8 billion on IT security in 2003

Small-to-mid-sized businesses (SMEs) in the US spent a total of $1.8 billion on IT security during 2003.
Steve Gold Feb 26 2004 10:27AM Security
ServGate Technologies launches in the UK

ServGate Technologies launches in the UK

ServGate Technologies, a network security specialist for small-to-medium-sized business, has launched in the UK.
Steve Gold Feb 24 2004 5:32PM Security
CMS Products intros European reseller program

CMS Products intros European reseller program

CMS products, a backup and storage systems specialist, has launched a European authorized reseller program.
Steve Gold Feb 24 2004 5:31PM Security
US IT security market to reach $20b in 2008

US IT security market to reach $20b in 2008

The IT security market in the US is expected to top the $8 billion a year mark by 2008, equating to an annual rate of growth of around 19 per cent since 2001, according to research just released.
Steve Gold Feb 24 2004 5:29PM Security
Kenyan authorities worried over rise in cybercrime

Kenyan authorities worried over rise in cybercrime

Cybercrime cases are rising steadily in Kenya, according to Edwin Nyaseda, the Nairobi police commissioner.
Steve Gold Feb 23 2004 5:33PM Security
AMD, Intel, designing chips to beat buffer overflow issues

AMD, Intel, designing chips to beat buffer overflow issues

AMD and Intel have announced plans to design anti-buffer overflow systems in to their next generation of PC chipsets, to counter the continual security problems with the Windows operating systems.
Steve Gold Feb 23 2004 5:30PM Security
FBI allows name to be used on anti-piracy seals

FBI allows name to be used on anti-piracy seals

Building on its existing copyright warning appearing on VHS tapes and Region 1 DVDs, the FBI has announced it is giving DVD and software producers permission to also use its name and logo on DVDs, CDs and other digital media.
Steve Gold Feb 23 2004 5:29PM Security
IBM & Cisco team up on IT security

IBM & Cisco team up on IT security

IBM and Cisco have linked up to offer a range of IT security solutions.
Steve Gold Feb 13 2004 4:03PM Security
Sophos warns over reworked nachi worm

Sophos warns over reworked nachi worm

Anti-virus firm Sophos is warning PC users to be aware of a new version of the Nachi worm, Nachi.B, which attempts to remove the MyDoom virus and download Microsoft security patches to unprotected computers.
Steve Gold Feb 13 2004 3:53PM Security
W-LAN security issues revealed

W-LAN security issues revealed

The stupidity of companies when it comes to securing their networks seems to know no bounds.
Steve Gold Jan 16 2004 4:45PM Security
You Have Been Warned

You Have Been Warned

My email went belly up the other weekend, despite the fact that yours truly has been using the Internet since the late 1980s and had taken solid precautions against problems occurring.
Steve Gold Jan 16 2004 2:06PM Security
Secure Mobile Data Comes of Age

Secure Mobile Data Comes of Age

I've just spent the day with O2 (www.o2.com), the new name for what used to be known as BT Cellnet in the U.K., Viag Interkom in Germany, Esat Digifone in Ireland and Telfort in the Netherlands.
Steve Gold Jan 16 2004 11:32AM Security
802.11b Security Needs Beefing Up - And Then Some

802.11b Security Needs Beefing Up - And Then Some

It wasn't until BT Mobility (www.groupbt.com), the recently-created public wireless LAN division of British Telecom, announced its plans earlier this year to open several thousand 802.11b public access hot spots across the U.K., that this writer truly considered the benefits of WLAN access on the go.
Steve Gold Jan 16 2004 10:28AM Security

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