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Backdoor worm owns Tomcat boxes

Backdoor worm owns Tomcat boxes

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Darren Pauli Nov 22 2013 9:58AM Security
AMD and Intel fling more legal briefs

AMD and Intel fling more legal briefs

AMD and Intel traded more court filings last week as their ongoing legal dispute in the antitrust case AMD filed in 2005 grinds towards trial next year.
Egan Orion May 7 2008 2:25PM Hardware
The Month: Briefs - Industry round-up

The Month: Briefs - Industry round-up

Infrastructure and IT services provider Redstone Managed Solutions has acquired Tolerant Systems, a UK network security company.
Staff Writers Sep 4 2006 3:56PM Security
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More military woes The personal information of about 28,000 U.S. Navy sailors and their family members was posted on a public website, a month after the personal data of 26.5 million veterans and active duty military personnel was compromised. Chief of Navy Personnel J.C. Harvey Jr. was told that an unnamed website hosted five data spreadsheets containing personal information on several Navy members and dependents. All of the affected personnel were stationed in areas devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, according to the Navy's website.
Staff Writers Aug 7 2006 9:48PM Security
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A laptop that had stored on it the personal information of more than 26.5 million veterans was reportedly stolen in May from the home of an employee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The event was not made public until nearly three weeks later. The massive data breach resulted in a shakeup at the department, including the resignation of a deputy assistant secretary and a class action lawsuit. The stolen data may also have included information on 1.1 million active-duty service members, 430,000 National Guardsmen and 645,000 members of the Reserves.
Staff Writers Jul 7 2006 9:36PM Security
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Breach in Texas The University of Texas suffered its second major data breach in three years when more than 197,000 personal records were exposed at the McCombs School of Business. The breach compromised the Social Security numbers and other biographical information of alumni, faculty, staff and students of the business school. Not much is known about the source of the breach, though UT officials said they are working on an investigation. In the meantime, the university set up a website and toll-free numbers to direct those potentially affected to protect their identities.
Staff Writers Jun 5 2006 10:41PM Security
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The uproar over foreign control over American interests was blamed for the break-up of one nearly successful IT security merger. Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., which is based in Israel, and Maryland-based Sourcefire broke off a $225 million merger that came under intense scrutiny by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). “Basically we agreed to withdraw applications based on a couple of things,” said Michelle Perry, chief marketing officer for Sourcefire. “First the complexities of the overall CFIUS process, the lengthy ongoing delays and the current climate for international acquisitions.
Staff Writers May 10 2006 8:09PM Security
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Security and privacy experts voiced their concerns over whether or not Google’s latest desktop feature is a threat because of a controversial feature that allows users to run remote searches across multiple computers. The internet search giant contended that the “search across computers” feature of Google Desktop 3 Beta, “helps users easily access information from all their computers so they don’t need to remember where all of their documents are organized or filed.” However, the Electronic Frontier Foundation said that the feature would make personal data more susceptible to government subpoenas and hackers.
Staff Writers Apr 14 2006 8:14PM Security
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ChoicePoint has agreed to pay $10 million in fines, the largest civil penalty ever imposed by the Federal Trade Commission, and $5 million in consumer compensation, to settle charges that the data broker’s record-handling procedures violated consumers’ privacy rights. “The message to ChoicePoint and others should be clear: Consumers’ private data must be protected from thieves,” said Deborah Platt Majoras, chairwoman of the FTC. The company admitted last year that a data breach compromised the personal information of at least 163,000 customers, with 800 becoming identity theft victims, the FTC said.
Staff Writers Mar 7 2006 7:45PM Security
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Backup security tapes from the Orlando, Florida corporate offices of hotel giant Marriott International went missing in late December, leaving the personal information of more than 200,000 clients exposed.
Staff Writers Feb 7 2006 8:50PM Security
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Breach law signed in N.Y.
Staff Writers Jan 11 2006 9:14PM Security
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Sony-BMG Entertainment has been under fire from a blogger-fueled media storm after the discovery of spyware-like technology in its CDs. Windows security expert Mark Russinovich first revealed the existence of a rootkit device on 20 of Sony’s musical selections in late October, and within days trojan writers were taking advantage of the cloaking technology to gain access to PCs. A handful of internet weblogs called for boycotts of Sony products less than a month before the holiday shopping season was about to begin, and on Nov. 13 Sony released a statement saying it would withdraw the application from its CD-Roms. Business PC users were concerned the cloaking technology could lead to the compromise of sensitive corporate information, voicing their concerns in a November Sophos poll that showed 98 percent of enterprise users felt the digital rights management technology was a threat.
Staff Writers Dec 15 2005 5:14PM Security
Short Takes: News briefs

Short Takes: News briefs

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