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Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Grum and Rustock botnets drive spam to new levels

Overall junk email levels rose five per cent in February.
Shaun Nichols Mar 2 2010 1:27PM Security
Flaw could allow attacker to decrypt protected USB drives

Flaw could allow attacker to decrypt protected USB drives

Affects certain Kingston, SanDisk and Verbatim flash drives.
Angela Moscaritolo Jan 7 2010 11:45AM Security
Lost hard drive could affect 70 million military veterans

Lost hard drive could affect 70 million military veterans

Lost data possibly worth billions.
Dan Raywood Oct 6 2009 12:06PM Security
Pirate Bay downloads to flash drive before sale

Pirate Bay downloads to flash drive before sale

Could rise from the dead if deal "disappoints".
Staff Writers Aug 17 2009 3:42PM Security
Don't sell your corporate secrets on eBay

Don't sell your corporate secrets on eBay

While firewalls and anti-intrusion measures are part of the standard corporate IT security kit, important areas in the lifecycle of data are often overlooked, as Kroll Ontrack’s Adrian Briscoe explains.
Adrian Briscoe Aug 13 2009 5:07PM Security
Windows 7 upgrade path looks rocky

Windows 7 upgrade path looks rocky

Users will not find it easy.
Iain Thomson Aug 10 2009 7:11AM Software
Market forces drive innovation at Axa

Market forces drive innovation at Axa

Before taking on a project, the insurance giant’s IT team must show it can outperform external providers.
Gareth Morgan Jun 13 2009 6:55AM Hardware
Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive

Federal investigation into missing presidential hard drive

U.S. Federal investigators are examining how a hard drive containing sensitive personal information from the Clinton era has gone missing from the National Archive.
Iain Thomson May 21 2009 6:24AM Storage
Western Digital enters solid-state drive market

Western Digital enters solid-state drive market

Western Digital has completed a US$65 million cash acquisition of SiliconSystems which supplies solid-state drives for the embedded systems market.
Staff Writers Apr 6 2009 12:39PM Hardware
Seagate and AMD show off 6Gbps SATA drives

Seagate and AMD show off 6Gbps SATA drives

Hard disk specialist Seagate and chipmaker AMD have unveiled the first SATA hard drive capable of running at a transfer speed of 6Gb per second.
Shaun Nichols Mar 10 2009 1:17PM Hardware
Diskeeper launches solid state drive optimiser

Diskeeper launches solid state drive optimiser

Storage maintenance firm Diskeeper has unveiled what it claims is the first optimiser designed exclusively for solid state drives (SSDs), promising faster performance and extended lifespan.
Ian Williams Jan 14 2009 6:42AM Storage
Which? report on hard drive destruction criticised

Which? report on hard drive destruction criticised

A claim that the only way to destroy data is to smash the hard drive has been criticised.
Dan Raywood Jan 9 2009 11:14AM Security
Samsung releases green solid state drive

Samsung releases green solid state drive

Samsung has used the Storage Visions 2009 show in Las Vegas to demonstrate an enterprise-level 2.5in 100GB solid state drive (SSD) designed to handle applications such as online order processing and video on demand.
David Neal Jan 8 2009 6:55AM Storage
Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive

Toshiba unveils 512GB solid state drive

Toshiba has unveiled the world's first 2.5in 512GB solid state drive (SSD), designed to provide a high level of performance and endurance for use in notebook computers, and gaming and home entertainment systems.
Ian Williams Dec 19 2008 6:18AM Storage
Seagate fixes bug in Barracuda drives

Seagate fixes bug in Barracuda drives

Seagate has fixed a bug in its Barracuda 7200.11 1.5TB hard drive which caused applications to hang intermittently.
Nov 29 2008 3:22PM Hardware
Samsung takes solid state drives up to 256GB

Samsung takes solid state drives up to 256GB

Samsung has announced that it has started volume production of a new 256GB solid state drive (SSD), the company’s most capacious ever.
Iain Thomson Nov 21 2008 3:59PM Hardware
Alarms sounded over flash drive infections

Alarms sounded over flash drive infections

The US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) is warning users and administrators to be on the lookout following the discovery of a malware outbreak being spread via USB keys.
Shaun Nichols Nov 21 2008 3:25PM Security
Seagate speeds up "world's fastest and greenest drive"

Seagate speeds up "world's fastest and greenest drive"

Storage provider Seagate solutions has introduced a new drive called the Savvio 15K.2 HDD, which it is advertising as the “world’s fastest and greenest drive”.
Rosalie Marshall Nov 5 2008 2:45PM Hardware
SanDisk taps McAfee for USB drive security

SanDisk taps McAfee for USB drive security

Embedded anti-malware scanner designed to curb data losses.
Staff Writers Oct 23 2008 9:58AM Security
Fujitsu may abandon hard drive market

Fujitsu may abandon hard drive market

Japanese computing giant Fujitsu is reportedly looking to sell off its hard drive business to rival storage specialist Western Digital.
Shaun Nichols Oct 3 2008 3:03PM Hardware

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