Bankers Association Says Stolen Card Data Was Used in Purchases   29 Jan 2007 05:22 GMT
An association of Massachusetts banks said that some of the credit and debit card numbers compromised in the security breach at retailer TJX have been used in fraudulent purchases.
Source: Computerworld

Spotting System Intrusions a Big Challenge for IT   29 Jan 2007 05:22 GMT
Detecting network intrusions sometimes can be trickier than preventing them, IT managers said in the wake of a system breach at retailer TJX that went unnoticed for seven months.
Source: Computerworld

Vista Shows Better Security Than ...   29 Jan 2007 05:22 GMT
On the Mark: One security vendor tells Mark Hall that Windows Vista is inherently more secure than Mac OS X -- at least on paper.
Source: Computerworld

News Briefs   29 Jan 2007 05:22 GMT
Short IT news items.
Source: Computerworld

At Deadline Briefs   29 Jan 2007 05:22 GMT
Short, late-breaking IT news items.
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Open-source identity projects connect with Microsoft   29 Jan 2007 05:09 GMT
The Higgins and Bandit projects claim a milestone with technology that links their open-source identity technology with Microsoft's new Windows CardSpace system.
Source: ZDNet

Ditching DRM   26 Jan 2007 14:00 GMT
Critics piled on the Zune for many reasons, but the digital-rights management issues will do more than just doom Microsoft's music player, says columnist Jon Espenschied. No, DRM's intrinsic problems will lay waste to any product -- or business model -- it touches.
Source: Computerworld

GoDaddy shutters popular security site at MySpace request   26 Jan 2007 14:00 GMT
The popular Seclists.org discussion site was abruptly knocked offline by its own domain registrar earlier this week, allegedly at the behest of MySpace officials.
Source: Computerworld

As many as 30% of New Englanders could be hit by TJX breach   26 Jan 2007 14:00 GMT
Almost a third of all New Englanders may have been affected by the recently disclosed data breach at retailer TJX Companies Inc. according to the New Hampshire Bankers Association.
Source: Computerworld

Dealer of forged Microsoft licenses goes to jail   26 Jan 2007 14:00 GMT
German courts have handed down a three-year sentence for a man convicted of distributing thousands of Microsoft products with falsified licenses.
Source: Computerworld