Security News

Short Takes 09 Jul 2007 04:59 GMT
Brief IT news items.

Source: Computerworld

Global Dispatches 09 Jul 2007 04:59 GMT
A U.S. company moves its Indian research operation to U.S.; and critics have less than a month to change an agreement between the EU and U.S. on how much data people traveling from Europe to the U.S. must provide U.S. authorities.

Source: Computerworld

China claims Motorola, Nokia batteries explode 08 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Grey-market batteries falsely sold under the Motorola and Nokia names may be at fault in the death of a 22-year-old Chinese welder who died his phone exploded. Government regulators in China, however, aren't clear as to the provenance of the dangerous gear.

Source: Computerworld

Using Data Auditing & Data Encryption to Achieve PCI Compliance 06 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
(Source: Tizor) With the severity of recent data breaches affecting brand name merchants, anxiety in the security and compliance community has reached a new high. Questions are being raised about what it means to be PCI compliant, particularly in the context of protecting sensitive data from data breaches.

Source: Computerworld

Court orders dismissal of U.S. wiretapping lawsuit 06 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
A divided U.S. appeals court strikes down a lower court's ruling that a federal government wiretapping program is illegal.

Source: Computerworld

Bloggers say company tried to entrap movie downloaders on behalf of MPAA 06 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Blogs that monitor file-sharing and antipiracy developments online find themselves this week in a kerfuffle with a company that sells antipiracy services to major studios and recording firms. The bloggers say the firm attempted to entrap potential downloaders; the head of Media Defender denies it.

Source: Computerworld

U.K. jails trio who incited terrorism over Web 05 Jul 2007 19:20 GMT
In Britain's first such case, suspects plead guilty to inciting terrorism outside U.K. via Web sites advocating murder of non-Muslims.
Source: ZDNet

'DVD Jon' beats iPhone activation 05 Jul 2007 08:26 GMT
Jon Lech Johansen -- better known as "DVD Jon" -- has announced that he's hacked the iPhone to allow Wi-Fi and iPod functionality without an AT&T wireless plan. Guests posting to his blog confirmed success with his approach.

Source: Computerworld

Security gateway goes open source for all 04 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Untangle -- the open-source company formerly known as Metavize -- has expanded its offer of free-for-the-downloading security software to companies of all sizes.

Source: Computerworld

Opinion: Forget Big Brother -- watch out for Big Entertainment 04 Jul 2007 13:00 GMT
Draconian actions from Hollywood and the recording industry have tech in its crosshairs, says Network World's Mark Gibbs. And if you think their efforts only target so-called pirates, you're just not paying attention.