Facebook closure rumour gets out of hand 

Facebook closure rumour gets out of hand

In Messaging - By Jennifer Scott, 11 January 2011 9:21 AM
Still, time to back-up your photos?
VoiP mastermind hacker gets 10 years 

VoiP mastermind hacker gets 10 years

In Networks - By Liam Tung, 27 September 2010 9:10 AM
Sold 10 million stolen minutes.
Hackers forum gets hacked 

Hackers forum gets hacked

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 21 May 2010 1:26 PM
Personal details revealed.
Trial of Palin hacker gets underway 

Trial of Palin hacker gets underway

In Hackers - 22 April 2010 10:27 AM
High profile case of unauthorised email access.
Financial malware gets smarter 

Financial malware gets smarter

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 27 October 2008 9:55 AM
Banks falling behind fraudsters.
Apple TV gets a thumb drive hack 

Apple TV gets a thumb drive hack

In Applications - By Egan Orion, 2 October 2008 9:49 AM
A new thumb drive unlocks Apple's TV box and opens it up to innovative social networking features.
Ubuntu gets major security fix 

Ubuntu gets major security fix

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 28 August 2008 10:12 AM
Update patches kernel flaws.
Mozilla offspring gets security update 

Mozilla offspring gets security update

In Applications - By Fernando Cassia, 22 July 2008 8:56 AM
SeaMonkey has received a security update for, bringing the version number to 1.1.11.
UK's Information Commissioner gets stronger powers 

UK's Information Commissioner gets stronger powers

By David Neal, 13 May 2008 9:32 AM
The Information Commissioner has finally got his wish, increased powers totackle data breaches
Civil servant gets through porn like lightning 

Civil servant gets through porn like lightning

By INQUIRER Newsdesk, 5 May 2008 10:31 AM
Japanese bloke clocks up 10,000 pages per day
SANS Institute gets local presence 

SANS Institute gets local presence

In Risk - By Lilia Guan, 23 April 2008 5:01 PM
Technology research and training organisation SANS Institute has appointed Shearwater Solutions, a provider of information security services, as its local representative in ...
Malware gets up close and personal 

Malware gets up close and personal

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 22 February 2008 9:54 AM
Malware writers are increasingly tailoring attacks to specific regions, languages and applications..
Systems administrator gets 30 months in prison for 'logic bomb' 

Systems administrator gets 30 months in prison for 'logic bomb'

In Crypto - By Frank Washkuch, 10 January 2008 2:26 PM
A New Jersey man this week was sentenced to more than two years in prison for planting a “logic bomb” on the network of his former employer in a failed attempt to destroy ...
AOL spammer gets 27 months in slammer 

AOL spammer gets 27 months in slammer

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 6 November 2007 9:56 AM
A convicted AOL junk mailer, who tried to strike a spam business deal over instant messenger with a confidential informant, was sentenced on Friday to 27 months in prison.
Email encryption gets easier 

Email encryption gets easier

By Phil Muncaster, 12 October 2007 10:12 AM
Securecoms launches new outbound security tools
Software pirate gets 30-month sentence 

Software pirate gets 30-month sentence

In Hackers - By Jim Carr, 10 September 2007 4:34 AM
A 40-year-old American was sentenced yesterday to 30 months in prison for conspiracy to commit criminal copyright infringement.
Former UBS system administrator gets eight years for logic bomb 

Former UBS system administrator gets eight years for logic bomb

In Hackers - By Ericka Chickowski, 19 December 2006 9:03 AM
A former systems administrator for UBS PaineWebber was sentenced to over eight years in jail and fined US$3.1 million last week after he was found guilty for leaving a logic ...
E-commerce gets green light 

E-commerce gets green light

In Networks - By Fiona Raisbeck, 26 October 2006 5:00 PM
A new extended validation SSL certificate will soon be available to e-commerce sites.
Iowa phisher gets 21 months in jail 

Iowa phisher gets 21 months in jail

By Dan Kaplan, 22 May 2006 8:48 PM
An Iowa man, guilty of using phishing schemes to dupe as many as 250 MSN customers into giving up their personal information, was sentenced Friday to 21 months in prison.
Botmaster Ancheta gets 57 months in jail 

Botmaster Ancheta gets 57 months in jail

By René Millman, 9 May 2006 4:23 PM
A hacker has been jailed for almost five years for creating a zombie network of hundreds of thousands of computers.
Trojan-creating couple gets prison time 

Trojan-creating couple gets prison time

By Dan Kaplan, 27 March 2006 11:17 PM
An Israeli couple that created a trojan that helped Israeli companies spy on each other were sentenced to prison today, several media outlets reported.
Microsoft gets tough on cybercriminals  

Microsoft gets tough on cybercriminals

By William Eazel, 21 March 2006 12:01 PM
Microsoft yesterday unveiled a global law enforcement campaign aiming to bring down cybercriminal masterminds behind large-scale phishing attacks.
Florida data thief gets eight years in slammer 

Florida data thief gets eight years in slammer

By Dan Kaplan, 23 February 2006 9:37 PM
A Florida man convicted of one of the largest data-intrusion crimes ever committed was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison.
Windows source code hacker gets two years 

Windows source code hacker gets two years

By René Millman, 30 January 2006 10:54 AM
A 29-year-old Connecticut hacker was jailed for two years for selling the source code of Microsoft's Windows operating system.
'Dr. Chaos' gets seven more years in jail 

'Dr. Chaos' gets seven more years in jail

By Frank Washkuch, 1 December 2005 8:20 PM
The hacker responsible for a series of Wisconsin power failures five years ago was sentenced to seven more years in federal prison this week.
Cisco gets more of a NAC for security 

Cisco gets more of a NAC for security

By René Millman, 18 October 2005 1:13 PM
Cisco unveiled the second stage of its Network Admission Control (NAC) initiative, porting software to its range of Catalyst switches and wireless products. In addition, three ...
Paris Hilton hacker gets prison punishment  

Paris Hilton hacker gets prison punishment

By René Millman, 16 September 2005 4:25 PM
A Massachusetts teen has pleaded guilty to hacking into Paris Hilton's Sidekick cell phone.
Japanese phisher gets suspended sentence 

Japanese phisher gets suspended sentence

By René Millman, 15 September 2005 4:09 PM
A Japanese man received a 22-month prison sentence after he created a fake website of Yahoo Japan in order to steal personal information from users of that portal. The sentence ...
AOL spam friend gets 15 months 

AOL spam friend gets 15 months

By David Quainton, 19 August 2005 11:35 AM
Former AOL staffer Jason Smathers has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for selling information to spammers.
NIST gets busy with security draft 

NIST gets busy with security draft

By David Quainton, 19 July 2005 2:37 PM
U.S. Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has finalized a draft version of federal government computer security.
Panther gets its teeth back in Apple mega patch 

Panther gets its teeth back in Apple mega patch

By David Quainton, 5 May 2005 3:19 PM
Apple has released a host of patches for its Panther operating system, days after it released, Tiger, its newest OS.
Durst gets lawsuit rolling after sex-video hack 

Durst gets lawsuit rolling after sex-video hack

By David Quainton, 7 March 2005 9:45 AM
Fred Durst, frontman of nu metal band Limp Bizkit, is suing websites that posted pornographic video clips hacked from his computer. The singer is suing for $80 million after ...
Federal cybersecurity gets low grade 

Federal cybersecurity gets low grade

By Marcia Savage, 18 February 2005 9:34 PM
Federal agencies received an overall D+ grade in cybersecurity in the annual report card for 2004. The Department of Homeland Security received a failing grade.
Germany gets tough on spam 

Germany gets tough on spam

By David Quainton, 31 January 2005 4:13 PM
Penalties of up to €50,000 face spammers according to draft proposals of a new German law.
Rex Healthcare gets eight into one with single-sign-on system 

Rex Healthcare gets eight into one with single-sign-on system

By Robert Jaques, 8 October 2004 11:19 AM
Rex Healthcare, a private not-for-profit health care system that is part of the University of North Carolina Healthcare System has rolled out a single-sign-on system to ...
Chicago hospital remote access security gets shot in the arm  

Chicago hospital remote access security gets shot in the arm

By Robert Jaques, 1 September 2004 5:34 PM
A group of Chicago’s largest hospitals has completed a series of mobile network infrastructure rollouts incorporating two-factor authentication security to provide doctors with ...
University gets tough on wireless security 

University gets tough on wireless security

By Dan Ilett, 24 May 2004 11:22 PM
A US university is using management software to tighten security on its 4,000 user wireless network.
Healthcare group gets to grips with HIPPA 

Healthcare group gets to grips with HIPPA

By Dan Ilett, 23 April 2004 12:09 PM
A non-profit healthcare organization is stepping up its email security to protect the privacy of protected health information (PHI) and achieve HIPAA compliance.
NetBotz gets down to the particle level 

NetBotz gets down to the particle level

By Steve Gold, 1 April 2004 12:04 PM
NetBotz, intelligent physical security specialist, has released a particle sensor for its electronic alarm system.
Physical Security Alliance gets rolling 

Physical Security Alliance gets rolling

By Steve Gold, 16 March 2004 3:19 PM
More than 15 companies are teaming up to to develop an open standard physical security protection system.
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