Tech gadgets help corporate spying surge in tough times

By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY Marla Suttenberg had a sinking feeling that a corporate spy was shadowing her. In March 2008, the owner of Woodcliff Lake, N.J.-based Sapphire Marketing was preparing to give a longtime client a generous price cut on $134,000 worth of audio/videoconferencing equipment. But before her sales rep could extend the offer, [...]

Tech gadgets help corporate spying surge in tough times

By Byron Acohido, USA TODAY Marla Suttenberg had a sinking feeling that a corporate spy was shadowing her. In March 2008, the owner of Woodcliff Lake, N.J.-based Sapphire Marketing was preparing to give a longtime client a generous price cut on $134,000 worth of audio/videoconferencing equipment. But before her sales rep could extend the offer, [...]

Is Big Brother following you? Government’s guide to using Twitter

Guardian UK: Even its author admits that a 20-page strategy paper for government departments on how to use Twitter might be regarded as “a bit of over the top” for a microblogging tool with a limit of 140 characters a message. Indeed, the 5,382-word official “template”,which translates into 36,215 characters and spaces, would need roughly [...]

Is Big Brother following you? Government’s guide to using Twitter

Guardian UK: Even its author admits that a 20-page strategy paper for government departments on how to use Twitter might be regarded as “a bit of over the top” for a microblogging tool with a limit of 140 characters a message. Indeed, the 5,382-word official “template”,which translates into 36,215 characters and spaces, would need roughly [...]

Skype singled out as threat to Russia’s security

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most powerful business lobby moved to clamp down on Skype and its peers this week, telling lawmakers that the Internet phone services are a threat to Russian businesses and to national security. In partnership with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s political party, the lobby created a working group to draft legal safeguards [...]

Skype singled out as threat to Russia’s security

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia’s most powerful business lobby moved to clamp down on Skype and its peers this week, telling lawmakers that the Internet phone services are a threat to Russian businesses and to national security. In partnership with Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s political party, the lobby created a working group to draft legal safeguards [...]

From iPhones to smart grids at Black Hat, Defcon

cnet: My favorite security show each year is one at which there are no sales pitches, the speakers favor black T-shirts and dyed hair over suits and ties, and the talks tend to be controversial enough to prompt legal threats and even arrests. I’m talking about Defcon, which starts Thursday and runs through Sunday. The [...]

From iPhones to smart grids at Black Hat, Defcon

My favorite security show each year is one at which there are no sales pitches, the speakers favor black T-shirts and dyed hair over suits and ties, and the talks tend to be controversial enough to prompt legal threats and even arrests. I’m talking about Defcon, which starts Thursday and runs through Sunday. The event [...]

Web Services Provider’s Accounts Hacked

WASHINGTON (CBS4) ― Network Solutions, a web services provider, announced on Friday that hackers broke into the company’s servers and stole information on over half a million debit and credit card accounts, according to the Washington Post. The account information was stolen over the last three months. The company, based out of Virginia, found the [...]

Web Services Provider’s Accounts Hacked

WASHINGTON (CBS4) ― Network Solutions, a web services provider, announced on Friday that hackers broke into the company’s servers and stole information on over half a million debit and credit card accounts, according to the Washington Post. The account information was stolen over the last three months. The company, based out of Virginia, found the [...]