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Tuesday, June 26, 2007

Can cell phones be hacked? How to be a digital detective

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Network World's Security News Alert, 06/26/07

Can cell phones be hacked? Security experts say yes, but it’s not that easy, 06/25/07: Can cell phones be hacked? Security experts say, yes, but it’s neither easy nor widespread.

How to be a digital detective, 06/26/07: It could be an insider suspected of a security breach. It could be a case of harassing phone calls and e-mails. It could be an employee violating company rules. Here's what every network manager should know about computer forensics.

Data-leak prevention companies buoyed by surveys, 06/25/07: Data-leak prevention companies Vericept, Reconnex release findings from separate surveys that support their product category.

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Biometrics make user authentication convenient and secure – at the same time! 06/25/07: There’s usually an inverse relationship between enterprise security and end user convenience. When you tighten security, it often ...

PingID unveils online identity service, 06/25/07: PingID debuts personal identity management service built on support of OpenID and user-centric ID model.

Secret Service operations hit ID, credit card theft rings, 06/25/07: The U.S. Secret Service has cracked down on an international ID theft ring that is responsible for more than $14 million in fraud losses, the agency said Monday.

Sophos upgrades endpoint security suite, 06/25/07: Sophos upgrades its endpoint antivirus software with intrusion prevention features, control over unauthorized applications, and new management features.

Catbird brings security to VMware customers, 06/25/07: Catbird unveils V-Agent virtualization security product for VMware.

TODAY'S MOST-READ STORIES:

1. How MySpace is hurting your network
2. Lawyers show how to side-step immigration law
3. Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone
4. Cisco moves reputation services into network devices
5. 10 automation companies to watch
6. NY college plans 11n WLAN rollout this summer
7. Pentagon shuts down systems after cyberattack
8. Microsoft, IBM feel heat from Google Apps
9. Why time stands still on the iPhone
10. The case of the 500-mile e-mail

MOST E-MAILED STORY:
Gartner to IT: Avoid Apple's iPhone


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Senior Editor Ellen Messmer covers security for Network World. E-mail Ellen.



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