Futuristic security surveillance system brings Big Brother to life Researchers are looking to develop an intelligent image system that can monitor large areas, perhaps miles wide, identify potential threats based on the correlation of events and anomalies it detects, and issue timely alerts with few false alarms. Social networking sites leaking personal information to third parties, study warns Many major social networking sites are leaking information that allows third party advertising and tracking companies to associate the Web browsing habits of users with a specific person, researchers warn. A chat with the head of Piryx, democracy's PayPal Piryx is trying to become a one-stop shop for non-profits and politicians who are looking to raise serious cash for their causes. Cybersecurity bill pushes university-business alliances Legislators are trying to encourage cooperation among universities and businesses to develop technology needed to carry out a strategic government effort to fight cyber attacks. http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/44913 Cloud security services are still being hyped Cloud-based security services will become mainstream within five years as providers iron out the wrinkles and customers become more comfortable with them, according to Gartner. Contractor pleads guilty to SCADA tampering The former IT consultant for a oil and gas exploration company has pleaded guilty to tampering with the company's SCADA computer systems. Phishing scam steals Twitter passwords Twitter users beware: This scam will not leave you ROFL. Take two: Nominum tries hosted DNS Nominum is hoping that the second time is the charm in the outsourced DNS market, as the maker of high-end DNS software announces a hosted service. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. Cisco Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Interconnecting Data Centers Using VPLS. Google Subnet is hosting many new bloggers (watch for giveaway information soon.) Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet and Microsoft Subnet home pages. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are |
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