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Intel Says Cyber-attack Targeted Systems in January
'); document.write('published on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:02:48 -0500
'); document.write('Intel discloses in an annual filing to the SEC that it was targeted by a sophisticated cyber-attack in January. Intel says the attack took place around the same time as the attack on Google. It is not clear, however, whether the attacks are linked.
- Intel has acknowledged it was targeted in a quot;sophisticated quot; cyber-attack in January, but has not officially linked the incident to a broad attack on Google and other companies. The company disclosed the attack in its annual 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. T...

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FTC Warns of Data Breaches from P2P File Sharing
'); document.write('published on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:27:33 -0500
'); document.write('The Federal Trade Commission has warned approximately 100 organizations that their private customer and employee data is being shared on peer-to-peer networks. Businesses need to review and change their security policies to protect such information, the FTC says.
- quot;The Federal Trade Commission has notified almost 100 organizations that personal information, including sensitive data about customers and/or employees, has been shared quot; from their computers via peer-to-peer networks, the FTC said in a release Feb. 22. quot;In the notification let...

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How to Optimize Your Firewalls for Maximum Performance
'); document.write('published on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 08:45:43 -0500
'); document.write('Are your firewalls overloaded? Symptoms of overloaded firewalls include high CPU, low throughput and slow applications. Before upgrading your hardware, it is worth checking whether or not your firewall configuration can be optimized. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Reuven Harrison gives firewall administrators some best practices for optimizing firewalls for maximum performance and throughput.
- Configuration optimization techniques for firewalls can be divided into two groups: general best practices and vendor-specific, model-specific configurations. This article will focus on best practices. The following are eleven best practices for firewall administrators to use to optimize firewalls f...

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10 Things School Webcam Spying Allegations Teach Us About Privacy
'); document.write('published on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:05:37 -0500
'); document.write('News Analysis: With the news that a Pennsylvania school district is being accused of monitoring students at home, the issue of personal privacy is back in the limelight. It\'s clear that the more time we spend online with our computers the more our sense of privacy can be violated, especially if misguided individuals or organizations misuse technology that was designed to help us or protect us. We take a look at 10 lessons that we can learn from the case.
- When news broke recently that the Lower Merion School District in Pennsylvania had the ability to monitor student computers and allegedly accused a student of engaging in quot;improper behavior in the home, quot; several critics spoke out against the way the school district handled the situatio...

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Google Attack Code Linked to Chinese Security Consultant, Report Contends
'); document.write('published on Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:01:46 -0500
'); document.write('The code used in the now infamous Aurora attack reported by Google has allegedly been linked to a Chinese security consultant who posted the code on an underground hacker forum.
- U.S. analysts have reportedly traced the programming code at the center of the cyber-attack on Google back to its author. According to the Financial Times, the code was created by a Chinese quot;freelance security consultant. quot; The consultant, who is not a full-time government worker ...

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