Symantec CEO Optimistic About IT Spending
By Cara Garretson, Veteran Business and Technology Journalist
Symantec isn’t the only company to forecast improved enterprise IT spending based on quarterly results in the past few weeks; executives at EMC, IBM, and Intel all spoke positively about IT budgets rebounding in the coming months.
Major Security Hole in Time Warner Routers
By Cara Garretson, Veteran Business and Technology Journalist
An intruder could eavesdrop on sensitive data sent across the Internet, manipulate the DNS address that redirects traffic from trusted sites to malicious ones, and possibly even infect other routers automatically. Chen says he informed Time Warner’s security department of the hole; they responded that they were aware of the problem but couldn’t do anything about it.
Swarm Intelligence Fights Worms with Ants
By Cara Garretson, Veteran Business and Technology Journalist
Currently most security technology is reactive, taking action only against known threats that have been defined and can therefore be found. Researchers are hoping that by proactively scanning a network for unusual behavior, digital ants can discover zero-day threats before they do harm.
Idaho Tops The Most Spammed States Report
By Cara Garretson, Veteran Business and Technology Journalist
Residents in states with a high concentration of small and medium-sized businesses are targeted most by spammers, according to a recent report by e-mail security vendor MessageLabs, a Symantec subsidiary that analyzes billions of inbound messages collected by its data centers around the world.
Virtualization Implementation Has Real Risk
By Cara Garretson, Veteran Business and Technology Journalist
As organizations push virtualized systems out of the test phase and into production environments, they are beginning to see how virtualization influences established IT systems, architectures and practices. Some say virtualization adopters are being caught somewhat by surprise.
Radisson Hotels Customer Data Breached
By Cara Garretson, Veteran Business and Technology Journalist
Radisson Hotels & Resorts has posted an open letter to its guests, informing them of a recent data breach but offering little additional information. The data that was accessed includes guests’ names and their credit card or debit card number and expiration date.
CIOs: Add Extortion to Your Worry Lists
By Cara Garretson, Veteran Business and Technology Journalist
The idea of having confidential records shopped to competitors and then offered up for sale to the highest bidder would be enough to keep any CIO up at night. Yet, as scary as this scenario is, cyber extortion remains rare. The bigger threat - one that should legitimately keep IT professionals up at night - is on the inside.
