A wireless network offers lots of advantages over being tethered to your desk. But “no wires” doesn’t mean you can forgo security. These are the six most common Wi-Fi security mistakes people make when setting up a wireless network. Avoid them, and you can rest easier knowing that both your network and your data are safer.
By on 06/10/2011
Browser makers are devising ways to protect people from a security protocol weakness that could let an attacker eavesdrop on or hijack protected Internet sessions. Potential solutions include a Mozilla option to disable Java in Firefox.
The problem–considered theoretical until a demonstration by researchers Juliano Rizzo and Thai Duong at a security conference in Argentina last week–is a vulnerability in SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) 1.0, encryption protocols used to secure Web sites that are accessed using HTTPS (Secure Hypertext Transfer Protocol).
By on 04/10/2011
Civil liberties groups are asking a judge to force the New York Police Department to turn over documents about its efforts to spy on and infiltrate the Muslim community.
The documents filed in federal court in Manhattan are based largely on reporting from The Associated Press that showed police monitoring all aspects of daily life in Muslim neighborhoods. Documents showed that plainclothes officers were being dispatched to eavesdrop inside businesses. Hundreds of mosques were investigated. Dozens were infiltrated. And police maintained a list of 28 countries that, along with “American Black Muslim,” were labeled “ancestries of interest.”
Lawyers said that could violate a longstanding court order prohibiting the NYPD from maintaining information on people not involved with criminal activity. The NYPD didn’t immediately respond to a message for comment.
By on 04/10/2011
The engineer and former American Superconductor Corp. employee who is at the center of AMSC’s claims of corporate espionage by Sinovel Wind Group Co. Ltd. has pleaded guilty on charges of passing AMSC secrets to the Chinese company.
Dejan Karabasevic, 38, was sentenced to one year in jail and two years probation. Formerly employed by AMSC’s Austrian subsidiary, Karabasevic also was ordered by the court in Klagenfurt, Austria, to pay roughly $270,000 in damages to AMSC.
By on 30/09/2011
Walk into a NASCAR garage on any given Friday at the racetrack and it’s sure to be teeming with fans clad in T-shirts and ball caps supporting their favorite driver. As crews work on cars, the fans mill about, seeking autographs and taking pictures of anything and everything. If they want, they’re free to walk up to their favorite driver’s car and snap photo after photo.
It’s part of NASCAR’s effort to bring fans closer to the sport. Inadvertently, it allows teams to go undercover and gain an edge.
By on 30/09/2011