E-Commerce News: Security: Cybercrime Roundup for July 7, 2003

Cybercrime Roundup for July 7, 2003

By Stephanie Losi
E-Commerce Times
07/07/03 8:16 AM PT

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E-Commerce Times: The Fine Art of Password Protection
07-Jul-03 07:45 ET

Story Highlights:
"Passwords are both the universal language for network navigation and the weakest link in network security, as fraught with peril as they are essential. However, any enterprise, large or small, can take steps to minimize risk without resorting to cutting-edge and costly technologies like biometrics."

Full Story on E-Commerce Times

CNN: Web Hacking Contest Claims 'No Big Names'
07-Jul-03 10:55 ET

Story Highlights:
"Computer hackers vying in a global contest on Sunday defaced a slew of Web sites, but the damage was confined to the Internet's backwater of small, unsecured sites."

Full Story on CNN

TechWeb: WLAN Security: Does Anybody Care?
07-Jul-03 12:05 ET

Story Highlights:
"About half of all enterprises neglect wireless local area network (WLAN) security, according to a new Jupiter Research report. Just as bad, many enterprises that do deploy wireless security rely on simple but relatively ineffective measures like Wired Equivalent Privacy (WEP)."

Full Story on TechWeb

ComputerWorld: Five Tips for Effective Patch Management
03-Jul-03 16:59 ET

Story Highlights:
"According to data from the FBI and Carnegie Mellon University, more than 90% of all security breaches involve a software vulnerability caused by a missing patch that the IT department already knows about."

Full Story on ComputerWorld

FairFax I.T.: Pope Hires Experts to Ward Off Website Attackers
07-Jul-03 15:43 ET

Story Highlights:
"The Vatican has revealed that it has taken on a team of experts to protect the Pope's website, which is attacked by at least 30 mainly U.S. hackers every day."

Full Story on FairFax I.T.

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The Fine Art of Password Protection
July 07, 2003

During a recent European trade show, organizers convinced 90 percent of office workers traveling through a London tube station to reveal their computer passwords. They merely included the question at the end of a long list of seemingly harmless queries.

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Microsoft Unveils CRM Upgrade
June 02, 2004

Perhaps the most important new feature of the CRM product is its deep integration with Office 2003. According to Microsoft, users of Office 2003 and Microsoft CRM 1.2 will be able to perform many CRM tasks, such as creating and tracking sensitive letters, escalating cases and looking up customer data, within Office.

Nintendo, Sony Up Portable Gaming Ante
May 12, 2004

The DS is most notable for its dual screens, which allow players to view gaming action from two perspectives at once. It also sports several other features, including touch-screen input, voice recognition, chat software and wireless networking capabilities, with support for both IEEE 802.11 (WiFi) and Nintendo's proprietary mobile protocol.

Intel Unveils Next-Gen Wireless Chips
April 13, 2004

The new PXA27x chips use Intel's SpeedStep technology, which is designed to enable power savings by managing voltage and frequency changes, much like the technology used in the company's notebook processors.

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