June 10th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, Identity Theft, News Articles
PITTSBURGH — On Friday, May 29th President Barack Obama announced he was creating a position to deal with cyber threats.
The president said cyber threats are one of the most serious challenges facing the country now.
June 6th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Government, Identity Theft, News Articles
ZapShares Inc. announced today the findings of new research that indicates computer systems located in Iran, North Korea, China, and Russia are scouring computer Peer-To-Peer (also known as “P2P”) file-sharing networks for classified information that could place national security at risk.
June 4th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, News Articles
Written by Chenxi Wang , CSO , 06/04/2009
NETWORKWORLD - Deep packet inspection (DPI) is a technique that has seen success in traffic management, security, and network analysis. It is a technology that performs content analysis of network packets at line speed but is different from header or metadata-based packet inspection, which is typically performed by switches, firewalls, and IDS/IPS devices. A general DPI solution provides deep packet inspection for different applications.
June 1st, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, News Articles
Written by Dr. Thomas Porter
Introduction
This paper looks at the evolution of firewall technology towards Deep Packet Inspection, and then discusses some of the security issues with this evolving technology.
May 28th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Data Loss, Identity Theft, News Articles
Tiversa today announced the findings of new research that revealed 13,185,252 breached files emanating from over 4,310,839 sources on P2P file-sharing networks within a twelve month period from March 01, 2008 – March 01, 2009. This new data clearly demonstrates that P2P file-sharing risk is not effectively being addressed by the security protocols of Fortune 500 companies and government agencies, as these organizations commonly have exposure across the Extended Enterprise. Tiversa’s findings also hint at the enormity of the issue at hand.
May 21st, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Legal Rulings, News Articles
Posted by Khaleej Times Online - INTERNATIONAL (AFP)
WASHINGTON DC - Canada, China, Mexico, Russia and Spain have been singled out by members of the US Congress for ‘alarming levels’ of piracy of copyrighted movies, music, video games and other entertainment.
May 20th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Legal Rulings, News Articles
By Nick Farrell
Wednesday, 20 May 2009, 11:22
IT LOOKS LIKE the music industry doesn’t think it got enough out of the Pirate Bay trial and wants to have the three founders fined for every day that the site continues to operate.
According to AFP, Universal, EMI, Sony and Warner Music want their tame judge to fine Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm Warg and Peter Sunde as long as their file-sharing catalogue website continues to function.
May 14th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Data Loss, Identity Theft, Legal Risks, News Articles
Written by Jack M. Germain – TechNews World
File-sharing: For some, the term conjures up notions of mutual gain, free movies and music, and an unending stream of delicious data, courtesy of a worldwide network of friends who just want to give. However, there’s a pretty steep downside as well. Aside from the possibility of getting hauled to court for copyright violations, P2P users must constantly guard against sharing files they don’t want shared.
May 12th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, Legal Risks, News Articles
Hardens enforcement stance
Updated The UK film industry today backed the record industry’s long-running campaign for laws to force ISPs to cut off persistent illegal file sharers from the internet.
May 12th, 2009 | Published in All Articles, Copyright Infringement, News Articles
By rhea
A study by information systems researchers at the University of Arkansas shows that as many as three out of four college students may be illegally copying and downloading digital material, including copyright-protected music, movies and software.