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Mon, 31 Mar 08
Web at work: Not YourSpace
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23814814/


More companies are moving to track the minutes spent and keystrokes made by employees while they’re on the Web.  Security, legal liability and productivity concerns are among the reasons.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Secret software blamed for Hannaford breach
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23846014/


Customers make their way out of Hannaford Supermarket in Saco, Maine Tuesday March 18, 2008. Hannaford Bros. Supermarkets have announced that authorities are investigating the theft of credit and debit card numbers in Maine and other states. Unauthorized software that was secretly installed on servers in nearly all of Hannaford Bros. Co.'s supermarkets enabled the massive data breach that compromised up to 4.2 million credit and debit cards, the company said Friday.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Antioch University reports data breaches
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23849063/
Antioch University says one of its computer systems that contained personal information on about 70,000 people was breached by an unauthorized intruder three times last year.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Comcast to stop blocking Internet traffic
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23827953/
Comcast Corp., an Internet service provider under investigation for hampering online file-sharing by its subscribers, announced Thursday an about-face in its stance and said it will treat all types of Internet traffic equally.

Mon, 31 Mar 08
Companies use scans to track workers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23814798/


An employee of the New York City Parks Dept. uses a palm scanner as he arrives for work, in the Queens borough of New York Wednesday March 26, 2008. At workplaces in Birmingham, Ala., Chicago, New York and elsewhere, more employees are starting their days by pressing a hand or finger to a scanner that logs the precise time of their arrival. Manufacturers say these systems improve efficiency and streamline payroll operations, but some employees see the programs as creepy and bureaucratic. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Employees at a growing number of businesses around the nation are starting and ending their days by pressing a hand or finger to a scanner that logs the precise time of their arrival and departure — information that is automatically reflected in payroll records.

Tue, 25 Mar 08
Security lapse exposes Facebook photos
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23785561/
A security lapse made it possible for unwelcome strangers to peruse personal photos posted on Facebook Inc.'s popular online hangout, circumventing a recent upgrade to the Web site's privacy controls.

Sat, 22 Mar 08
Data voyeurism doesn't just happen in the State Department
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/03/surprised-by--1.html#posts
Low-level employees browse personal information for sport all the time. Outside of the occasional public flogging, little has been done to stop this unnerving practice.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Hannaford breach raises new fears
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23729815/
At first, it sounded like another in a long line of credit card breaches: Up to 4.2 million account numbers were stolen by thieves who cracked computers at Hannaford Bros. Co., an Eastern supermarket chain.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Data storage law curbed by German court
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23725318/
Germany's top court curtailed a law requiring telecom firms to store phone and Internet data for six months, dealing a new blow to the government's efforts to beef up anti-terrorism measures.

Fri, 21 Mar 08
Darfur peace group says network hacked
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23729191/
Activists for peace in Darfur who have spearheaded efforts to organize a boycott of this year's Olympic Games in China said Thursday their computer systems have come under attack. They believe they were targeted by China.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Wells Fargo to sell online safes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23712887/
Recognizing not all banking customers want a safe deposit box, Wells Fargo & Co. plans to sell online vaults as a secure and convenient alternative for storing vital records.

Thu, 20 Mar 08
Can disposable digits prevent credit card fraud?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23707829/
Security experts nowadays are trying to help address credit card fraud by developing disposable numbers.

Wed, 19 Mar 08
Supermarket data breach still unsolved
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23698169/


Customers make their way out of Hannaford Supermarket in Saco, Maine Tuesday March 18, 2008. Hannaford Bros. Supermarkets have announced that authorities are investigating the theft of credit and debit card numbers in Maine and other states. It was during the card approval process that more than 4 million customer accounts at grocery stores in the Northeast and Florida were exposed to fraud, even though the company meets the latest standards for data security, a spokeswoman said Tuesday.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
Grocery chain hit with data breach
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23678909/
A security breach at an East Coast supermarket chain exposed 4.2 million credit and debit card numbers and led to 1,800 cases of fraud, the Hannaford Bros. grocery chain announced Monday.

Tue, 18 Mar 08
It's prison for ID thief who used P2P software
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23682023/
A man was sentenced to more than four years in prison Monday in what prosecutors said was the first federal case against someone using file-sharing software to steal identities.

Sun, 16 Mar 08
'Spam King' pleads guilty to wire fraud
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23641660/
A man once described as one of the world's top e-mail spammers pleaded guilty Friday to federal charges of mail fraud, wire fraud and failure to file a tax return.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Some viruses come pre-installed
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23617651/


Computer consultant Jerry Askew poses with a digital photo frame at Askew Network Solutions in Granada Hills, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008. The frame, bought at a Target, tried to load 4 different Trojan viruses into his computer. A string of popular gadgets, from iPods to hard drives to GPS car navigation systems, have been infected with viruses during manufacturing over the past two years, exposing thousands of people to the most unexpected computer attack of all: one that sneaks in through a shrink-wrapped package straight from the factory. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)From iPods to navigation systems, some of today's hottest gadgets are landing on store shelves with some unwanted extras from the factory — pre-installed viruses that steal passwords, open doors for hackers and make computers spew spam.

Fri, 14 Mar 08
Hacker breached data at Harvard University
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23611252/
Harvard University is notifying thousands of graduate students and applicants that their personal information may have been exposed by a data breach.

Thu, 13 Mar 08
Security card chip can be hacked
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23596754/
The Dutch interior affairs minister says a technology being used in up to a billion security cards around the world can easily be hacked.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Prostitution in a wired world
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23580983/


New York State Gov. Eliot Spitzer is joined by his wife Silda as he makes a statement to reporters during a news conference Monday, March 10, 2008 in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)The prostitution scandal involving New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer lays bare some of the inner workings of modern-day sex work: text messaging to clock in the client, electronic fund transfers, a Web site featuring color photos, prices and rankings.

Wed, 12 Mar 08
Lifesaving devices vulnerable to hackers
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23583126/
A common new technology for monitoring defibrillators is vulnerable to hacking and even to reprogramming that could stop the devices from delivering a lifesaving shock, according to research to be released Wednesday.

Tue, 11 Mar 08
Camera 'sees' under clothes
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23554544/
A camera has been developed which can detect weapons, drugs or explosives hidden under people’s clothes from up to 80 feet away.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
Rental car firms profit from unpaid tolls
http://redtape.msnbc.com/1
Rental car companies are collecting hefty fees from consumers who drive through electronic toll collection booths without paying.

Sat, 8 Mar 08
Experian sues LifeLock, alleges fraud
http://redtape.msnbc.com/2008/02/experian-sues-l.html
In the lawsuit filed in U.S. District Court, Experian contends that LifeLock's advertising is misleading and that the firm is breaking federal law in the way it goes about protecting consumers.

Thu, 6 Mar 08
Pentagon bans Google teams from bases
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23505366/
The Pentagon has banned Google Earth teams from making detailed street-level video maps of U.S. military bases.

Thu, 6 Mar 08
Computer virus exposes Oregon donors data
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23507003/
A computer virus attack may have exposed the personal information of more than 11,000 people who donated to a Central Oregon hospital system.

Wed, 5 Mar 08
Swiss bank drops lawsuit against Wikileaks
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23488121/
A Swiss bank has dropped its lawsuit against Web site Wikileaks.org for posting sensitive customer data.

Wed, 5 Mar 08
E-mail nude photos of ex-girlfriend, go to jail
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23482552/
An Italian man was jailed for more than two years for putting pornographic pictures of his ex-girlfriend on the Internet and sending them out in more than 15,000 emails.

Wed, 5 Mar 08
Denver airport blocks some Internet sites
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23485626/
Travelers using Denver International Airport's free Wi-Fi service cannot visit Internet sites that airport officials consider provocative.

Wed, 5 Mar 08
Experts: SSL certificate no guarantee of safety
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23486477/
Experts say SSL certificates — digital stamps of approval that Web sites buy to prove they're running a legitimate business and can send and receive encrypted data safely — don't provide the safety they seem to.

Tue, 4 Mar 08
12 Americans indicted in online child porn ring
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23470545/
James Freeman was one of 12 Americans indicted last week in a worldwide investigation that ultimately charged 22 people with participating in the porn ring — and intentionally blocking police from investigating it.

Tue, 4 Mar 08
Did iPods cause a crime wave?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23469352/


Shocked at hearing her iPod was stolen, a woman explains she got it from her husband – who bought it at a Las Vegas poker table. (Dateline NBC)It's easy to see why iPods would be alluring targets for criminals: The music players are valuable and easy to resell, and people absorbed in their personal soundtracks can be vulnerably oblivious to their surroundings.

Mon, 3 Mar 08
Pooches to sniff out DVD piracy in Malaysia
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23451224/


Two labrador dogs Paddy, right,and Manny are shown to the media as Malaysia government introduces DVD sniffler dogs to fight movie piracy in Putrajaya, Malaysia , Monday, March, 3, 2008. Two labradors trained to sniff out discs made their debut in Malaysia Monday to form the world's first canine unit to target movie piracy. Malaysian authorities said Monday they hope two specially trained dogs will help police sniff out pirated DVDs and clean up the country's reputation as an abuser of intellectual property rights.


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