Risky Business: The Deadly Game of Private Security
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Private security contractors do indispensable work in Iraq, but the muscle-bound showiness associated with these hired guns, and lack of control over them, is drawing criticism.
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Companies that have spent billions on cyberdefenses to thwart intruders are now addressing an even bigger threat: employees. Many are investing in software that monitors sensitive content inside corporate networks, say security analysts and venture capitalists.
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Two researchers demonstrate how unprotected, public VoIP phones could expose the internal network of a company or organization.
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Don't buy without considering threat of entry, bargaining power, and more.
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There's a new kind of theft growing in popularity -- be careful!
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As networks increase in size and complexity, security products are growing in sophistication and security threats are becoming more ingenious.
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Blog: The logic behind the recent purchases in the security industry is simple--if you can't build security in, then at least layer it on.
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While corporations are monitoring ports and using advanced security tools to fend off infection and attack, home users -- who have less technical sophistication -- are left more susceptible, sometimes
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Simple, cheap encryption method uses natural thermal noise to foil eavesdroppers.
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A buddy of mine who once worked as a New York City assistant DA shared the following insight with me: Most criminals are not very bright. He and I had just seen a heist movie -- something where an evil genius and his sharp-as-tacks cronies had pulled of an inordinately complex scheme to knock over a bank, grabbing millions in the process. In truth, however, most criminals are more "Fargo" than "Oceans 13," and that goes for cyber criminals, as well.
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A new device capable of detecting and throttling encrypted BitTorrent traffic hits the shelves. The game of cat and mouse between ISPs and BitTorrent users continues. In Monkey Bites.
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A search for investing opportunities in military and defense.
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The federal government is holding a competition for a new cryptographic hash function that will become the national standard. Really, this is exciting stuff. Commentary by Bruce Schneier.
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Scammers and hackers are targeting the human factor in system setups. Part of a series on hot security topics.
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"The Paranoia Switch" (Farrar, Straus &amp; Giroux, 202 pages. $26), by Martha Stout: Opponents of the Bush administration have long accused the government of trafficking in fear &#151; using terror alerts, for example, to distract the public and prevent citizens from questioning authority.
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Frontline internet-crime fighters from security companies, law enforcement agencies, banks and e-commerce sites huddle at a secretive conference to confer on new tactics to fight cybercrime. Participants field lots of strategies, but no one can quite agree on what do.