NEWS ARCHIVE - AUGUST 2008
Website monitoring crowns the Swiss the big cheese of spam - 2008/08/29New research by internet security firm MessageLabs has found that Switzerland received the largest bulk of ...
eBay purchase contains millions of bank users details - 2008/08/29An Oxford man has revealed that a computer he bought on internet auction site eBay for £35 contained ...
'Nuisance' smuggled onboard International Space Station - 2008/08/29Laptop computers used by astronauts on the International Space Station (ISS) to send emails back to Earth ...
Elderly 'missing out' on internet growth - 2008/08/29Latest official figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) have shown that 1.2 million more ...
Biggest ever ID theft in Taiwan - 2008/08/28Six people are currently being held in custody for what is believed to be the biggest personal data hacking ...
McKinnon appeal refused - 2008/08/28Gary McKinnon's appeal against his extradition to the US to face charges of computer hacking has been refused ...
Symantec prioritises hosting requirements - 2008/08/28A chief scientist at internet security firm Symantec has recently compiled a list of priorities that ...
US flights suffer delays after glitch - 2008/08/28Flights leaving Atlanta in the southern state of Georgia were subject to severe delays recently after a ...
Don't annoy the hackers says one researcher - 2008/08/27Hackers are stooping to a new low by targeting those people who avoid their initial attacks but who then ...
The smallest cyber-heist in world history? - 2008/08/27In response to an article in a Scottish Sunday newspaper, a statement from the Best Western Hotel chain has ...
Website monitoring for backing systems is essential - 2008/08/27A developer at the internet services company Netcraft has said that website monitoring reduces the ...
Facebook suffers hack attack - 2008/08/27Social networking giant Facebook has recently acknowledged that its popularity has led to it being subjected ...
University offers 'ethical' hacking course - 2008/08/26A Scottish university is offering postgraduate courses in ethical computer hacking and it is hoped that ...
Developing economies will boost web use - 2008/08/26New data published by the internet research company JupiterResearch has said that 1.8 billion people will be ...
eBay carries 'fake toolbar' warning - 2008/08/26Web security firm McAfee has warned against the downloading of browser add-ons unless they come from ...
Website monitoring could prevent DNS flaw exploitation - 2008/08/26Dan Kaminsky, the discoverer of the hole in the Domain Name System (DNS), has recently said that the flaw has ...
Networks face new IP risk - 2008/08/22UK website monitoring has thrown into doubt the security of internet protocol (IP), according to a new ...
Gmail reliability questioned - 2008/08/22Experts are beginning to doubt whether Google's email service Gmail is reliable enough to meet their ...
Nokia and Sun say 'Gowdiak may have a point' - 2008/08/22A researcher working for a Polish internet security company has recently had his claims about security issues ...
New algorithm set to improve router efficiency - 2008/08/21A new algorithm developed by a group of computer scientists in the US could bring an end to the router ...
Website downtime could 'break a company' - 2008/08/21Having the appropriate
Web monitoring reveals BBC Olympic coverage popularity - 2008/08/21 The BBC's online coverage of the Beijing Olympics has proved popular among fans visiting the broadcaster's ...
The corporate cost of internet downtime - 2008/08/21Well-known high street retailers who have lost significant online sales revenue are also at risk of losing ...
Parental website monitoring software used in court case - 2008/08/20A Californian father became so concerned about his daughter's behaviour recently that he installed website ...
Congress keen to know extent of website monitoring - 2008/08/20It has emerged that a large cable operator in the US - Phoenix-based Cable One - has carried out a lengthy ...
Google tops satisfaction survey - 2008/08/19Google has been rated in its category as the top company when it comes to customer satisfaction after ...
Website monitoring systems can help prevent 'wardriving' - 2008/08/19The recent arrest of gang members who stole the details of up to 40 million credit card users by 'wardriving' ...
Mobile Java flaws 'for sale' - 2008/08/18An internet security researcher has taken an unorthodox step to "gather funds for creating a ...
Beijing Games subject to website performance monitoring - 2008/08/15Website performance monitoring is in place to gather data on how successfully Olympic online coverage is ...
DNS reliance exposes OpenID to risk - 2008/08/14Sun identity technology specialist, Robin Wilton has said that OpenID could be affected by a fundamental ...
'Time to take action' says DNS inventor - 2008/08/14Paul Mockapetris, the inventor of the Domain Name System (DNS), has urged Internet Service Providers (ISPs) ...
Tiscali 'could use website performance monitoring' - 2008/08/14Internet Service Provider Tiscali could benefit from website performance monitoring after it was recently ...
Website monitoring experts say 'fear the botnet' - 2008/08/13Concentrated use of botnets to launch mass website attacks is the most concerning issue to arise so far in ...
Website monitoring counts Olympic opportunists - 2008/08/13Internet security firms using website monitoring techniques have shown that the Beijing Olympic Games has ...
Georgian Presidential site crosses the Atlantic - 2008/08/12The website of Georgian President Mikhail Saakashvili has been moved to the Atlanta-based hosting company ...
Website monitoring needed to fight physical attacks - 2008/08/12A recent conference in Las Vegas has highlighted the need for effective website monitoring after security ...
Web monitoring gets hack hackers into trouble - 2008/08/12Three French journalists were ejected from the Black Hat 'Hacking Conference' in Las Vegas recently after ...
Web safety lessons are a must for young users - 2008/08/11The premise that the internet phenomenon of social networking is a trend that will not go away has led many ...
Government's failure to act in web monitoring storm - 2008/08/11The working practices of digital technology company Phorm have been found to be of use to the government in ...
Yahoo! board opposition is 'bigger than first thought' - 2008/08/08The recent re-election of Jerry Yang as chief executive of the board at Yahoo! was cause for concern, when ...
New malware attack through Facebook - 2008/08/08Facebook users are being warned against clicking on a link in a wall message to watch a video that appears to ...
Free website monitoring software for parents in Florida - 2008/08/07Martin County Sheriff's office has provided Floridian parents with free website monitoring ...
Website monitoring services to the rescue! - 2008/08/07With the mushrooming use of the internet showing no sign of relenting worldwide, organisations' websites ...
Security systems will 'never be safe' - 2008/08/07Too many people instinctively, and naively, trust internet security according to a report in the ...
DNS hole only 'patched in places' - 2008/08/06The hole in the DNS system is being fixed but too slowly and the full extent of the problem is still not ...
Apple concedes mistakes after outage - 2008/08/06The launch of Apple's MobileMe should not have coincided with that of the iPhone 3G and iPhone 2.0 Software, ...
Wi-fi networks without web monitoring vulnerable to 'wardriving' - 2008/08/06Companies in the US such as BJ's Wholesale Club, DSW Shoe Warehouse, OfficeMax, Barnes & Noble and Sports ...
Not enough website monitoring by parents - 2008/08/05Despite a recent government announcement that parents would be held accountable for their children's illegal ...
US malware 'still threatens web monitoring' - 2008/08/05The latest threat statistics research has shown that America has maintained its position at the top of the ...
Google's privacy policy under the microscope - 2008/08/04Individual privacy has come under scrutiny by the US National Legal and Policy Center (NLPC) following a ...
Apple 'slow to react' over DNS security flaw - 2008/08/01After what many consider to be too long a wait, Apple has followed the lead of Microsoft and Cisco and ...
New hacker threat for 'good reputation' web monitoring - 2008/08/01According to a report from internet security firm Websense, sites with good reputations will be subject more ...
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