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Halo 3 Meets Second Life

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:25:00 -0500

The U.S. Army enlists new virtual world video game to teach soldiers interpersonal skills and cultural awareness for combat environments like Iraq and Afghanistan.

- Video games and military training are a natural fit. Any exercise that can sharpen physical reflexes and shooting skills has obvious applications for soldiers preparing for war. For researchers at Sandia National Labs and BBN Technologies, however, the video game platform is being used to prepar...

Getting On Board With Security

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 15:51:00 -0500

Baseline spoke with Gilbert about the process he used to establish the Alstom security program and how he justifies investments in security. - Alstom Transport, a $6 billion French rail vehicle and systems manufacturer with an 18 percent market share in the global rail transportation market, had appropriate security for its worldwide IT infrastructure. It just didn't have a formal program to manage, measure and continually improve its netw...

Amaox Battles Bioterrorism with Collaboration Software

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:35:00 -0500

Amaox is tackling the worst chemical and biological weapons known to man with cutting-edge visual collaboration software. - Mustard gas. Phosgene. Chlorine gas. Anthrax. If it's a potential bioterrorist weapon, chances are that Amaox a little known biotech company has a treatment in the works to stop such an outbreak or at least mitigate the effects of an attack before it could kill large numbers of people. Ar...

5 Secure Reasons for Thin Clients

Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:09:00 -0500

If you need justifications for adopting thin clients, look no further. - Access to Web applications is typically the most frequent use of a personal computer. Whether this should be done by means of a "fat" computer or by the increasingly available "thin" client is a question on many enterprise agendas. The fat solution offers mainframe-like as well as standalone c...

Sears Really Has More On Your Life

Mon, 07 Jan 2008 10:26:00 -0500

Sears' stalwart venture into the murky end of social networking with spyware is a harbinger of invasive, targeted marketing to come. - One of the funniest scenes from the 1995 Brady Bunch movie comes when the sugary-sweet brood stuck in a twisted '70s time warp believes they've saved their shag-rugged home. In triumph, patriarch Mike Brady declares: "Kids, put on your Sunday best. We're going to Sears!" Yes, in an age before me...

Virtual PCs Add New Layer of Security

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:14:00 -0500

Worried about people accessing your private information whenever you use a public computer? - BOSTON (Reuters) - Worried about people accessing your private information whenever you use a public computer? There is a way to protect yourself: Devices as small as a keychain allow you to use any computer without leaving a trail of evidence. A new computer program known as MojoPac can turn ...

The Boston Celtics' New Malware Point Guard

Thu, 03 Jan 2008 13:49:00 -0500

The franchise that won the most nba championships was getting beaten by viruses punching through its defenses. The solution? A gateway appliance that double-teams malware without impacting network or client performance. - The franchise that won the most NBA championships, the Boston Celtics, was getting beaten by viruses punching through its defenses. The solution? A gateway appliance that double-teams malware without impacting network or client performance. The Problem: With malware and spyware infecting the team...

Will the Voting Machines Get It Right?

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:31:00 -0500

Colorado is the latest state to pull the plug on electronic voting machines due to accuracy and security concerns. Who's next? - Electronic voting was supposed to solve the vexing balloting problems that plagued the 2000 presidential election. But as the 2008 primary season kicks off, many states are still wrestling with the accuracy and security of high-tech voting machines, and critics are calling for a return to paper ball...

2007 Data Breaches Not As Bad As We Think

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:49:00 -0500

Reports of record year in 2007 for compromised records and identity theft based on a lot of soft numbers and liberal assumptions. Exaggerations mask the real problem: user and policy stupidity. - The roster of identity thefts for the past year is as disturbing as it is lengthy. According to the Identity Theft Resource Center, there were 443 data breaches in 2007, resulting in the compromise of more than 127 million records. By comparison, 312 breaches and 19 million compromised records w...

Private Investigation Laws: Obstacles and Solutions

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:07:00 -0500

The following are some common issues computer forensic specialists may encounter and some ways of overcoming or complying with legal limitations. - Depending on the jurisdiction and regulatory laws, computer forensic professionals may be subject to private investigator (PI) licensing requirements. The key word is "may," since each law is different and not always comprehensive. The following are some common issues computer forensic specialists...

Evaluating Your Computer Forensic Vendor

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 10:54:00 -0500

Finding the right forensic specialist for your business isn't easy. You need an investigative response team that understands applicable federal and state laws as well as the regulatory and cultural landscape of your industry. These recommendations can hel - Finding the right forensic specialist for your business isn't easy. You need an investigative response team that understands applicable federal and state laws as well as the regulatory and cultural landscape of your industry. These recommendations, courtesy of Verizon's Stan Kang, can help your bu...

Computer Forensics Faces Private Eye Competition

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 09:49:00 -0500

Who has the right to probe digital crime? That very question may be the next battleground between the flatfooted private detective of old and the new-age computer sleuth. - The Internet is boundless and cybercrime scenes stretch from personal desktops across the fiber networks that circle the globe. Digital forensic investigators like Harold Phipps, vice president of industry relations at Norcross Group in Norcross, Ga., routinely slip across conventional geographic ju...

Inside a Modern Malware Distribution System

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 19:29:00 -0500

Analysis of the Pushdo Trojan provides a glimpse of the tracking and hiding techniques used by online criminals. - SecureWorks anti-malware guru Joe Stewart is not one to be intimidated by advances in online crime activity. But, when he reversed the backend code associated with the Pushdo Trojan downloader, he discovered a modern malware distribution system fitted with complex tracking mechanisms and hiding t...

5 Secure Reasons for Thin Clients

Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:35:00 -0500

If you need justifications for adopting thin clients, look no further than these. - Access to Web applications is typically the most frequent use of a personal computer. Whether this should be done by means of a "fat" computer or by the increasingly available "thin" client is a question on many enterprises' agendas. The fat solution offers mainframe-like as well as stand-alone...

Email Phishing Attacks Still on the Rise

Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:32:00 -0500

A recent report appears to indicate that e-mail attacks or phishing is not going away any time soon, and is growing. - A report released by Gartner this week found that in spite of industry efforts to combat phishing, the problem grew worse than ever this year. Analysts surveyed more than 4,000 online adults to draw their conclusions, finding that the number of those who received phishing attack e-mails rose 118 ...