Month: March 2005

Ears To The Ground

Tony Scott has traded in his wheels for mouse ears. With no fireworks, the former chief technology officer at General Motors became chief information officer

Fighting the Pox on Your Inbox

No mere nuisance, spam is engulfing corporate e-mail systems like a greedy swarm of locusts and blotting out legitimate business communications. Here’s how to ward

Outsourcing: What Ratio Is Right?

What a company purchases from suppliers of goods or services defines the amount that firm outsources. Innovations in global commerce have lowered the costs and

Shadowcrew: Web Mobs

They operate under names such as carderplanet, stealthdivision, darkprofits and the shadowcrew. They buy and sell millions of credit card numbers, social security numbers and

Sunny Delight: Cutting Ties

Greg Winholt, chief information officer and controller of fruit beverage maker Sunny Delight, glances at his watch; time is precious. A steady stream of heads

Base Technologies 5

It doesn’t take much to get an organized cybercrime ring going. Below is a list of technologies that the U.S. Secret Service and security experts

Cybercrime’s Most Wanted

ShadowcrewShut down: October 2004 Trafficked in: Stolen and counterfeit identification Twenty-eight people were arrested when federal agents seized control of this Web site. The Secret