Stories by Jaikumar Vijayan

FBI declares cloud vendors must meet CJIS security rules

The FBI Tuesday reaffirmed its rule that all cloud products sold to to U.S. law enforcement agencies must comply with the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) security requirements.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 08 February, 2012 07:54

Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, security, Microsoft, Los Angeles Police Department, internet, Government/Industries, government, Google, fbi, cloud computing

Oracle seeks new trial in IP theft suit against SAP

Oracle's plan to drag its legal fight against rival SAP's defunct TomorrowNow subsidiary through a second trial is not surprising, analysts said Tuesday.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 08 February, 2012 05:26

Tags: TomorrowNow, software, sap, oracle, Government/Industries, government, ERP, enterprise resource planning, databases, Computer Economics, applications

Copyright lawsuit targets owners of non-secure wireless networks

A federal lawsuit filed in Massachusetts could test the question of whether individuals who leave their wireless networks unsecured can be held liable if someone uses the network to illegally download copyrighted content.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 07 February, 2012 08:15

Tags: wireless internet, security, Liberty Media, DRM and Legal Issues, bittorrent

Hungarian hacker gets 30 months for extortion plot on Marriott

A Hungarian hacker who attempted to extort money from Marriott International Inc. by stealing confidential data from its computers and threatening to expose it was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 04 February, 2012 08:27

Tags: security, Marriott International, industry verticals, financial services, finance, Cybercrime and Hacking

Anonymous grabs email from firm that defended Marine in Haditha case

In what's turning out to be quite a busy Friday for the hacking collective, Anonymous today said it has broken into the website of a law firm that represented a U.S. Marine accused of killing civilians in Haditha, Iraq.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 04 February, 2012 06:52

Tags: security, Government/Industries, government, Cybercrime and Hacking, anonymous

Lawsuit raises questions about email privacy at work

A recent lawsuit filed against the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is drawing attention to the question of whether employees have a reasonable expectation of privacy when using personal email accounts on workplace computers.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 03 February, 2012 23:24

Tags: Yahoo, U.S. Food and Drug Administration, security, Regulation, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, Government/Industries, government

Megaupload user content safe for two more weeks

Efforts are intensifying to retrieve data belonging to potentially millions of users of Megaupload's online storage service following the company's dramatic shuttering by U.S. law enforcement authorities earlier this month.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 01 February, 2012 06:19

Tags: storage, megaupload, internet, Electronic Frontier Foundation, DRM and Legal Issues, Cogent, cloud computing, Carpathia Hosting

Lawmaker pushes consumer notification bill in wake of Carrier IQ concerns

U.S. Rep. Edward Markey (D-Mass.) has proposed a bill that would require all phone companies to notify consumers of any user tracking and monitoring software in their cell phones.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 31 January, 2012 07:12

Tags: smartphones, security, privacy, Mobile and Wireless, consumer electronics, Carrier IQ, at&t

Feds say Megaupload user content could be deleted this week

Federal prosecutors say that two companies hosting Megaupload's servers in the U.S. could begin deleting all user content on them as early as Thursday.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 31 January, 2012 05:16

Tags: security, privacy, megaupload, DRM and Legal Issues, Cogent, Carpathia Hosting

Hawaii legislators bid aloha to controversial data retention bill

Lawmakers in Hawaii on Thursday quietly dropped a bill that would have required Internet service providers to collect the detailed browsing histories of Internet users in the state and store the data for at least two years.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 28 January, 2012 06:11

Tags: security, Regulation, privacy, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, Government/Industries, government, Electronic Frontier Foundation

Google says privacy change won't affect government users

Google today dismissed concerns by a former senior federal IT official that the company's controversial new privacy policy would create problems for customers of Google Apps for Government (GAFG).

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 27 January, 2012 09:20

Tags: Web 2.0 and Web Apps, security, privacy, IT in Government, Government use of IT, government, Google

Final phase of Mass. data protection law kicks in March 1

All companies storing personal data on Massachusetts residents have just over a month to ensure that their contractors, suppliers, technology providers and other third parties comply with a provision of a state data breach law that went into effect in March 2010.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 26 January, 2012 06:31

Tags: storage, security, privacy, Palm

Supreme Court GPS ruling called a win for privacy

Calling it a significant victory for privacy rights, civil rights advocates Monday hailed a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that requires law enforcement officials to obtain a search warrant before they can attach a GPS tracking device to a vehicle.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 24 January, 2012 22:09

Tags: U.S. Supreme Court, security, Regulation, privacy, hardware systems, hardware, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, government, DRM and Legal Issues, Center for Democracy and Technology

U.S. Finds Flaws in ES&S DS200 Voting Machine

A ballot-scanning device slated for use in the upcoming presidential elections misreads ballots, fails to log critical events and is prone to sudden lockups, the U.S. Election Assistance Commission found.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 23 January, 2012 22:11

Tags: IT in Government, Industries, hardware systems, hardware, Government use of IT, Government/Industries, government

Sen. Leahy criticizes 'knee-jerk' reaction to PIPA, SOPA protests

Sen. Patrick Leahy, (D-VT), the lead sponsor of the controversial Protect IP Act (PIPA), today criticized the "knee-jerk' reaction of fellow senators to this week's protests against the bill, and vowed to press forward with it.

By Jaikumar Vijayan | 21 January, 2012 03:20

Tags: Regulation, NV, internet, Gov't Legislation/Regulation, government, DRM and Legal Issues

 
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