Stories by Robert McMillan

HP lowers financial guidance with webOS shutdown

After pulling the plug on its webOS phones and tablet computers Thursday, Hewlett Packard said it expected to be less profitable than expected during its current fiscal quarter, which ends Oct. 31.

By Robert McMillan | 19 August, 2011 06:12

Tags: business issues, services, storage, hardware systems, software, SEC Filings, restructuring, Hewlett-Packard

The collar bomber's explosive tech gaffe

The man who claimed to have attached a bomb collar to an Australian high school student two weeks ago thought it would be a good idea to leave a ransom note on a USB stick looped around her neck. What he probably didn't realize is that he also left his name, hidden deep in the device's memory.

By Robert McMillan | 18 August, 2011 09:32

Tags: storage, security, Forensics, Appen Butler Hill, Personal storage peripherals

ICANN chief Beckstrom to step down

The head of the organization chartered with managing some of the Internet's complex routing systems is stepping down.

By Robert McMillan | 17 August, 2011 10:31

Tags: business issues, personnel, Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, security, internet

Fired techie created virtual chaos at pharma company

Logging in from a Smyrna, Georgia, McDonald's restaurant, a former employee of a U.S. pharmaceutical company was able to wipe out most of the company's computer infrastructure earlier this year.

By Robert McMillan | 17 August, 2011 09:14

Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, virtualization, Server Virtualization, security, legal, health care, IT management, industry verticals, cybercrime

Cell phones stay on, but protesters disrupt SF subway

San Francisco's commuter railway left mobile phone services untouched during a closely watched protest Monday, but for many commuters that didn't matter because they were locked out of the railway system altogether.

By Robert McMillan | 16 August, 2011 16:37

Tags: Anonymous, security, transportation, Bay Area Rapid Transit, mobile, government, industry verticals

FCC looking into BART mobile phone shutdown

The U.S. Federal Communications Commission is looking into last week's shutdown of mobile phone services on a San Francisco commuter train line.

By Robert McMillan | 16 August, 2011 06:28

Tags: regulation, transportation, Bay Area Rapid Transit District, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, mobile, government, industry verticals

Bay Area transit police cut mobile service to thwart protest

The agency that runs the commuter trains that rumble beneath San Francisco each day hit the panic button Thursday night, cutting off mobile-phone service to hundreds of thousands of commuters in an effort to thwart a protest that was expected to snarl up the evening commute.

By Robert McMillan | 13 August, 2011 09:17

Tags: security, Bay Area Rapid Transit District, mobile, government

Study finds Android app-makers careless with some data

A lot of the software written for Google's Android mobile phones falls short when it comes to user privacy and security.

By Robert McMillan | 13 August, 2011 07:01

Tags: M.J. Keith, William Enck, Pennsylvania State University, mobile, North Carolina State University, Kevin Mahaffey, privacy, Electronic Frontier Foundation, Verizon Wireless, mobile applications, Lee Tien, Google, security, Lookout, Denim Group

South African police arrest man for selling jailbroken PS3s

South African police have arrested a 28-year-old Johannesburg man accused of selling jailbroken Sony PlayStation 3 machines and pirated game software.

By Robert McMillan | 11 August, 2011 09:34

Tags: Criminal, Game platforms, games, legal, PS3

Booz Allen CEO downplays effect of Anonymous hack

A July cyberattack on Booz Allen Hamilton will not materially harm the company's bottom line, its CEO said Tuesday.

By Robert McMillan | 10 August, 2011 11:13

Tags: business issues, Booz Allen Hamilton, security, legal, financial results, government, cybercrime

Build your own camera, launch it like a grenade

Meet the Firefly.

By Robert McMillan | 08 August, 2011 05:12

Tags: popular science, security, mobile, Rafael Armament Development Authority, government

AntiSec hackers dump data after hacking police websites

The war between law enforcement and the Anonymous hacking collective continued this weekend as hackers dumped a 10 gigabyte database that included private e-mails and information sent by confidential informants. Hackers say they stole information during an attack on more than 70 small-town law enforcement agencies.

By Robert McMillan | 08 August, 2011 01:52

Tags: Anonymous, security, legal, government, Missouri Sheriffs' Association, cybercrime

Three tips for a better Anonymous

Has the Anonymous movement reached a midlife crisis?

By Robert McMillan | 07 August, 2011 07:07

Tags: Anonymous, security, legal, HB Gary Federal, cybercrime

Spam king Sanford Wallace indicted for Facebook spam

Notorious spam king Sanford Wallace is facing federal fraud charges for allegedly breaking into Facebook accounts and sending 27 million spam messages in 2008 and 2009.

By Robert McMillan | 05 August, 2011 11:19

Tags: Internet-based applications and services, security, legal, social networking, internet, cybercrime, Facebook

A power plant hack that anybody could use

The night before the start of this week's Black Hat hacker conference here in Las Vegas, security researcher Dillon Beresford gave a demonstration to a small audience in his room at Caesar's Palace. The topic: how a hacker could take over the Siemens S7 computers that are used to control engines, machines and turbines in tens of thousands of industrial facilities.

By Robert McMillan | 05 August, 2011 08:55

Tags: siemens, NSS Labs, security, hardware systems, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, energy, industry verticals

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