Poor corporate IT security is leaving businesses vulnerable - with almost 90 per cent of breaches found to have been preventable. A trio of studies have painted a damning picture of business security, with online vulnerabilities rising as companies

Data theft at LexisNexis much larger - Baltimore Sun
The identity thieves who stole passwords to tap personal data from information broker LexisNexis hacked the records of more than 300,000 Americans, 10 times what the company first acknowledged, the company disclosed yesterday. The announcement by

Nasa hacker’s last legal challenge fails - Silicon.com
Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations. McKinnon had applied to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) for it to hear an appeal against his extradition

Soulja Boy Tell Em Signs White Rapper, Hackers Take Over His MySpace - Baller Status
Teen rap sensation, Soulja Boy Tell Em, recently announced the signing of White Tee to his Stacks On Deck label — the first white rapper on the roster. Soulja Boy made the official announcement while in Las Vegas for the Magic fashion tradeshow this

WiFi networks under attack from wardrivers - Times of India
NEW DELHI: If you work on an unsecured wireless internet network, beware. Someone right now could be moving around in the city looking for open WiFi spots for sending anonymous terror emails or accessing confidential information with almost no risk

Green taxes bad for us all - The Sun
SO our smug-faced PM and his poodle Alistair Darling force the ordinary people of this country to pay FIVE times the necessary amount of green taxes. This is just another perfect example of how arrogant and out-of-touch this stealth-taxing

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