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Burglar Alarm Catches Hackers On The Net
News Swedish security start-up Defcom Security, launched a pan-European 24-hour "hacker burglar alarm" for businesses, Monday. Defcom Online is a burglar alarm for your network and works to protect systems from intrusion and potential failure.
[May 31, 2000, 10:15]
Criminal Caught On (Web) Camera
News A burglar is today behind bars after picking the wrong house to burgle. One such photo provided police with a perfect face-shot from which to identify serial burglar Park after he had leaned in to take a closer look at the camera.
[February 17, 2005, 15:10]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A joyful story from Cambridge, where a chav burglar made the mistake of breaking into a geek house. Friday 18/02/2005 These two tribes are not natural friends, and as the geek had previously been relieved of his possessions by an earlier visitor...
[February 18, 2005, 16:50]
Developers 'should Be Accountable' For Security Holes
Talkback As for the broken window/burglar analogies. Some of you guys are amazing. It's always someone elses fault or the job is really tough. How weak are you. An architect would at least insist on locks, resulting in an insurance claim.
[October 16, 2005, 23:50]
Action 2000 Launches Domestic Campaign
News PCs, videos, burglar alarms, fax machines and time and date-dependent answer machines, digital cameras and camcorders are all likely to be affected and need testing. But, consequential occurrences will be covered such as, flood damage due to...
[October 14, 1998, 17:45]
Burglars Sell Stolen Goods To Victims Online
News TheBurglar.com then sends the payment to the address or account of the burglar's choice. The contact message on the site reads: "Burglar.com Headquarters is placed in Copenhagen, but due to spite we have moved the office to a secret location.
[October 10, 2000, 15:51]
Is Hacking Healthy?
News For the typical layperson, the word "hacker" evokes a very specific image: a mysterious, malicious, digital intruder -- the PC-age equivalent of a cat burglar, waltzing through networks, past locks and alarms, to steal data at will.
[April 5, 2000, 13:42]
Don't Let Up In ID Card Battle
Talkback Yes it would be possible for there to be mistakes with fingerprints, but even though the local police are not renowned for their intellects, I'm sure even they could work out that Mr Smith( no previous), stockbroker from Surrey, is unlikely to be...
[October 21, 2005, 12:44]
A Central Docking Control And Surveillance System
White Papers The new system provides the integration of all functions such as door control, leveller and inflatable seal, surveillance camera, RFID-identification, intercom, burglar alarm, remote locking, identification control etc, into one single system.
[April 24, 2007, 0:00]
Companies Escape Sasser Infection
Talkback It'll stop chancers that might just hop in, see a TV and take it, but it won't stop a professional burglar that's seen a 10 grand plasma screen TV through your window. DO Roberts: A firewall will help, yes.
[May 7, 2004, 11:28]
ZigBee Product Flood Defies Sceptics
News Around 30 companies will show products on Wednesday at a gathering of the ZigBee Alliance, a 180-strong group of ZigBee supporters - which promises to link up all the devices that other networks leave behind, from light switches to burglar alarms.
[September 14, 2005, 14:15]
Big Business At Risk As Hackers Go Under Cover
News The cloaking technique is aimed at foiling the pattern-recognition intelligence used by many intrusion detection systems, or IDSes, known as the burglar alarms of the Internet. A new technique for disguising programs aimed at cracking corporate...
[April 3, 2001, 7:54]
Surveillance Software Keeps Track Of Rogue MP3s
News Andy Wooles, managing director of FutureSoft UK, said: "It is like putting a burglar alarm on certain files. FutureSoft, an enterprise content security company, has updated its DynaComm i:scan file surveillance product to allow real-time monitoring...
[July 1, 2003, 11:56]
Aramiska Satellite Broadband Collapses
Talkback I tell every one that it's a specialised burglar alarm. The only information from ehotspot was a) your service will not be available because of aramisca and b) we are coming for our box. My reply was that they could have their box when they have...
[June 29, 2006, 11:20]
Surveillance: How Encryption Works
News For the last 50 years encryption has been largely used by governments to hide military and diplomatic information but it is now increasingly being used commercially for things such as cash machines, pay TV and even wireless burglar alarms.
[September 27, 1999, 11:25]
When Justice Is A One-way Street
Talkback As to the security of the US systems - if I leave my back door open and get burgled I would still expect the burglar to be prosecuted if caught. Does everybody know that McKinnon admitted that he hacked into the US systems?
[July 10, 2006, 13:30]
Developers Not Liable
Talkback As an example -- door maker built a most secure door possible, but the hinges that were used were not the best -- would this mean that door maker is liable when a burglar breaks into the house? "Microsoft's national technology officer, Jerry...
[January 22, 2007, 6:34]
FBI In Panic Over 'new' Hacking Tool
News An attacker using Stick is akin to a burglar deactivating a home security system before breaking through the front door. The Internet crime division of the FBI issued a vaguely-worded warning last week about an alarming new tool soon to be...
[March 19, 2001, 8:58]
Email Trails Lead To DRM
News It'll keep your neighbour out, but it won't keep out a burglar. A leaked memo has Linux antagonist SCO Group scrambling to explain apparently secret Microsoft connections. A leaked message from RealNetworks chief executive Rob Glaser reveals his...
[April 20, 2004, 12:45]
Hackers: Corporate Security Stinks!
News That's despite the proliferation of firewalls, even on personal computers, and increasing corporate use of so-called intrusion detection systems -- the burglar alarms of the Internet. Companies are paying more attention to safeguarding their...
[March 30, 2001, 8:13]
