November 2005

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  European government websites failing the disabled

  Almost every government website in Europe fails to meet basic standards for accessibility to the disabled.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Hardware failure takes down 120,000 Websites

  Broken hardware in Network Solutions’ domain name system led to 120,000 websites being down for over an hour earlier this week.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Huge growth in demand for Wi-Fi devices

  Sales of Wi-Fi-enabled devices have increased 64% this year and will exceed 120m units before the year is out.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Two-thirds of systems vulnerable to attack

  Companies have improved patching processes by 23% on internal systems and 10% on external systems, knocking days off the time needed to patch systems.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  India floods UK with techies

  Almost 22,000 foreign IT professionals - 85% of them from India - were awarded work permits in the last year.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  'Call to click' cuts costs

  Within two years, voice services will be embedded into more than half of all business IT applications as Voice over Everything (VoE) storms the workplace.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Red tape and pressure cause bad decisions

  Four out of 10 senior managers say they have made a bad decision in the last six months, according to research from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI).  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Now Google hits security hurdle

  After Microsoft, Yahoo and Skype, Google has become the latest household name to find its security under question after having to patch its Google Base content-hosting service to prevent attackers stealing sensitive information from users.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Foreign governments ‘threaten UK’s national infrastructure’

  Foreign governments are the primary threat to the UK's critical national infrastructure because of their hunger for information, according to the government agency responsible for monitoring infrastructure security.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Scam FBI email carries Sober virus

  A mass email, purportedly from law enforcement agencies such as the FBI and the National Hi-Tech Crime Unit, is circulating, carrying with it an attachment containing the Sober virus.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Euro MPs limit data retention legislation

  Members of the European Parliament's civil liberties committee have voted to limit to 12 months the maximum period for which telephone companies and ISPs should store call data logs.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Sans Top 20 spots major security shift

  The Sans Top 20, the annual publication of critical security vulnerabilities, has highlighted a major shift in attacks from web servers and mail systems towards new application-borne threats.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Managers' ignorance of IT governance wrecks projects

  Despite CIOs spending huge sums on governance and compliance, many companies are finding that their investment is not being utilised fully.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  New Sober threat storms to top of virus table

  The variant of the Sober virus which emerged last week has proved the most virulent threat of the past month, according to anti-virus company Sophos.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  HP unveils utility computing service

  HP has unveiled a range of utility computing services to allow users to address fluctuating processing demand.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  KDE upgrades Linux desktop programme

  The open-source KDE Project has released an updated version of its KDE graphical desktop solution for the Linux operating system.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Microsoft widens anti-virus software testing

  Microsoft has opened up the beta testing of its OneCare Live anti-virus subscription software to the public.  Continue Reading

• November 30, 2005 30 Nov'05

  Perl open to format string security hole

  The Perl scripting language is susceptible to a new type of security vulnerability, with remote attackers being able to execute their own code.  Continue Reading

• November 29, 2005 29 Nov'05

  Spyware Learning Guide

  This guide is a compilation of resources that explain what spyware is, how it attacks and most importantly what you can to do to win the war on spyware.  Continue Reading

• November 29, 2005 29 Nov'05

  By the numbers: The new SOX breakdown

  SOX spending for 2006 is expected to be on par with last year but it's not quite dÉjÀ vu all over again. More dough will go to technology.  Continue Reading