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Mystery ?virus? disrupts New Zealand ambulance service

Staff at New Zealand?s St John?s Ambulance service were forced to coordinate emergency call-outs using manual radio systems last week after computers systems were hit by a mystery ?virus?.
Bin Laden used USB sticks to send messages

Far from scratching messages in Arabic on paper, Osama Bin Laden communicated with the outside world using a security-conscious mix of offline email and a large library of USB sticks, US sources have reported.
Hitachi GST portable hard drives feature extra cloud storage

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies on Tuesday introduced new Touro storage offerings that package local and online storage so data can be accessed locally or through the cloud via smartphones and tablets.
Intel to release developer kits for Thunderbolt connection technology

Intel on Tuesday said that developer kits for Thunderbolt will be available this quarter, which could lead to the quick availability of a wider range of products based on the interconnect technology.
Wireless SATA interface aims to topple USB

The war is over and USB has won... or has it? At CES this week a new wireless SATA interface will try to dethrone SuperSpeed USB by offering speeds of up to 6Gbps vs. USB 3.0's max of 5Gbps.
25% of new worms are designed to spread through USB drives

Following a report that a USB drive was used to compromise US military networks in 2008, a security company has claimed that 25% of all new worms are designed to spread through the portable storage devices.
Amazon ships information to the cloud through the post

Amazon's cloud storage service has unveiled a brand new way to quickly move giant amounts of data to the cloud, one so technologically advanced that it actually allows customers to "bypass the Internet."
New USB stick comes with built-in PIN keypad

A US company has come up with an original take on ultra-secure portable storage, fitting a full PIN entry keypad to a USB stick.
Western Digital claims highest capacity mobile drive

Western Digital has launched what it claims is the industry's highest capacity 2.5-inch mobile hard disk drive, the 1TB WD Scorpio Blue.
Risky staff behaviour noted in new study

With more and more reports emerging regarding the loss of sensitive data, a security study has identified the most common mistakes made by staff which can lead to data leaks.

Latest Features

The best way to keep your business safe and secure

In the 1995 film "Hackers" the lead character downloads sensitive information to a floppy disk. Today, of course, advances in technology have yielded equally advanced security threats. Consider news reports in the past year about computers compromised by botnets. Businesses face daily threats from these and other cybersecurity dangers that are further enhanced by increased reliance on new business communications and computing tools.
Office in a bag: Basic 'musts' for the digital nomad

Like humanity's original nomads, today's denizens of the open road must carry everything they need to make up a digital office into your shoulder bag or backpack.
The next security worry - the photocopier

For a small but growing number of large UK organisations, the photocopier, and its partner in crime, the networked printer, are wide-open doors.
U2, U3 and maybe U4

Maybe the PC will disappear, getting embedded into the furniture with the O/S and apps in portable storage.
Is it an iPod or portable storage in sheep's clothing

Portable storage disguised as a music player.
The flash memory-disk dividing line

Can hard drives compete with flash USB storage? Cornice says you'd better believe it.
Pocket storage

USB key-fob or thumb-drives tend to be insecure. Are there alternatives?

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Featured White Papers

Executive Guide to Internal Data Theft

Despite more security issues than ever all competing for organizations' attention, the seemingly unstoppable rise in the use of portable storage devices in the workplace is a risk that needs urgent action. This C-Level guide highlights the main risk to the organization and what can be done to combat internal data theft.
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The threat posed by portable storage devices

In a society where the use of portable storage devices is commonplace, the threat that these devices pose to corporations and organizations is often ignored. This white paper examines the nature of the threat that these devices present and the counter-measures that organizations can adopt to eliminate them.
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Pod Slurping ? An easy technique for stealing data

A common misconception is that perimeter security measures such as firewalls and anti-virus software are enough to secure corporate data residing on the corporate network. In this white paper, we explore how the uncontrolled use of portable storage devices such as iPods, USB sticks, flash drives and PDAs, coupled with data theft techniques such as ?pod slurping?, can lead to major security breaches.
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The threat posed by portable storage devices

The Advantages of a ?System Level Backup? for Mobile Users

Unfortunately many organizations do not have disaster recovery plans that extend to their mobile workforce. Mobile users range from 15% to 30% of the workforce in 2005 and were estimated to grow by as much as an additional 7% in 2006. Since mobile users are growing, IT managers need a disaster recovery solution they can easily deploy and one that will not drain their resources.
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Intel Core i7-3960X Extreme Edition review

Intel's Sandy Bridge architecture stole the limelight this year, summarily trouncing its predecessors, and the best that AMD had to offer, with considerable performance boosts and power savings. Today, Intel is announcing the Sandy Bridge Extreme Edition, an £800 CPU that distills the lessons the company has learned over the past year into a single piece of premium silicon. read more...

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