Friday, October 01, 2004

WLAN Security Still A Stumbling Block . Enterprise WLANs are finally growing at a steady pace, but security issues remain the biggest factor inhibiting even faster growth. [Networking Pipeline] 12:04:53 AM    comment []

NSF Awards $13 Million For Anti-Worm Research. National Science Foundation gives $13 million to university researchers looking into ways to quash future worm and virus attacks. [InternetWeek] 12:04:38 AM    comment []

E-business sites hit with attacks, extortion threats. A distributed denial-of-service attack that disrupted Web-based systems at credit card payment processing firm Authorize.Net earlier this week is indicative of a sharp increase in the number of cyberattacks being targeted at specific companies and driven by profit motives on the part of the hackers who launch them. [InfoWorld: Top News] 12:04:29 AM    comment []

Four Los Alamos lab workers fired over security, safety lapses. Four laboratory workers were fired from their jobs at the Los Alamos National Laboratory because of their roles in several recent security and safety incidents in the facility. [Computerworld News] 12:04:18 AM    comment []

Via brings PCI Express to AMD-based computers. Via Technologies announces new product that brings PCI Express input-output to computers running AMD chips. [CNET News.com] 12:03:59 AM    comment []

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