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Schooled in security

August 18, 2005 Universities are looking for ways to protect networks while maintaining a free flow of data and ideas--an idea businesses could learn from. TAGS: university, institution, security, student, researcher, attack

University server in hackers' hands for a year

May 22, 2006 Intruders go undetected in total on three servers containing student data at Ohio University. TAGS: university, social security number, Social Security, school, hacker, server, security, health

Illinois university hit with security breach

July 5, 2006 Data on more than 180,000 people is at risk after hackers get into servers at Western Illinois University. TAGS: security breach, university, breach, institution, hacker, incident, Illinois, identity theft, student, security, credit card, server

Ohio University suffers security breaches

May 12, 2006 Data thieves may have plundered Social Security numbers and other private info belonging to students and faculty. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, university, school, student, health, server, security

Sacred Heart is latest university to be hacked

May 26, 2006 TV station says personal data of 135,000 was possibly exposed, including people who were never associated with the school. TAGS: university, social security number, Social Security, school, recruiting, hacker, security, server

University opens school for hackers

June 19, 2006 Scottish university says students will be carefully vetted for course in ethical hacking. TAGS: university, hacking, degree, course, hacker, student, information technology, security

UCLA break-in puts data on 800,000 at risk

December 12, 2006 For more than a year, an intruder has been accessing private information on students and staff, among others, the university says. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, security breach, university, personal information, staff, database, student, security

FBI probes network breach at Stanford

May 26, 2005 Computer system security breach may have put the personal information of nearly 10,000 people at risk. TAGS: Stanford, incident, social security number, university, Social Security, personal information, California, security

Hackers steal ID info from Virginia university

January 10, 2005 Thousands of students, faculty and staff at George Mason University have personal information downloaded by online intruders in a major security breach. TAGS: faculty, social security number, identity fraud, university, Virginia, Social Security, intruder, ID card, personal information, student, staff, server, security, e-mail

Schools get tailored cyberattack data

October 19, 2005 A customized service that analyzes data from firewalls and intrusion detection systems might help protect university networks. TAGS: cyberattack, information security, intrusion detection system, university, college, organization, school, security, firewall

Software firms fault colleges' security education

February 16, 2005 A panel at the Secure Software Forum blames universities for turning out graduates who don't know how to program securely. TAGS: college, university, Oracle Corp., computer science, software company, security, developer, programming, Microsoft Corp.

Cell phone becomes new town crier

April 20, 2007 Universities and cities are seeing how these staples of 21st century society can be turned into tools for keeping people informed and protected. TAGS: campus, text messaging, student, cell phone, university, community, alert, college, SMS, situation, U.S., security, e-mail

School's out to shun IE

December 9, 2004 Penn State urges students to use alternative browsers to reduce risk of attacks through flaws in the Microsoft software. TAGS: Bofra worm, university, attacker, student, Opera Software, malicious code, Microsoft Internet Explorer, attack, Web browser, Firefox, security, Apple Computer, Microsoft Corp., operating system, virus

University nixes Mac hacker contest

March 9, 2006 Plug pulled on Mac OS X hacker challenge over concerns about security and network access for university services. TAGS: university, contest, challenge, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Computer, security

Year in review: Networking gets secure

January 3, 2005 Security was the networking buzzword in 2004 as larger players gobbled up smaller ones and big ideas about network protection were born. TAGS: NetScreen Technologies, Juniper Networks Inc., IPv6, Internet2, Cisco Systems Inc., university, networking, consortium, IP, fiber, security, router, researcher, acquisition, Ethernet

ComScore: Spyware or 'researchware'?

December 20, 2004 Controversy over widely used data collection tool could help define the limits of legitimate software behavior. TAGS: ComScore, computer security expert, university, Webroot Software Inc., warning, spyware, adware, security company, category, security, PC

Laptop theft puts data of 98,000 at risk

March 29, 2005 PC stolen from UC Berkeley graduate admissions office held sensitive data on thousands of people, stretching back three decades. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, incident, data loss, graduate student, theft, personal information, university, school, laptop computer, security

Microsoft dishes out academic grants

February 16, 2006 Software giant allocates $1 million in funding to academic researchers in countries around the world. TAGS: RFP, Trustworthy Computing, curriculum, grant, software engineering, local search, researcher, proposal, recipient, winner, university, research, information technology, Microsoft Corp., security
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