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Going back to school on security

February 13, 2008 Internet attorney Eric J. Sinrod finds that educational institutions have been anything but smart about preventing security breaches. TAGS: social security number, Social Security, institution, data security, back-to-school, university, student, person, USB flash drive, security, hard drive

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, school, social security number, Social Security, recruiting, hacker, security, TV, server

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, computer security, security, student, researcher, attack

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, Illinois, hacker, incident, identity theft, security, student, credit card, server

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: incident, Stanford, social security number, Social Security, university, personal information, California, security

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, school, Social Security, hacker, server, security, health

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, staff, personal information, database, student, security

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

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, school, firewall, organization, security

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

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, security, software company, developer, Microsoft Corp., programming

UCLA laptop theft exposes ID info

June 10, 2004 Notebook stolen from van months ago contained data on blood donors. Officials say they only recently recognized danger. TAGS: university, data security, laptop computer, identity theft, Los Angeles, database, security

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, college, university, cell phone, community, alert, school, SMS, situation, e-mail, U.S., security

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, Webroot Software Inc., computer security expert, spyware, warning, university, adware, security company, category, security, PC

Napster, IBM promise cache savings

March 10, 2004 Napster says its Super Peer system, based on IBM's blade server architecture, will help bandwidth-hungry organizations, like universities and ISPs, conserve network assets. TAGS: Napster Inc., blade server, university, blade, bandwidth, IBM Corp., file-sharing, P2P, digital media, network security, file-swapping, Internet Service Provider, student, server, security

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, Apple Mac OS X, hacker, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, challenge, Apple Computer, security

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, Microsoft Internet Explorer, malicious code, attacker, Firefox, Opera Software, student, university, Web browser, attack, security, Apple Computer, virus, operating system, Microsoft Corp., PC

Academics get NSF grant for Net security centers

September 21, 2004 National Science Foundation grants $12.6 million to university scientists to study worms, viruses and the Net's ecology. TAGS: center, university, worm, virus, security, technique, researcher

Sasser variants pose greater danger

May 4, 2004 Three new versions of the Sasser worm spread much more quickly than the original, infecting at least 500,000 computers. TAGS: Sasser worm, worm, university, variant, Symantec Corp., security, virus, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

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, identity fraud, Social Security, Virginia, social security number, university, intruder, ID card, personal information, staff, student, hacker, server, security, e-mail
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