Security & Privacy


U Hawaii Data Breach Hits 40,000 Students

The University of Hawaii system has just suffered its third major data breach in two years. The latest one exposed Social Security numbers and numerous other personal details on 40,101 students who attended U Hawaii Manoa between 1990 and 1998 and in 2001.



Microsoft Warns of New Internet Explorer Zero-Day Attack

In a security advisory released Wednesday, Microsoft warned users of Internet Explorer vulnerability that could allow remote code execution by hackers.

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Streamlining Wireless Management at UC Berkeley

Handling the many wireless devices that must access a campus WiFi network at once is a common challenge in higher education, where the increasing proliferation of wireless devices can raise capacity issues.

e2Campus Bundles Campus Emergency Safety Services

Omnilert, which develops notification service e2Campus, has bundled a number of existing and new safety offerings into the e2Campus 360 Safety Suite. The suite includes uENS, uTip, uConference, and uSafe.

2 Schools Overhaul Network Access Control

Two institutions--Northern Arizona and The Master's College--have both added network access control (NAC) technology from Impulse Point, replacing their legacy systems.

Longwood U Upgrades Security Awareness Training System

Longwood University has gone public with an upgrade it performed over the summer to the application that delivers security awareness training on campus.

Kensington Releases ClickSafe Locks

Kensington, a company that offers computer locks, computer input devices, power adapters, chargers and accessories, has rolled out two new locks designed to secure laptop computers, projectors, and other devices equipped with a Kensington lock port.

Software Security Report Hones In on Botnets

Microsoft has released Volume 9 of its "Security Intelligence Report," drawing on data gathered from three Microsoft security efforts to identify and catalog data threats from the first half of 2010.

Catch the Next Virtualization Wave: Network Security

As part of their virtualized infrastructure strategy, network security and IT virtualization teams at Bryant University have implemented a Network Access Control (NAC) virtualization deployment with VMware.