Campus Security :: July 13, 2007 -- Campus Technology

Campus Security :: July 13, 2007

07/13/07

Security Spotlight

Who Knows What Evil Lurks in the Cyber Heart?: The Hackers Know. (Apologies to The Shadow.); By Doug Gale
Universities don't become headlines because a $2,000 computer is hacked or lost. They become headlines when sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, credit card numbers, and medical information is stolen. In terms of liability, the asset is not equipment; it is information....

Campus Security News

Cardiff U Identity Project Widens Access to Campus Systems: Cardiff University in Wales is leading an effort to persuade universities across the U.K. to share research on each other's campus online activity as a way help fight online fraud, hackers, and malicious software attacks....
FBI, Carnegie Mellon Identify 1 MM BotNet Nodes: The FBI and Carnegie Mellon University's Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) have identified the IP addresses of more than 1 million zombie computers throughout the United States as a part of security sweep nicknamed "Operation Bot Roast."...
U Maryland Goes Global With Net Security Lab in Japan: University of Maryland's University College is working with Cisco Systems to open up a string of university-based network security labs around the planet....
U Michigan Team Recommends Anti-Virus Overhaul: A report by researchers at the University of Michigan's electrical engineering and computer science department concluded that anti-virus products are inconsistent when it comes to identifying worm, phishing, and botnet attacks....
Indiana U Draws New Tool Against Cyber Crime: Researchers at the Indiana University School of Informatics are turning to popular mass media tools to help get through to the public about computer security dos and don'ts....
University of Texas Project To Train Health-Emergency Responders: The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston has formed a partnership with a simulation software firm to develop Web-based content for training staff in emergency response procedures....
UC Santa Barbara Prof Studies Psychology of Phishing: Most e-mail scams work by luring victims with a sense of familiarity or legitimacy, according to a new study by a University of California, Santa Barbara psychologist....
Campus Messaging System Upgrades Continue Apace: Colleges and universities around the country are continuing to rapidly adopt or upgrade their electronic and wireless messaging systems for campus emergency alerts in the wake of the Virginia Tech mass murder....

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