Kategori: Network Management

Secret Service Telcom Takedown Raises Concerns About Mobile Net Security

Eylül 26, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The takedown of a massive outlaw telecom network in the New York City metro area by the U.S. Secret Service has raised concerns about the security of the nation’s mobile infrastructure. The Secret Service announced Tuesday that it had dismantled a network of electronic devices located throughout the New York tristate area that were used…

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Hackers Target University Computer Assets

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

In a hack attack that reflects a worrisome trend in the education arena, Fairfield, Conn.-based Sacred Heart University in early May discovered that the security system on one of its computers containing students’ personal data was breached. The university has not confirmed that sensitive files were actually accessed, but said the intruder did have the…

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Using RMON and NetFlow to Sniff Out Bandwidth Bandits

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Police departments release annual figures detailing the number of crimes committed in a given year. While these statistics may be useful for high-level planning, they don’t put anyone in jail. What is needed is convincing evidence of exactly who did what, where and when. The same can be said for network management. SNMP (simple network…

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Why Application Security Is Often Overlooked

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

It sounds tremendously obvious to say it this way, but applications are everywhere. Think about it — your office suite, your e-mail reader, even the software you’re using right now to read this — these are just a fraction of the thousands (if not hundreds of thousands) of applications you use daily both personally and…

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The University’s Role in Advancing Data Encryption, Part 2

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Research into encryption technology is on the rise at universities and colleges, spurred on by technological advances, pressing security needs, and new legislation and regulations, asPart 1 of this series notes. Investigators in both industrial and academic settings are now looking into a wide range of areas where encryption can be applied. “There is a…

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Remote PC Repair, Part 2: Comparing the Possibilities

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

After the initial warranty period has expired on a desktop or laptop computer, consumers, SOHO (small office/home office) users and SMBs (small- and medium-sized businesses) may find themselves stranded when computer woes strike. Without costly warranty extension plans or an IT department, there is little to do but pay up. An alternative to costly local…

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Enterprise IT System, Heal Thyself

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

IBM has announced a flurry of new components that reinvigorate the company’s efforts to create enterprise computing systems smart enough to manage and heal themselves. The whole concept, called “autonomic computing,” is all about reducing data center complexity and creating a computing infrastructure that regulates itself much in the same way the autonomic nervous system…

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New MS OneCare Aims to Bring Pro Management to Small Networks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

To help combat increasingly complicated home PC and networking environments, Microsoft has released the second major version to its Windows Live OneCare, a subscription service that helps manage security updates and performance of home and small-business PCs. Thirty-five percent of U.S. adults now own more than one home computer, according to Microsoft-sponsored research, and 50…

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IBM Serves Up Blade Management Tools

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

IBM announced a new addition to its BladeCenter portfolio Monday designed to make its blade servers more open and easy to use. IBM’s BladeCenter Open Fabric Manager provides I/O (input/output) virtualization that can help reduce the cost and complexity to enterprise users through its open architecture, the company said. “Customers who want to cut costs…

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