Archive for March, 2007

Moorfields Eye Hospital upgrades patient administration system

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Moorfields Eye Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is supporting a major upgrade of its Patient Administration System (PAS) by deploying knowledge transfer software and consultancy from Knowledge Solutions. As part of a structured training programme, 500 doctors, nurses and clinical staff are benefiting from online refresher training on the advanced Stalis Silverlink PCS PAS system, ahead of it going live on 16 April.

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Child support data may be at risk

Friday, March 30th, 2007

In the weeks after three laptops went missing from a Los Angeles County Child Support Services office, officials sent letters to 243,000 clients in Los Angeles, Orange and San Diego counties, warning that their personal information — including Social Security numbers — might be at risk.

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Bluetooth ‘poses serious threat to business’

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Businesses are at serious risk of criminal activity using the Bluetooth wireless connectivity system. Financial adviser Grant Thornton says the widely used short-range system is a major threat to busineses. Grant Thornton said key areas for concern include Bluetooth pairing attacks, where an attacker gains full access to memory content and becomes a trusted device. There is also the threat of BlueSnarfing, where a hacker gains access to phonebook and calendar information and can divert calls to their own phone.

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Spam spreads bogus investment advice to German internet users

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Sophos, a world leader in IT security and control, has warned European investors of the danger of pump-and-dump stock scams following the discovery of a spam campaign designed to manipulate the share price of a company listed on the German stock exchange. US-based energy company Stonebridge Resources Exploration Ltd announced its listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange on 1 March 2007 under the ticker symbol S3C.

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Grum worm poses as IE7 beta

Friday, March 30th, 2007

Spamvertised malware spreading fast
Hackers are trying to trick prospective marks into loading malware that poses as a “beta” version of Internet Explorer 7.…

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