Data Storage News

02/06/2012 Image gallery: 5 online backup services keep your data safe
Backing up can be easier if you send your data to the cloud. We look at 5 of the most well-known online backup services to see how they compare. More info...

02/05/2012 EMC launches 'Project Lightning' PCIe cards
EMC today announced the availability of its 'Project Lightning' PCIe flash cards, dubbed VFCache, which install into application servers to increase I/O performance. More info...

02/01/2012 Sanitize your hard drives with Drive eRazer Ultra
Drive eRazer Ultra can wipe your hard drives in a variety of ways to make sure that any data that resided on it is completely and unalterably gone. More info...

02/01/2012 Seagate: Shortage of disk drives to continue through 2012
Seagate Technology said the supply of hard disk drives this year will continue to fall short of demand, leading large customers to look to long-term agreements to ensure supply after devastating floods in Thailand. More info...

01/31/2012 Nimbus puts up its new all-flash array against disk arrays
Nimbus today announced an enterprise-class version of its all-NAND flash primary storage array that sports redundant controller modules and twice the capacity of the previous model. More info...

01/30/2012 Need More Storage? Reach for the Cloud
When you start out with a fresh new hard drive, it may seem like it has virtually unlimited capacity. The reality, though, is that it won't take nearly as long to max out that drive as you might think, and you will need to find some way to expand your storage. More info...

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Cybercrime News

02/03/2012 Hungarian hacker gets 30 months for extortion plot on Marriott
A Hungarian hacker who attempted to extort money from Marriott International Inc. by stealing confidential data from its computers and threatening to expose it was sentenced to 30 months in prison.

02/03/2012 Anonymous grabs email from firm that defended Marine in Haditha case
In what's turning out to be quite a busy Friday for the hacking collective, Anonymous today said it has broken into the website of a law firm that represented a U.S. Marine accused of killing civilians in Haditha, Iraq.

02/02/2012 Half of Fortune 500 firms infected with DNS Changer
Half of all Fortune 500 companies and major U.S. government agencies own computers infected with the "DNS Changer" malware that redirects users to fake websites and puts organizations at risk of data theft, a security company said today.

02/02/2012 VeriSign admits multiple hacks in 2010, keeps details under wraps
VeriSign, the company responsible for guiding most of the world's Internet users to the correct websites and once the largest encryption certificate issuing authority, was successfully hacked several times in 2010.

02/02/2012 Tiff over LightSquared reveals odd partnership
LightSquared founder Philip Falcone's response to ethics allegations by a U.S. senator sheds some light on a strange chapter in the carrier's ongoing bid to build a controversial cellular data network.

02/01/2012 WikiLeaks' Assange takes appeal to U.K. Supreme Court
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange launched his appeal in the U.K. Supreme Court on Wednesday in his last attempt in Britain to avoid extradition to Sweden to face sexual assault allegations.