Camel suit stunt prompts tighter security Down Under (Reuters)

Grok Headline matches for Camel suit stunt prompts tighter security Down Under (Reuters)

Qantas tightens security after camel
suit stunt (Reuters)

Qantas tightens security after camel
suit stunt (Reuters) 04/14/2005 06:50 AM
Reuters - Australia's national carrier Qantas Airways will install cameras in baggage handling areas at airports around the country and in the holds of some aircraft after a series of security breaches, one involving a camel suit.

Qantas gets the hump over camel suit row
(Reuters)

Qantas gets the hump over camel suit row
(Reuters) 04/08/2005 01:12 AM
Reuters - A baggage handler wearing a camel suit taken from a passenger's luggage has left Qantas Airways red-faced, with Australia's national carrier investigating a potentially embarrassing security lapse.

CD-burning software prompts patent suit

CD-burning software prompts patent suit 12/15/2003 06:50 PM
A small storage company says its patent covers basic aspects of technology for burning CDs. It sues Roxio--and other companies may be next.

Tighter network security for NUS

Tighter network security for NUS 12/20/2003 09:44 PM
Channel NewsAsia Dec 20 2003 7:43PM ET

Security May Get Tighter Yet, Officials
Say (washingtonpost.com)

Security May Get Tighter Yet, Officials
Say (washingtonpost.com) 08/03/2004 11:09 PM
washingtonpost.com - Federal officials may restrict truck traffic and fence sidewalks on 15th Street NW near the White House, three government officials said yesterday, as heavily armed police began inspecting cars, trucks and city buses at more than a dozen checkpoints around the U.S. Capitol.

Web shops face tighter security

Web shops face tighter security 04/18/2005 04:00 AM
Online shops are being forced to improve the way they look after and secure customer data.

Airline Passengers Face Tighter Security
(AP)

Airline Passengers Face Tighter Security
(AP) 09/16/2004 07:01 PM
AP - Starting next week, all airline passengers must take off their jackets before passing through metal detectors and more will be subjected to pat-down searches and checks for explosives, the Transportation Security Administration announced Thursday.

Infopath update will offer tighter
security

Infopath update will offer tighter
security 04/19/2004 11:12 PM
Computer Weekly Apr 20 2004 3:38AM GMT

'That's No Camel, That's My Baggage!'
(Reuters)

'That's No Camel, That's My Baggage!'
(Reuters) 04/08/2005 07:49 AM
Reuters - A baggage handler wearing a camel suit taken from a passenger's luggage has left Qantas Airways red-faced, with Australia's national carrier investigating a potentially embarrassing security lapse.

World Opinion Is Fragmented on Tighter
Security for Visitors

World Opinion Is Fragmented on Tighter
Security for Visitors 01/07/2004 02:57 PM
The new security measures imposed on travel to the U.S. have sparked strong and starkly different reactions around the world.

Security concerns to stunt e-commerce
growth

Security concerns to stunt e-commerce
growth 06/24/2005 06:54 PM

Security concerns are eroding Internet users' confidence and having such a chilling effect on their online behavior that U.S. business-to-consumer sales will grow more slowly than expected in coming years, Gartner warned this week.

Alarmed at the startling rise in phishing attacks, spyware intrusions, virus infections and the compromising of personal data, Internet users are limiting their e-commerce activities and this will slow down U.S. business-to-consumer sales growth between 1 percent and 3 percent in the coming years, according to Gartner.

"This concern is affecting online consumers' behavior and dampening their willingness to use the Internet to transact," said Avivah Litan, author of the study "Increased Phishing and Online Attacks Cause Dip in Consumer Confidence" released Wednesday. Consequently, ISPs (Internet service providers), financial institutions, online retailers and other companies selling goods and services to consumers via the Internet must address these concerns and put safeguards in place to protect their clients, Litan said.

Consequently, Gartner is warning that the total dollar value of business-to-consumer online sales could grow at a slower pace than the company previously predicted, by anywhere between 0.3 percent to 1 percent each in coming years, Litan said. Without accounting for the possible slower growth resulting from security concerns, Gartner expects the dollar value of business-to-consumer sales to increase 18 percent in 2005, 15 percent in 2006 and 11 percent in 2007, so each of those projected annual growth rates could fall by as much as a percentage point due to consumers' security concerns, Litan said.

Online consumers are increasingly dismayed and frightened over the rising rates of a variety of security threats. A big one is phishing, in which scammers dress up e-mail messages to make them look like they came from a legitimate organization, such as an online store or a bank. Between May 2004 and May 2005, phishing e-mail recipients grew 28 percent and about 1.2 million U.S. consumers suffered phishing-related losses totaling about $929 million, according to Litan.

This type of phishing e-mail message can cause harm in a variety of ways. For example, it can lure consumers to enter sensitive information such as credit card numbers, bank account numbers and passwords into a legitimate-looking Web site set up by scammers. Even if consumers don't enter data into the rogue Web sites, just landing there can trigger an automatic and transparent download of malicious software to their PCs.

Online marketplace eBay Inc. and its online payment unit PayPal are the two Web sites phishers most frequently try to spoof, and Citigroup Inc.'s Citibank is the most popular target among banks. But as large banks wise up to the scams, phishers are starting to target smaller, regional banks, according to Litan.

Another security problem frightening consumers is spyware, which is malicious software installed on a user's machine without knowledge or authorization. This type of software comes in different flavors, with some that furtively log users' keystrokes to steal passwords and other sensitive information and others that search hard drives for information and transmits it.

But the security problem online consumers find the spookiest is unauthorized access to their personal and financial information that criminals can use to steal identities and inflict serious damage to their finances and credit, Litan said. Examples of this are recent incidents of lost, misplaced or unsecured data at companies such as CardSystems Solutions, ChoicePoint, Citibank and Wachovia that could potentially affect millions of consumers.

In a recent survey of 5,000 U.S. Internet users done by Gartner, 42 percent said concerns about online attacks have affected their online shopping behavior. Among this 42 percent, three-quarters are more cautious about where they shop online and one-third buy fewer items than they normally would, Litan said.

Online banking activities are also being affected. Among the 5,000 respondents, 28 percent have modified their online banking behavior because of security concerns. Within this 28 percent, three-quarters log into their accounts less frequently, 14 percent have stopped paying bills via online banking and about 4 percent have completely given up on online banking, Litan said.

A major victim of consumers' distrust is commercial e-mail, with a majority of survey respondents saying they delete e-mail from unknown companies or individuals without even opening the messages. This trend is seriously damaging the effectiveness of e-mail as a legitimate tool for bonafide companies to communicate with their clients.

Gartner's survey also found that consumers expect the companies they do business with over the Web to be much more effective than they are now at detecting and preventing fraud. The survey also found consumers are underwhelmed by government initiatives to address online security problems, with about 66 percent of respondents saying they want laws that would let consumers opt out of having their personal data shared with third parties without their consent.

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UAE to replace child camel jockeys with
robots (Reuters)

UAE to replace child camel jockeys with
robots (Reuters) 04/10/2005 12:54 PM
Reuters - The United Arab Emirates, under pressure to stamp out the use of children as camel jockeys, plans to introduce robot riders this year.

Replacing Child Camel Jockeys with
Robots (Reuters)

Replacing Child Camel Jockeys with
Robots (Reuters) 04/11/2005 07:53 AM
Reuters - The United Arab Emirates, under pressure to stamp out the use of children as camel jockeys, plans to introduce robot riders this year, newspapers said on Sunday.

Winter kills off army camel corps
(Reuters)

Winter kills off army camel corps
(Reuters) 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
Reuters - Legendary desert resilience did little for a squad of camels charged with keeping grass trim at an army base in northern Israel, where they all died of cold.

German clown weeps for dead camel
(Reuters)

German clown weeps for dead camel
(Reuters) 08/12/2004 09:24 AM
Reuters - A German clown was mourning after his pet camel escaped from the circus, wandered too close to a railway track and made a fatal leap into the path of a passing train, police say.

Edgetech Services' Security Conference
to Predict Tighter Network Controls

Edgetech Services' Security Conference
to Predict Tighter Network Controls 04/01/2005 03:57 AM
Market Wire Apr 1 2005 8:46AM GMT

Olympic security shake-up after online
casino stunt

Olympic security shake-up after online
casino stunt 08/19/2004 12:13 AM
Channelnewsasia.com - Tue Aug 17, 12:50 pm GMT

Gartner: Security concerns to stunt
e-commerce growth

Gartner: Security concerns to stunt
e-commerce growth 06/24/2005 09:01 PM
Computerworld Jun 24 2005 11:23PM GMT

Net security bug prompts warnings

Net security bug prompts warnings 04/13/2005 06:44 AM
Microsoft has issued a bumper pack of patches for critical bugs in its software.

Net security bug prompts warning

Net security bug prompts warning 04/15/2005 05:11 AM
News.bbc.co.uk - Fri Apr 15, 04:09 am GMT

Soccer chief says women footballers need
tighter shorts (Reuters)

Soccer chief says women footballers need
tighter shorts (Reuters) 01/16/2004 10:56 AM
Reuters - FIFA President Sepp Blatter has drawn condemnation from women's sports figures for saying the future of women's football could rest with tighter shorts.

Pre-emptive security prompts alarms

Pre-emptive security prompts alarms 06/14/2004 06:46 AM
ZDNet Jun 14 2004 11:17AM GMT

Anger over stunt with croc and baby
(Reuters)

Anger over stunt with croc and baby
(Reuters) 01/02/2004 11:05 PM
Reuters - Celebrity crocodile hunter Steve Irwin has triggered outrage after he held his one-month-old baby while feeding a snapping crocodile during a show at his Australian zoo.

E-mail voting prompts security concerns

E-mail voting prompts security concerns 08/28/2004 12:32 AM
USA Today Aug 28 2004 5:11AM GMT

E-Mail Voting Prompts Security Concerns
(AP)

E-Mail Voting Prompts Security Concerns
(AP) 08/28/2004 09:43 AM
AP - Missouri will allow members of the military stationed overseas to return absentee ballots via e-mail, raising concerns from Internet security experts about fraud and ballot secrecy.

Hoax alert prompts security call

Hoax alert prompts security call 09/05/2004 11:16 AM
Residents of a County Antrim estate call for increased security following a loyalist bomb threat.

Coke Promotion Prompts Security Measures
(AP)

Coke Promotion Prompts Security Measures
(AP) 07/01/2004 05:17 PM
AP - There's a new security threat at some of the nation's military bases — and it looks uncannily like a can of Coke. Specially rigged Coke cans, part of a summer promotion, contain cell phones and global positioning chips. That has officials at some installations worried the cans could be used to eavesdrop, and they are instituting protective measures.

School Evacuated After Pepper Spray
Stunt (Reuters)

School Evacuated After Pepper Spray
Stunt (Reuters) 05/10/2004 10:27 AM
Reuters - More than 1,000 German students were evacuated and 13 were taken to hospital after a teen-ager squirted pepper spray into a school locker "just to see what would happen," a police spokesman said Monday.

Discovery of Internet Flaw Prompts
Security Push

Discovery of Internet Flaw Prompts
Security Push 04/20/2004 02:17 PM
The discovery by researchers prompted a secretive effort by international governments and industry experts in recent weeks to prevent global Internet disruptions.

Council pulls cunning stunt on phone
bosses (Reuters)

Council pulls cunning stunt on phone
bosses (Reuters) 08/27/2004 01:59 PM
Reuters - Mobile phone bosses face embarrassment after a London council dished out their phone numbers to the public on mock flyers for prostitutes' services, aiming to prod them into action against rampant advertising by the sex trade.

Vibrator prompts bomb squad alert
(Reuters)

Vibrator prompts bomb squad alert
(Reuters) 03/06/2004 02:00 AM
Reuters - Austrian police called in a bomb squad when a pedestrian reported a buzzing package in a garbage can, but the object turned out to be a vibrator wrapped up with dirty movies and magazines, police say.

Bomb Alert Prompts Greek Plane to Land
in London (Reuters)

Bomb Alert Prompts Greek Plane to Land
in London (Reuters) 09/26/2004 11:30 AM
Reuters - A bomb threat prompted a Greek Olympic Airlines passenger plane to make an emergency landing on Sunday at London's Stansted Airport, airport spokesmen said.

HotFix Watch: The Security Hotfix
Checker Scan Tool Prompts You to Select
a Language

HotFix Watch: The Security Hotfix
Checker Scan Tool Prompts You to Select
a Language 04/27/2004 05:29 PM

4 Firms Named in Net Security Patent
Suit

4 Firms Named in Net Security Patent
Suit 04/14/2005 06:17 AM
Los Angeles Times Apr 14 2005 10:26AM GMT

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Camel 12/16/2003 06:34 PM
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U.S. Suit Against Tobacco Makers Goes to
Trial (Reuters)

U.S. Suit Against Tobacco Makers Goes to
Trial (Reuters) 09/21/2004 05:04 AM
Reuters - Major cigarette makers go on trial on Tuesday in the U.S. government's $280 billion racketeering case that charges the tobacco industry with deliberately deceiving the public about the risks of smoking since the 1950s.

Wal-Mart Discrimination Suit Is
Certified (Reuters)

Wal-Mart Discrimination Suit Is
Certified (Reuters) 06/22/2004 06:46 PM
Reuters - A federal judge on Tuesday said a lawsuit that charges Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT.N) discriminated against women in pay, promotions and training can proceed as a class action.

Date Set for PeopleSoft Suit Vs. Oracle
(Reuters)

Date Set for PeopleSoft Suit Vs. Oracle
(Reuters) 05/10/2004 05:54 PM
Reuters - A California judge has set a Nov. 1 trial date for PeopleSoft Inc.'s (PSFT.O) lawsuit against Oracle Corp. (ORCL.O) for unfair business practices related to its $9.4 billion hostile takeover bid.

Microsoft Settles InterTrust Suit
(Reuters)

Microsoft Settles InterTrust Suit
(Reuters) 04/12/2004 03:42 AM
Reuters - Microsoft Corp. will pay InterTrust Technologies Corp. $440 million to license the software pioneer's anti-piracy patents and settle litigation between the two, the companies said on Monday.
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