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Monthly Archives: February 2006
SSH Password Guessing
Check out this document that describes the compromise of a Debian Linux server on an internal network. We look at how the incident first came to light, the response procedures and an analysis of the actions of the attacker. This leads us to some recommendations on how to secure systems against this kind of exploitation in future. None of this is particularly new or surprising, but hopefully will serve as a welcome reminder, or as useful material when trying to justify particular security policies.
Nortel To Unveil $1.9B R&D Plan Next Week
Nortel Networks Corp a giant in telecommunications equipment on Thursday announced its mammoth 1.9 billion spending plan for research and development. This highly anticipated plan will be announced next week and as predicted already creating a lot of buzz in the tech world. According to the CEO Mike Zafirovski the increased R&D budget is the only alternative to have a minimum of 20 points of market share.
Mike Zafirovski was heard saying in conference on web cast “This is intended to be a growth story and will be a growth story. So though we may be exiting some activities … we will be reinvesting in places we’re going to win,”
From the year 1999 Nortel had been on a downward spiral and had to face problems like layoffs, financial restatements, lawsuits, and rigid and criminal probes. The company wants to break away from all these detriments and look at the year 2006 makeover year where Nortel is at a “ground zero”. One of the first steps taken by Zafirovski former Motorola and General Electric chief is to cut down the organization from 10 layers to a 6.
The Chinese Router maker Tasman Networks has already bought by Nortel for $99.5 million and they have also joined hands with their Chinese competitor Huawei Technologies for high-speed access products. Thus from the looks of it Nortel is all geared up for a change and leave a mark in tech world.
MySpace photos gets teen arrested
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Wednesday after postings on the popular Web site MySpace.com allegedly showed him holding handguns, authorities said.
The teen was being held at a juvenile detention center facing three misdemeanor charges of juvenile possession of a handgun, said district attorney spokeswoman Pam Russell. He is due in court February 27.
Steady Growth on Wireless Venture Capital
Some cool news today
A report released this week by visiongain says wireless venture capital has seen steady growth since 2000 and is poised to hit an all-time high this year.
In general, the report says, venture capital investments are trending downward. Wireless technology, however, is the exception.
During 2005, 152 wireless-related companies received $1.3 billion in funding, a 24-percent increase over 2004′s $1.1 billion. Wireless accounted for 7 percent of total venture capital investment last year, a figure visiongain predicts will rise in 2006 and beyond. The firm says most telecom investment today – about 60 percent – is based in wireless technologies such as networking, infrastructure, semiconductors, mobile computing, content and services.
Nortel to spend 1.9 Billion
Nortel lost a lot or money for some years and now they are going to spend more money. That’s weird stuff.
Nortel Networks Corp. , one of the world’s biggest telecommunications equipment suppliers, said on Thursday it will unveil a $1.9 billion spending plan for research and development next week.
“We have teams working on where and how we’re going to be investing the $1.9 billion. We’ll be announcing it next week,” chief executive Mike Zafirovski told a conference in Whistler, British Columbia.
Snowing in Hague Area
Woke up this morning and found it snowing. Just light snow. Not as bad as the incident in Moscow where the snow came down when the roof of the market collapsed. Then the sun came out in the afternoon. Then it got really cold at night and the wind was strong. My face just froze.