UW-W students audit computer security for school districts – Janesville Gazette
WHITEWATER — Most people see computer savvy and people skills as opposites. UW-Whitewater professor Roger Yin sees them differently. He places high value on both and brings them together in capstone projects for students majoring in … “computer security” – Bing News
Cyber a promising field for students with well-honed skills
MUSKEGON COUNTY — Though still in high school, Brandon Ingalls recently proved he has what it takes to make it in the high-demand career of cyber . Ingalls, a senior at Fruitport High School and the Muskegon Area Career Tech Center …
gang stole £1 million from students
Police have busted a gang believed to have stolen £1 million ($1.54 million) from UK students by tricking them into revealing details of their educational loans. Four unnamed men and two women suspected of being involved have now been arrested on …
scheme targeted students
LONDON, Dec. 9 (UPI) — Students getting British government loans were tricked into handing over personal information to con artists in a “” scam, police said Thursday. Six people, two of them women, were arrested, The Guardian reported …
Back-to-School Computer Security for College Students – msnbc.com
College campuses around the country are welcoming back students over the next few weeks. Those students’ parents, as they unload armfuls of gadgets and miles of power cords, will remember when the only things in a dorm room that needed outlets were the …
Student’s Android app could hijack computers – msnbc.com
A young Israeli security researcher has developed a new free Android app tool that, in the wrong hands, could give novice hackers a chance to launch attacks and hijack targeted computers with the simple push of a button. The “Anti” app, short for Android …
Missouri Forbids Teachers and Students To Be Facebook Friends (Charlie White/Mashable!)
Charlie White / Mashable!:Missouri Forbids Teachers and Students To Be Facebook Friends — If you’re a student living in Missouri, you’d better not be Facebook friends with any of your teachers – that will soon be illegal. — According to Missouri Senate Bill 54 that goes into effect on August 28, any social networking …
Few students make time to study computer science – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
It’s not only important for a student to learn to write a letter in Microsoft Word,” Sudol-DeLyser said, explaining that every student should learn about basic computer security, media production and simple programming, and interested students should be …
Phishing scams target students – Notre Dame & Saint Mary Observer
A Phishing scam infiltrated Notre Dame G-mail accounts and sent massive amounts of spam from nd.edu addresses, the Office of Information Technologies ( OIT ) reported Tuesday in an e-mail to the student body. The e-mail warned that other e-mail services …
Students lonely, frustrated after a day unplugged (Elizabeth Armstrong Moore/CNET News)
Elizabeth Armstrong Moore / CNET News:Students lonely, frustrated after a day unplugged — Bare. Fidgety. Lonely. Plagued by the deafening silence. The clock ticking ever so slowly. Singing songs in the shower to give the impression of listening to music. — These are just some of the observations made over the past week …
