Stories by Brian Jackson

Malware miasma - There's a Web page infected "every five seconds"

Malware threats on the Web grew at an exponential rate over the first half of 2008, security experts say.

How to not have your Web site hacked like Sony's

The US Sony Playstation Web site is the latest high-profile victim of a hacker attack on business sites that's spreading malware at breakneck pace, says a security vendor.

Search and you often don't find ... and here's why

Some call it "findability" -- the art or science of making content in an organization "findable."

Rogue code could seriously skew US elections

The upcoming US presidential elections could be stolen by one person -- not Democratic candidate Barack Obama or Republican candidate John McCain -- but by a rogue programmer writing code for one of the many electronic voting machines used, experts say.

How to safely use Facebook and LinkedIn at work

The virtual flood gates have been opened and social networking is rushing in from the personal lives of employees and into the workplace -- bringing a host of concerns along with it.

E-giving explosion - charity takes off on the Web

Canada may have been the first industrialized country to reject funding a drug that treats the severest form of the most common type of vision loss in the developed world, were it not for a quickly-assembled Web campaign from the Canadian Institute for the Blind (CNIB).

EDS retains high-flyers with 'Top Gun' program

When John Charlebois gets an e-mail addressing him as "EZ" he can't help but get a chill down his spine over what's coming next..

Canadian privacy commissioner on Facebook's friends list

While Canada's Privacy Commissioner is about to investigate whether Facebook is breaching Canada's privacy laws, Ontario's Privacy Commissioner's office is working with the social networking site on a privacy protection initiative.

Phishers Target New Victims on LinkedIn

Users of the professional-oriented social networking site LinkedIn are being warned that scam artists are using the site to nab lucrative bank account information from naive victims, say security experts.