Fidelity National: Ex-worker stole 2.3 million customer records; 15 great, free security programs

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Nevis Networks Webcast: Cut Through NAC Hype Over the past few years, network access control has evolved to encompass a m�lange of endpoint security compliance, malware detection, access control and authentication products with very different focuses. Cut through the hype and confusion to find real-world NAC answers. Network World's Security News Alert, 07/05/07 Fidelity National: Ex-worker stole 2.3 million customer records, 07/03/07: Fidelity National Information Services, a financial-processing company, said today a senior-level database administrator at one of its subsidiaries stole 2.3 million consumer records containing credit card, bank account and other personal information. Security gateway goes open source for all, 07/03/07: Untangle open sources its security gateway for customers of all sizes. Is securing your network worth the money?, 07/03/07: P2P threats, vulnerability disclosures and hacker profiling are among topics being researched by experts in economics and IT security. Manage Insider Security Threats Experts say 75% of security threats come from inside your organization. Watch the latest Network World Editorial Perspectives Webcast today, "Security From the Inside," and learn which technologies and processes best protect your intellectual property and assets inside the perimeter. Click Here to View After attacks, U.S. government sending team to Estonia, 07/03/07: Two months after much of Estonia's online infrastructure was targeted by an online attack, the U.S government is sending cyberinvestigators to help the Baltic state better understand what happened. What's the most important emerging security concept?: PKI? SSL VPNs? Security quality control? If you can wow blogger and author expert Tyson Kopczynski with your answer, he'll send you a signed copy of his best selling book, Windows PowerShell Unleashed. Organized, financially driven online criminals a main corporate threat, IBM security exec says, 07/03/07: At IBM Internet Security System's, the company's primary security research organization is called X-Force. Kris Lamb, director of X-Force, says his group is charged with knowing where potential threats will arise and deliver product, services and education to customers about how to stay ahead of the risk. Recently Lamb discussed with Network World Senior Editor Denise Dubie what he sees as the most critical challenges and opportunities facing enterprise IT security managers today. Apple patches 'snap, crackle, pop' bug, 07/02/07: Apple Monday issued a fix for the "snap, crackle, pop" audio problem that has bedeviled some Macintosh users since the June 20 operating system update to Mac OS 10.4.10. BSA raises reward to $1 million for reports of piracy, 07/02/07: The Business Software Alliance has temporarily raised the reward that's part of controversial program encouraging people to report software piracy from $200,000 to $1 million, the trade group announced Monday. 15 great, free security programs, 07/02/07: From the moment you switch on your PC, y your system faces countless Internet-borne dangers, including spyware attacks, viruses, Trojan horses, home-page hijackers, and hackers trying to weasel their way into your system.

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