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Monday, September 17, 2007
* Security saps system performance
* Insiders overtake viruses as biggest security worry
* Google calls for global online privacy standard
* Badware hunters tame wild Webmasters, hosts
* Trust key to Internet security
* Keyloggers proposed to fight terrorism in cybercafes
* Barracuda buys Web security vendor NetContinuum
* Hacked GOP site infects visitors with malware
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SECURITY SAPS SYSTEM PERFORMANCE
The tremendous benefits of computing in the Internet Age have come at a
price. Viruses, worms, Trojan horses, DDoS attacks, spyware, phishing --
the list of network-based threats seems to grow longer every day. In
response, IT managers pile security countermeasures onto servers and
workstations, malware authors find ways around them, and the cycle
continues.
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INSIDERS OVERTAKE VIRUSES AS BIGGEST SECURITY WORRY
Company insiders have overtaken viruses as the most reported security
incident, according to the annual report from the respected
U.S. Computer Security Institute (CSI).
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GOOGLE CALLS FOR GLOBAL ONLINE PRIVACY STANDARD
Search giant Google will propose on Friday that governments and
technology companies create a transnational privacy policy to address
growing concerns over how personal data is handled across the Internet.
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STRENGTHENING NETWORK SECURITY
Despite defensive efforts with firewalls, intrusion detection,
antivirus and the like, criminals, careless employees and contractors
have exposed more than 158 million digital records of consumers'
personally identifiable information since 2005. This security guide
describes the requirements and on demand SaaS solution for effective
vulnerability management and policy compliance.
Download now:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1988C09:20920CD98AAF82DDFCFCBA18E4A15F9FEFF29049075316B4
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BADWARE HUNTERS TAME WILD WEBMASTERS, HOSTS
If hijacked sites and hosting companies that fail to police malware
distribution sources represent two of the most serious threats to
Internet security, there may be hope for improvement, according to
researchers working with Harvard Law School's StopBadware.org.
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TRUST KEY TO INTERNET SECURITY
A few of my previous columns discussed my vision of creating a more
secure Internet. It involved replacing the Internet's default anonymity
with pervasive authentication, from the hardware initialization, through
the OS and all applications, the user, and ending with a verifiable
network stream. It is my strong belief that without a complete overhaul
of default authentication, malicious hacking is going to continue
indefinitely.
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KEYLOGGERS PROPOSED TO FIGHT TERRORISM IN CYBERCAFES
An organization in Mumbai, India, has proposed that police use
key-logging software at cybercafes to keep track of communications
between terrorists.
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STRENGTHENING NETWORK SECURITY
Despite defensive efforts with firewalls, intrusion detection,
antivirus and the like, criminals, careless employees and contractors
have exposed more than 158 million digital records of consumers'
personally identifiable information since 2005. This security guide
describes the requirements and on demand SaaS solution for effective
vulnerability management and policy compliance.
Download now:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1988C09:20920CD98AAF82DDFCFCBA18E4A15F9FEFF29049075316B4
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BARRACUDA BUYS WEB SECURITY VENDOR NETCONTINUUM
Barracuda Networks is getting into the Web application security business.
The security vendor has acquired Santa Clara, California's
NetContinuum, a vendor of Web firewall appliances. Barracuda already
sells Web filtering devices that prevent Web surfers from
visiting malicious sites, but the NetContinuum products can be used to
protect Web sites themselves.
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HACKED GOP SITE INFECTS VISITORS WITH MALWARE
A Republican Party Web site has been hacked, and for some time it has
been spreading a variation of the long-running Storm Trojan horse to
vulnerable visitors, a security researcher said Friday.
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STRENGTHENING NETWORK SECURITY
Despite defensive efforts with firewalls, intrusion detection,
antivirus and the like, criminals, careless employees and contractors
have exposed more than 158 million digital records of consumers'
personally identifiable information since 2005. This security guide
describes the requirements and on demand SaaS solution for effective
vulnerability management and policy compliance.
Download now:
http://newsletter.infoworld.com/t?ctl=1988C09:20920CD98AAF82DDFCFCBA18E4A15F9FEFF29049075316B4
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