Web's 'dark corners' are everywhere; E-mail security, compliance upgraded in Google Apps

Security News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Blue Coat Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to delivery to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. Network World's Security News Alert, 10/04/07 Web's 'dark corners' are everywhere, group says, 10/03/07: It's getting harder and harder to know who to trust on the World Wide Web, according to online safety advocates StopBadware.org. E-mail security, compliance upgraded in Google Apps, 10/03/07: Google is upgrading its set of Google Apps office tools with e-mail security and compliance features, stemming from its acquisition of Postini, to help it compete with Microsoft Office. PricewaterhouseCoopers' spin-off tackles governance, risk and compliance, 10/03/07: Software start-up puts PricewaterhouseCoopers' knowledge to use in its Brabeion IT Risk & Compliance Manager platform. Straight Talk from Security Experts Leading security experts share their advice, secrets and real-world experiences in Network World's latest Executive Guide, "The Security Treadmill." Learn how to get inside users' heads, fight for a bigger security budget and much more. Click here to download this Executive Guide. SAP partners with IBM, Sun on identity management, 10/03/07: SAP is teaming up with IBM and Sun to combine identity management software with tools that ensure proper segregation of duties, a necessary part of regulatory compliance. Lewd celebrity photos mask Trojan payload, 10/02/07: Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry were unwilling vectors of a massive spam campaign last month, in which naked pictures of the two actresses obfuscated a Trojan payload. Chip-and-PIN pushes fraud on U.K. cards into Europe, 10/03/07: Losses from debit and credit card fraud increased by 26 percent in the first half of the year, driven by a 126 percent rise in fraud on U.K.-issued cards being used overseas, figures from the U.K. payments association Apacs have revealed. Malicious code infects Chinese security site, 10/03/07: The Web site of one of China's Internet security organizations has been laced with malicious code. Vontu upgrades data-loss prevention software, 10/02/07: Vontu on Monday announced an upgrade to its data-loss prevention software that features agent-based discovery of sensitive data stored at a company’s endpoints, and also prevents unauthorized copying of that information. Blended threats targeted by Avinti’s latest e-mail software, 10/02/07: Avinti on Tuesday announced the beta release of an e-mail gateway plug-in designed to stop malware hidden inside spam. Got career questions?: National IT recruiter Matt Colarusso will be available for a live text chat Tuesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. Eastern. Matt will discuss the IT job market and you. Got questions about the IT job market in the months to come? What should you do to manage your own career? How hard will it be for your department to fill vacancies? Certifications vs. degrees; hot job skills and weak ones - Matt, a prominent national IT recruiting expert that manages the Sapphire National Recruiting & Strategic Accounts Team will answer these questions for you and more. No registration necessary. Just go to the Network World Chat page at the appointed time and log in.

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