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Wednesday, February 04, 2009

West Wing BlackBerry Security; Online job scams rising; Federal workers notified of SRA virus breach

Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff opines on Obama's BlackBerry use
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Is West Wing BlackBerry Security Possible?

By Bill Brenner
Former White House Deputy Chief of Staff Joe Hagin is the guy who planned George W. Bush's secret trips to Iraq and Afghanistan and oversaw renovations to the Situation Room and press briefing room. He was also the one in charge of securing every BlackBerry used in the West Wing. Read full story

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FBI: Online employment scams rising The FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center warned that anyone looking for a job online needs to be particularly vigilant against growing work-at-home scams. The IC3 said it continues to receive numerous complaints from individuals who have fallen victim to the scammers. Often hired to "process payments," "transfer funds" or "reship products" scammers involve the victims receiving and cashing fraudulent checks, transferring illegally obtained funds for the criminals, or receiving stolen merchandise and shipping it to the criminals, the IC3 stated.

Federal workers notified after SRA virus breach Employees at federal security agencies are being notified that their personal information may have been compromised after hackers planted a virus on computer networks of government contractor SRA International.

IBM exec warns against budget cuts on IT security If there is something companies should continue spending on despite the present global economic crisis, it would have to be IT security,according to Marne Gordan, GRC market manager for IBM's Tivoli Software Division.

Companies warned over 'aging' firewalls Firewalls become more of a security risk as they 'age', a security assessment company has advised at the launch of a new service it claims can strip out the risk posed by out-of-date rules.

Norton Utilities brand revived for Windows XP, Vista Symantec Tuesday announced it has revived the Norton Utilities optimization and cleanup tools for Windows that it folded years ago into a broader package after acquiring...

Kace embeds patching capabilities in systems management appliance Kace extends patching capabilities via Lumension partnership on its KBOX Systems Management Appliance.

IronKey lets customers manage own drives The IronKey has been called the USB flash drive for the 'professionally paranoid', and now customers unwilling to trust cloud management can even look after the super-secure drives from their own network.

Google privacy exec faces criminal charges in Italy In what is believed to be the first instance of a privacy executive being held accountable for his firm's actions, Google's global privacy counsel is scheduled to appear before a criminal court in Milan, Italy, on Tuesday on charges of defamation and failure to exercise control over personal data.

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02/04/09

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  5. Are iPhone gaming numbers trouble for Nintendo DS, Sony PSP?
  6. Data-breach costs rising, study finds
  7. Is e-mail for old fogeys?
  8. Windows 7 will not sway XP users
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  10. Google executives facing jail in Italy over a video


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