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	Spanish police take down massive Mariposa botnet Spanish authorities have arrested three men in an operation that has crushed a major botnet network of infected computers. Read More WEBCAST: St. Bernard Get the Instruments You Need to Become an IT Security Hero This online demo shows how you can quickly bullet-proof your internet security with the new iPrism 6.4 web filter, and you'll be entered to win one of the hottest music video games! Learn more In this Issue Microsoft cranks out new identity management software Open source, proprietary - all software is insecure RSA Day #1: A Whirlwind of Activity Spam plague in February and more to come: Symantec Medical identity theft strikes 5.8% of American adults Obama administration partially lifts secrecy on classified cybersecurity project Antidotes promised to cloud security woes Narus develops a scary sleuth for social media SafeNet looks to secure data in the cloud Internet freedom and security Antivirus software often foxed by malicious URLs New exploit technique nullifies major Windows defense WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here. Microsoft cranks out new identity management software Microsoft announced at the RSA Conference Tuesday that it has begun shipping Forefront Identity Manager 2010, server software for provisioning and de-provisioning user access and privileges for network and database resources. Read More Open source, proprietary - all software is insecure Guess what? All software is basically insecure, a new report finds — and, yes, that means open source isn't much better than proprietary.Each side in the battle between open source and proprietary software has plenty of ammunition in the argument as to whether they're safer against the evils of malware, bugs or other vulnerabilities. Probably anything I'd say here, anything I'd cite, would be soundly... Read More RSA Day #1: A Whirlwind of Activity I'm in San Francisco at the RSA Conference, 2010. Attendance is up over last year's recession version of the show and a more up-beat vibe all around. Of course, the smell of industry hype is also in the air in the form of cloud computing. RSA's Art Coviello (amongst others), crowed about how the cloud was the ultimately destiny of Internet computing. Cisco announced an "always-on" cloud computing... Read More Spam plague in February and more to come: Symantec Spam levels in Hong Kong reached 90.6 per cent and virus activity in China was the highest in the world in February, according to Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Develop Effective user Management With IBM, organizations can develop comprehensive solutions to help gain visibility into business continuity risks, achieve control over utilization of sensitive business assets and automate a variety of processes for managing access to critical assets and data. Read more Medical identity theft strikes 5.8% of American adults Identity thieves are not only interested in tapping financial resources, but also after your medical identification data and services. Read More Obama administration partially lifts secrecy on classified cybersecurity project President Barack Obama's administration has declassified portions of the highly secret multi-billion dollar Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), which was launched by the Bush administration as part of an effort to defend American interests in cyberspace. Read More Antidotes promised to cloud security woes The legacy physical IT security strategies of the past are unsuitable for the growing cloud computing environment, according to security technology enterprise SafeNet Solutions. Read More Narus develops a scary sleuth for social media Narus is developing a new technology that sleuths through billions of pieces of data on social networks and Internet services and connects the dots. Read More WHITE PAPER: Force10 Three Steps to Saving with Cloud Computing Discover how cloud computing dynamically streamlines your infrastructure, delivering freely scalable application service levels; dramatic capital and operational cost savings; flexibility and agility without new hardware; and more. Read Now! SafeNet looks to secure data in the cloud Encryption vendor SafeNet is now offering technologies that help enterprises securely store and access information held in third-party data centers. Read More Internet freedom and security It's already been a busy year in Internet freedom and security, with Google getting hacked, Hillary Clinton speaking out, the FTC notifying companies about P2P threats and ZeuS Trojan attacks Read More Antivirus software often foxed by malicious URLs Many malicious URLs are now invisible to URL filters and antivirus software alike, a web security company has found after conducting its own tests. Read More New exploit technique nullifies major Windows defense The disclosure of a new exploit technique that bypasses an important Windows security feature may lead to more successful attacks against Microsoft's newer operating systems, researchers said today. Read More
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