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	FBI details most difficult Internet scams According to the FBI and the IC3 Web site, the "popular scam trends for 2009" included hitman scams, astrological reading frauds, economic scams, job site scams, and fake pop-up ads for antivirus software. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility Cisco AnyConnect Secure Mobility solution provides next-generation remote access with consistent policy enforcement for today's mobile workforce. Learn more now. In this Issue Seven Firefox Plug-ins That Improve Online Privacy FBI: Internet fraud losses more than doubled in 2009 Cyber ShockWave Illustrates Why the Federal Government Must Lead the Cybersecurity Charge Cloud Security is Top of Mind Security execs express surprise over CISO's firing following RSA talk Apple plugs 16 holes in Safari as Pwn2Own looms Former Barclays programmer gets four years for role in TJX attacks Online banking fraud surges by 14 percent FDIC: Hackers stole $120M+ last quarter; Microsoft seeks browser comback with IE9 Chrome OS Netbook security; State of 4G WEBCAST: Actuate Discover BIRT. Understand how BIRT simplifies and speeds to market the development of rich information applications. In this presentation, a technical expert behind BIRT will demonstrate a customer-facing application in action with Flash, Ajax, and JavaScript interactivity. Click Here! Seven Firefox Plug-ins That Improve Online Privacy Worried about preserving your privacy in an online world where privacy is disappearing? Here are seven Firefox add-ons that will help. Read More FBI: Internet fraud losses more than doubled in 2009 The Federal Bureau of Investigation's annual wide-ranging look at Internet crime found that online crime is indeed paying off - for the criminals as it cost users $559.7 million, up from $265 million in 2008. Read More Cyber ShockWave Illustrates Why the Federal Government Must Lead the Cybersecurity Charge Last week I wrote a blog suggesting that IT professionals and legislators read the new book, "Fatal System Error," by Joseph Menn. This recommendation was based on my believe that most people don't understand the scope of sophistication of current cyber threats and we need more government and private sector action and cooperation immediately. Read More WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! Cloud Security is Top of Mind At the annual security RSA Conference, the focus was all things cloud. Forget for a moment that definitions of "cloud" are still in flux, or that aside from SaaS, the adoption rate is still in the margin-of-error range (just 2% of benchmark participants told Nemertes in 2009 they were currently deploying cloud services). Indicators point to strong enterprise interest---and this time, the security industry... Read More Security execs express surprise over CISO's firing following RSA talk Several security executives today expressed surprise over the firing of Pennsylvanias chief information security officer, apparently for publicly speaking about a security incident involving the Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system without getting the required approvals first. Read More Apple plugs 16 holes in Safari as Pwn2Own looms Apple has patched 16 bugs in the Safari browser, 12 of them critical, just two weeks before it faces off against rival technologies at the 2010 Pwn2Own hacking challenge. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Direct Access and UAG Better Together Direct Access (DA) is a game-changing technology for remote access in your company; removing the need for a VPN all together. Within Microsoft, we've seen great productivity benefits to end users. We surveyed users from our DA pilot and over 87% saw instant productivity gains, overall resulting in net benefit of ~1 hour each day for users. Furthermore, Microsoft operations is saving costs by things such as not having to convert internet connected sites to dedicated lines. For more information on the business value of DA and Microsoft's implementation, watch the Direct Access MSIT video. Learn More Now Former Barclays programmer gets four years for role in TJX attacks A former Barclays Bank programmer who helped launder money for the mastermind behind the data thefts at TJX Companies Inc. and other retailers, was sentenced to four years in prison by a federal court in Boston. Read More Online banking fraud surges by 14 percent Online banking fraud surged by 14 percent in 2009, says the UK Cards Association. Read More FDIC: Hackers stole $120M+ last quarter; Microsoft seeks browser comback with IE9 Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies $25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Also, Microsoft is expected to share details about Internet Explorer 9 at its upcoming MIX10 conference, and industry watchers say the forthcoming release could help the software giant put part of its embattled browser past behind it. (4:53) Read More Chrome OS Netbook security; State of 4G Google's Chrome OS Netbook will feature a host of built-in security technologies designed to protect users from malware and other threats, a Google engineer said at the RSA Conference Thursday. Also, by the end of 2010, Clearwire plans to have built out its 4G WiMAX network to all major markets in the United States, and Verizon expects to be offering its 4G LTE services commercially in 25 to 30 major U.S. markets. (6:03) Read More
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