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Google needs to search under "wrong"
It seems Google can't do much of anything without riling some government somewhere in the world. The latest flap comes from an investigation launched by the Australians. This is a follow-on to an investigation started by the Germans in which "Google acknowledged that it had mistakenly collected fragments of data over public Wi-Fi networks in more than 30 countries while taking pictures of neighborhoods for the Street View feature." Read More


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Building a Successful Security Operations Center
This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center

WHITE PAPER: Riverbed

Strategies for Unleashing Cloud Performance
Whether a business builds out its own cloud or buys cloud services from someone else, they need to be sure the end results are optimized for the speed users require. This paper identifies where the limitations of cloud computing exist and provides actionable strategies to unleash cloud performance. Click here!

Identity management top security priority in Gartner survey
"The No.1 priority is now identity and access management," says Gartner research director Vic Wheatman, noting the analysis is based on a close look at what IT security professionals at 308 companies are telling Gartner about their overall information spending and specific IT security projects. Read More

US Coast Guard calls for high-tech help in BP oil disaster
The US Coast Guard has issued a call for better specialized technology to help it better respond to the ever-widening BP Deepwater oil spill disaster in the Gulf of Mexico. Read More

FBI iPad Investigation: a FAQ
Roughly 114,000 Apple iPad users' e-mail addresses were leaked this week, and now the FBI is looking into the matter to determine the threat level. Given the iPad's stunning popularity and the frightening number of affected owners, many questions need answering. Here's a FAQ about Apple and AT&T's new relationship with federal investigators. Read More


E-GUIDE: Compuware

Perfecting Application Performance
The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now.

Safari 5 packs dozens of security patches
The newly-released Safari 5 comes with a healthy performance boost plus a few great additions, such as Reader and Extensions, that have sparked some discussion throughout the Web. Read More

Microsoft confirms critical Windows XP bug
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 contain an unpatched bug that could be used to infect PCs by duping users into visiting rigged Web sites or opening attack e-mail. Read More

Adobe Fixes Flash Zero-Day with Massive Security Update
Adobe has been in the headlines for all the wrong reasons recently with new attacks exploiting flaws in Adobe Flash and Adobe Reader. Adobe has addressed the security vulnerabilities now with an immense update resolving a variety of serious issues. Read More


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How to delete fake antivirus
QUESTION Our son's laptop has started throwing up virus alerts for Antivirus 7.0. We've searched online for a solution, but can't differentiate between genuine advice and yet more scareware. Andrew & Eileen Wood Read More

Online porn users take huge risks, study finds
Online porn is one of the most hostile environments on the Internet but malware distribution itself appears to be only a profitable sideline for the adult industry, a new study has suggested. Read More

iPad 3G Leak Flaw More Common than You Think
AT&T is taking some well-deserved heat for a Web security flaw resulting in the exposure of more than 114,000 iPad 3G owners' e-mail addresses. Apple--by proxy--has also drawn some criticism as it apparently has some culpability in defining the authentication mechanism that was exploited. It is obviously a huge embarrassment for both AT&T and Apple, but the underlying issues, and other Web security issues like it, are actually quite common. Read More

Most popular stories this week: June 11
Michael Cooney's celebration of life-changing algorithms was rediscovered this week, amidst all of the hubbub over Apple's new iPhone 4. Plus, Network World's look at the 20 greatest arguments in tech was quite popular. Check them out if you haven't already. 1. 15 genius algorithms that aren't boring 2. Visual tour: Windows Phone 7 Read More

 
 
 

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