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	Angry researchers disclose Windows zero-day bug An anonymous group of security researchers last week published information about an unpatched Windows bug, saying that they were disclosing the vulnerability because of the way Microsoft treated a colleague. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qualys Inc. 12-point checklist outlines key considerations Discover a 12-point checklist for choosing the best vulnerability management solution for your organization. Read now! In this Issue Honeypots for hacker detection "Help, I am stranded!" scam haunting social networks Suspicious Facebook app attracts nearly 300,000 fans Singapore bank suffers massive IT failure Secrecy of cloud computing providers raises IT security risks Interpol turns to Internet for info on most-wanted suspects Future of directories in question Academic fraud: The biology lab and the French paper RSA weighs in on data loss prevention Tabnapping on the increase RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AT&T AT&T Enterprise Embrace Rich Media Development with ECDNs Click to continue Honeypots for hacker detection Most corporate networks lack serious oversight, that is, no one is really watching. Watching the network and computer systems is expensive, overwhelming and fraught with false positives. No wonder then that insider attacks go undetected for months, malware proliferates stealthily and hackers can spend their time gradually infiltrating deeper and deeper, undetected. Read More "Help, I am stranded!" scam haunting social networks The FBI and its Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) today said they are seeing an uptick in the complaints about online scammers trying to steal your money posing as a good friend left stranded somewhere in need of quick cash. Read More Suspicious Facebook app attracts nearly 300,000 fans A suspicious application circulating on Facebook has attracted nearly 300,000 fans whose profiles could be used as launching pads for spam, according to a security analyst. Read More DOWNLOAD: Qualys Inc. Security & Compliance Suite Trial QualysGuard Security & Compliance Suite Trial The 14-day Trial includes: • Unlimited network mapping and discovery • Unlimited network perimeter scans • PCI Compliance scanning • Web application security scanning • IT security policy creation, scanning and reporting Learn More! Singapore bank suffers massive IT failure One of Singapore's biggest banks suffered a major IT outage on Monday that took down its computer systems for seven hours. Read More Secrecy of cloud computing providers raises IT security risks Despite how attractive cloud computing can sound as an outsourcing option, there's widespread concern that it presents a security and legal minefield. Cloud service providers often cultivate an aura of secrecy about data centers and operations, claiming this stance improves their security even if it leaves everyone else in the dark. Read More Interpol turns to Internet for info on most-wanted suspects If you're on Facebook or MySpace then you're wanted by Interpol -- to help in a hunt for the international police organization's most-wanted fugitives. Read More WHITE PAPER: Radware New Threats Require Real-Time Protection First generation IPS devices match patterns (or "signatures") of known attack vulnerabilities to safeguard networks. However, a significant amount of threats are dynamic and not addressable by static signature-based IPS devices. Read More Now Future of directories in question My dear fiend Vikas Mahajan (he's the manager for Enterprise Identity Management at AARP), a former colleague on Compuserve's NetWire, has always been available to talk over IdM issues with me since before it was IdM (we go back 20 years, it seems). He chimed in to me about the recent "Relational database: An ongoing debate" issue with some important points that I think are worth sharing with you. Edited only for clarity (and to fit the size of your screen, as the TV movies say), this is what he had to say. Read More Academic fraud: The biology lab and the French paper It became evident to our professor that the reason everything was neat and tidy was that Hank was not actually performing any experiments at all. He was making up all the results without the bother of doing the work. Read More RSA weighs in on data loss prevention According to U.S. government estimates, incidents of enterprise data loss cost businesses more than $100 billion in a single year. As threats to enterprise data grow more sophisticated, it's imperative for businesses to implement a comprehensive data security strategy. But where to start? RSA, The Security Division of EMC, provides us with these best practices for preventing enterprise data loss. Read More Tabnapping on the increase The use of Tabnapping, the recently-identified phishing technique, is on the rise, says Panda Labs. Read More
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