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How to secure iPads for corporate use
When Apple's iOS 4.2 debuts next month, it will offer enough features to make the iPad tablet a device that's safe for business if IT security teams take the right steps. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain

The Concise Guide to eDiscovery
This paper will provide an introduction to the key areas involved in developing an e-discovery strategy and to help organizations become better prepared for the rigors of the e-discovery process. Read Now.

WHITE PAPER: Sophos

What is FakeAV?
FakeAV or Fake AntiVirus, also known as Rogue AntiVirus, Rogues, or ScareWare, is a class of malware. This paper provides insight into where FakeAV comes from, what happens when a system is infected with FakeAV, and how users can protect themselves from FakeAV. Read Now

Privacy Report Card: State Secrets Earn Obama a Grade of "D" in Civil Liberties
It's sad how our right to privacy seems to be decreasing while the government's right to keep secrets seems to be growing. Privacy watchdog EPIC released the 2010 Privacy Report Card, giving the Obama Administration a "D" grade in Civil Liberties. State secrets...ssshhh!It's grade card time and President Obama earned a big fat D as is doomed civil liberties, as in doesn't have unchecked authority to kill you, and as in dangerous and overreaching state secrets arguments. Read More

Google fixes 11 Chrome flaws, debuts stable version 7
Google patched 11 vulnerabilities in Chrome on Thursday as it updated the browser to version 7. Read More


WHITE PAPER: NeuStar, Inc.

Holiday Readiness Guide for Ecommerce
This white paper is all about Internet Gifting Essentials as it is critical that merchants ready their sites from both a performance and selling perspective. Based on the e-tailing group's Annual Mystery Shopping Survey, highlighted Internet gifting essentials were present in three-out-of-four of the 100 websites we surveyed last holiday season. Read More

One in ten websites send spam emails
One in ten websites are responsible for spam email, says Spam Ratings. Read More

Half of EU kids don't know how to be safe online
Half of the young children in the E.U. don't have basic Internet safety skills such as knowing how to control privacy settings or block unwanted contacts. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Tripwire

Pulling the Plug on Legacy Log Management
When it comes to log management today, CSOs have been left in the lurch. According to a new IDG Research Services survey, organizations are poised to "rip and replace" legacy technology to get a better handle on compliance and security. Read More!

Facebook ads could 'out' gay users, researchers say
Facebook users may inadvertently reveal their sexual preference to advertisers in an apparent wrinkle in the social-networking site's advertising system, researchers have found. Read More

FaceTime Security Hole Exposes Apple IDs to Compromise
One of the big announcements from the Apple media event yesterday is that the new Mac OS X Lion includes FaceTime video chat. That means that Macs and MacBooks can now join the army of iPhones and iPod Touch devices to engage in face to face conversations. Unfortunately, FaceTime for Mac also includes a massive security hole. Read More

Man pleads guilty to using hack, pump-and-dump botnet
A Chandler, Arizona, man has pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in a pump-and-dump scam that inflated penny stock prices via spam and hacked computers. Read More

NASA: Moon has chemistry to be human space outpost
NASA LCROSS mission shows lots of water along with methane, ammonia, hydrogen gas, carbon dioxide carbon monoxide, sodium, mercury and silver all reside on the Moon It now seems plausible that if NASA or another international space agency wanted to, it could build a human or even a spacecraft refueling outpost on the Moon. Read More



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