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	Mastercard site downed by Wikileaks' supporters Mastercard has become the latest victim of hacktivist group 'Anonymous', which today launched potent DDoS attacks against the company's main websites, apparently in response to Mastercard's actions against WikiLeaks. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sophos FREE Tool - Sophos Computer Security Scan Scan up to 200 computers for viruses, spyware, Rootkits and other threats that your AV missed. Click to continue In this Issue What it's like to get hit with a DDoS attack WikiLeaks nearly immune to takedown, says researcher WikiLeaks founder praised by Pentagon Papers exposer Facebook in breach of Korean privacy laws, says regulator Click jacking for Pain and Profit NASA sold PCs without wiping sensitive data Porn-site visitors could score a payday for theft of their browser histories WHITE PAPER: Watchguard Take Back Control: Increase Security, Empower Employees Read this white paper to find out how WatchGuard Application Control lets you take back control of your network by keeping more than 1,500 applications in check, including IM, P2P, Facebook, Skype, YouTube, and many more. Read now! What it's like to get hit with a DDoS attack Google. Twitter. Government websites. Fortune 500 companies. All have been victims of crippling distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks that Akamai Technologies has a seen it all firsthand. Here's an account of what it's like to be in the receiving end of DDoS. Read More WikiLeaks nearly immune to takedown, says researcher Efforts to slow or halt the release of sensitive documents by WikiLeaks have only made the whstleblower site add strong protections against potential takedowns. Read More WHITE PAPER: Websense, Inc. Bailing Out Your Budget: How to Lower Your TCO The Websense® TRITON™ solution is a unified content security solution that not only delivers better protection against modern threats but also does so with the lowest total cost of ownership (TCO). Read More WikiLeaks founder praised by Pentagon Papers exposer Daniel Ellsberg, the man responsible for outing the Pentagon Papers in 1971, and a group of ex-intelligence officers support WikiLeaks and its founder, saying it is wrong to characterize their revelations as less important than the Pentagon Papers. Read More Facebook in breach of Korean privacy laws, says regulator Facebook needs to stop violating South Korean privacy laws and make sure it gets consent from its members about use of their personal information, a South Korean regulator says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Watchguard Cloud-based Web Security Isn't Hype - It's Here and It Works Clear threats are rejected at the connection level, eliminating much of the scanning and processing demands on your network. That means both better protection and better performance. Too good to be true? Believe it. Read now! Click jacking for Pain and Profit Google is adding click-jack protection to its Android mobile operating system, but even with that there are steps to take to protect yourself from this type of malicious exploit. Read More NASA sold PCs without wiping sensitive data NASA failed to wipe clean 10 computers used for the space shuttle program before it sold them at a public sale. Read More Porn-site visitors could score a payday for theft of their browser histories Visitors to www.youporn.com over the past four years could be in store for a payday if a case against operators of the site proves they stole browser histories from visitors. Read More
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