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	Dishonest methods involving online reputation management Search engine optimization (SEO) to raise the visibility of a specific company or person can involve questionable methods. For example, search engines can be manipulated to trick Web crawlers and increase the visibility of Websites to search engines. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies The Value of Service-Centric Visibility IT organizations are under pressure to avert problems before they occur. To achieve the proactive approach required and move to the next level of service delivery, they need "service-centric" visibility that ties infrastructure components to the services that rely on them. Read More In this Issue USB devices: The big hole in network security Vulnerable Insulin Pumps Demostrate Pervasive Risks Guilty plea from one man identity theft operation that netted $770,000 Anonymous Allegedly Threatens to 'kill' Facebook China Hit By 480,000 Trojan Horse Attacks in 2010 Improve Your Security Leadership with One Lesson From Improv Defcon: VoIP makes a good platform for controlling botnets Microsoft patches 1990s-era 'Ping of Death' 10 cloud management companies to watch WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies CIOs Feel the Pressure to Optimize the Online Experience In this exclusive survey, CIOs weigh in on the business impact of application performance. This white paper presents the survey results and offers guidance on building a business case to optimize the customer experience with consistently excellent application performance. Learn More USB devices: The big hole in network security USB devices may be important tools foir business but they have security issues Read More Vulnerable Insulin Pumps Demostrate Pervasive Risks I was catching up on the news from the DefCon security event in Las Vegas when one particular story caught my eye. A security researcher named Jay Radcliffe, a diabetic, discovered that he could hack his own Insulin pump and prompt the device to deliver either too much or too little Insulin. By exploiting this vulnerability, a hacker could literally use technologies like wireless networking to commit... Read More Guilty plea from one man identity theft operation that netted $770,000 The US Department of Justice said a man who rang up 4,400 fraudulent charges totaling $770,674 from 2,341 stolen credit pleaded guilty today in the District Court in Alexandria, Va. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Achieving Enterprise Agility in the Cloud Working together, VMware, F5 Networks, and BlueLock offer integrated solutions that help enterprises develop agility so they can easily and efficiently use cloud resources on demand to meet their changing needs. Read More Today! Anonymous Allegedly Threatens to 'kill' Facebook The hacking group Anonymous is allegedly threatening to "destroy" Facebook on Nov. 5, accusing the social networking site of spying on users, cooperating with authoritarian governments and abusing people's privacy. Read More China Hit By 480,000 Trojan Horse Attacks in 2010 China said it saw close to 480,000 Trojan horse attacks in 2010, with almost half originating from outside the country, according to a government security agency. Read More Improve Your Security Leadership with One Lesson From Improv "Your job is to make your partner look like a rock star." Read More WHITE PAPER: GFI Software Email Security in Small and Medium-sized Businesses No organization can afford to operate without an email security strategy. The risk landscape is constantly changing with new threats surfacing every day. This white paper looks at email security in small and medium businesses, the solutions available and what features SMBs cannot do without. Read now Defcon: VoIP makes a good platform for controlling botnets Botnets and their masters can communicate with each other by calling into the same VoIP conference call and swapping data using touch tones, researchers demonstrated at Defcon. Read More Microsoft patches 1990s-era 'Ping of Death' Microsoft today issued 13 security updates that patched 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office and other software, including one that harked back two decades to something dubbed "Ping of Death." Read More 10 cloud management companies to watch Managing the cloud is a tricky endeavor. Here are 10 tools and services that can help Read More
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