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	IRS helps bust 105 people in massive identity theft crackdown The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of Justice teamed up for a coast-to-coast crackdown on identity thieves this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Protecting Your Online Channels and Web Applications This whitepaper gives a broad overview of the ways in which Akamai can help organizations bolster the security of their Web-based assets, with capabilities ranging across the application, network, and DNS layers, as well as solutions focused on Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) mitigation and business continuity. Learn more In this Issue Has high-tech helped or hurt crime fighting? DoJ wants to know The Internet: It ain't designed to protect your privacy Cybersecurity Lessons from the Battlefields of Europe Hackers infect WordPress 3.2.1 blogs to distribute TDSS rootkit Many pcAnywhere systems still sitting ducks Megaupload user content safe for two more weeks Three reasons why asking risky questions reduces risk 5 key points from Google's privacy-policy letter to Congress 20 Most Anticipated Tech Products of 2012 Cybersecurity Report Stresses Need for Cooperation Coverity and Wind River target development insecurity with new alliance Tips and tricks for upgrading your Android phone Safer computing: A how-to guide RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CloudPassage CloudPassage Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) is one of the fastest-growing cloud computing sectors. However, cloud providers usage agreements make the user responsible for protecting servers, applications and data. CloudPassage Halo is the award winning cloud server security platform that has everything you need to secure your cloud servers. Get Free Halo Basic Today! Has high-tech helped or hurt crime fighting? DoJ wants to know The US Department of Justice is offering a $1 million grant to study the impact advanced technologies such as mobile communications, sensor networks and Web-based applications have had on the law enforcement community and crime. Read More The Internet: It ain't designed to protect your privacy Over at Forbes, Scott Cleland has a pretty good column examining why there aren't more social networks and email services that fully protect user privacy, despite the fact that users always get up in arms whenever companies such as Google and Facebook make changes to their services that could harm our ability t Read More Cybersecurity Lessons from the Battlefields of Europe At the beginning of WWI, battlefield tactics had not advanced much since the U.S. Civil War. The general goal was to continually advance on the enemy with waves of infantry attacks and eventually break through the lines by overwhelming enemy defenses. Read More Hackers infect WordPress 3.2.1 blogs to distribute TDSS rootkit Hackers are compromising WordPress 3.2.1 blogs in order to infect their visitors with the notorious TDSS rootkit, according to researchers from Web security firm Websense. Read More WHITE PAPER: Shoretel Investigating UC Vendors This must-read publication features independent research from Gartner, providing a wealth of information around best in breed Unified Communication systems. 12 Unified Communications vendor ratings, along with their strengths and cautions, are provided. Read now! Many pcAnywhere systems still sitting ducks Symantec warns that its product should not be connected directly to the Internet, yet an estimated 140,000 computers are configured to allow direct external access Read More Megaupload user content safe for two more weeks Efforts are intensifying to retrieve data belonging to users of Megaupload's online storage service following the company's dramatic shuttering by U.S. law enforcement authorities this month. Read More Three reasons why asking risky questions reduces risk "How are babies made?" Read More 5 key points from Google's privacy-policy letter to Congress Google sent a 13-page letter to Congress this week that can be summarized in a single sentence: "We're not being evil." Read More WEBCAST: HP, Microsoft & Intel HP Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance Optimized for Microsoft® SQL Server 2008 R2, the preinstalled, pretuned HP Enterprise Database Consolidation Appliance simplifies database infrastructure management, improves resource utilization, and reduces costs resulting in exceptional levels of return. Learn more 20 Most Anticipated Tech Products of 2012 From Apple's iPhone 5 to next-gen thermostats to OLED TVs, here are 20 tech products we're looking forward to seeing in 2012. Read More Cybersecurity Report Stresses Need for Cooperation A lack of honest information-sharing between public and private sectors and among nations hampers cyber defenses, warns a new report by McAfee and the Brussels-based Security and Defense Agenda. Read More Coverity and Wind River target development insecurity with new alliance Software development testing firm Coverity and embedded and mobile software firm Wind River have integrated Coverity's security development testing platform with Wind River's embedded software system. Read More Tips and tricks for upgrading your Android phone Read More Safer computing: A how-to guide It's too easy to injure yourself through poor setup of laptops and PCs at your desk; this guide helps you compute more safely Read More
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