RSA Conference 2012: Gauging the future for Microsoft’s privacy, security initiatives

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	RSA Conference 2012: Gauging the future for Microsoft's privacy, security initiatives At a time when the technology world is facing a fundamental shift in security practices, Microsoft is saying all the right things. Now, with the credibility of a decade's worth of work under its belt, Microsoft is at an opportune position to either bring its work to a new level, or let it slip in pursuit of other objectives. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ Streamlining IT Operations with Business Service Management This IDC Technology Spotlight examines the benefits of a business service management practice and tools in response to IT environments becoming more dynamic and complex due to the increased use of virtualization, cloud, SOA, and n-tier application architectures. Learn More In this Issue Hacker on hacker: Zeus bot master dupes Anonymous backers into installing password stealer RSA Observations Part I The story of the Picasso and a 1.5 ton robot US senator asks FTC to investigate Apple, Google Warning: you may be an e-hoarder A look back at the Michelangelo virus scare Should You Allow Inbound E-mail Over IPv6? FBI: Cyberattacks could shove aside terrorism as No. 1 threat to US WHITE PAPER: GFI Software GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business 5.0 This free fully-functioning 30-day trial of GFI VIPRE Business is designed to optimize overall performance by melding antivirus and antispyware together into one powerful engine. Learn More Hacker on hacker: Zeus bot master dupes Anonymous backers into installing password stealer Hackers have duped supporters of the Anonymous group into installing the Zeus botnet, which steals confidential information from PCs, including banking usernames and passwords, security researchers said last week. Read More RSA Observations Part I I've been to about a dozen RSA Conferences in my career. Some were really geeky, some were nothing but hype, but last week's event stood out as truly valuable. Yes, marketing rhetoric was in the air as always but under the spin was some truly good dialogue. In the first blog of my RSA review, here are some my observations: Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL Smart Security for Escalating Challenges This eBook examines how CSOs and IT managers are solving these issues using next-generation firewalls. Read now. The story of the Picasso and a 1.5 ton robot Spanish telecom firm Telefonica built a robot to digitally image and look for problems with Pablo Picasso's famous 'Guernica' painting Read More US senator asks FTC to investigate Apple, Google The U.S. Federal Trade Commission should investigate Apple and Google for allowing applications on their mobile OSes to access users' photographs without permission, a U.S. senator said. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye Strategies for advanced threat security in 2012 Download this new FireEye research brief and learn how traditional security defenses can leave you vulnerable and necessary steps to gain visibility into all stages of the attack vector. Read now. Warning: you may be an e-hoarder Hoarding shows are popular these days. Hoarders, Hoarding: Buried Alive, Confessions: Animal Hoarding and on and on. The images are consistent: Boxes stacked to the ceilings. Piles of newspapers dating back to the Nixon era. Feral cats skittering behind furniture. Empty cans of cat food, beans and soup scattered everywhere. Read More A look back at the Michelangelo virus scare After a week-long run-up in which "the media went potty about the Michelangelo virus," March 6, 1992 turned out to be something of a bust, recounts Graham Cluley, senior technology consultant at Sophos. Cluley writes on his Naked Security blog: Read More Should You Allow Inbound E-mail Over IPv6? Federal organizations are aiming for September 2012 mandate to IPv6-enable their Internet perimeter applications. This not only includes IPv6-enabling web servers, but also IPv6-enabling e-mail servers. Therefore e-mail servers would be allowing inbound SMTP (TCP port 25) connections over IPv4 and IPv6. However, most e-mail content filtering companies only have defensive capabilities for IPv4. ... Read More FBI: Cyberattacks could shove aside terrorism as No. 1 threat to US The leaders of the Department of Defense and the Federal Bureau of Investigation this week separately expressed concern over the increasing numbers of cyberattacks, with FBI Director Robert Mueller saying that while terrorism remains the FBI's top priority, "in the not too distant future, we anticipate that the cyberthreat will pose the No. 1 threat to our country." Read More
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