Cybercrime costs U.S economy $100 billion and 500,000 jobs

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	Cybercrime costs U.S economy $100 billion and 500,000 jobs A new economic model developed by the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a prominent D.C. think tank, quantifies sizable economic impact from malicious cyber activity. Read More WEBCAST: Citrix Systems Back by Popular Demand! Exclusive Online Event: July 31st Due to overwhelming demand, we have created an online version of From Wow to How: Mobilizing the Enterprise. Join Citrix, HP and Virtualization Review for this exclusive 1-hour event to discover how to enable flexible workstyles – without compromising management, security, or control. Register now! Learn More In this Issue Friday to mark 14th annual SysAdmin Day Reports: Snowden cleared to leave airport, enter Russia Don't be fooled by study's dramatically lower cyberthreat estimate, experts say Android spyware infections on the rise, report says New Trojan could create headaches for banks, customers Compromised websites at hosting companies more than doubling daily from a year ago, report finds Citadel malware active on 20,000 PCs in Japan, says Trend Micro Symantec spots two Android apps using 'master key' vulnerability HIPAA fines put pressure on health care to better secure patient data WHITE PAPER: Tripwire 10 Steps to Risk-based Security Management Many professionals in information security espouse the belief—and commitment to—"risk based" security management. In fact, according to the latest Ponemon Report on Risk Management, 77% of those surveyed claimed a commitment to it. Learn More Friday to mark 14th annual SysAdmin Day Contests, cake and appropriately heartfelt thanks are central to the celebration of the 14th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day this Friday. So exactly how are sysadmins and sysadmin admirers marking the occasion? What follows is a sampling of ways gleaned from Twitter and the hashtag #sysadminday. Read More Reports: Snowden cleared to leave airport, enter Russia Edward Snowden, who leaked documents revealing U.S. National Security Agency surveillance programs, has received a document that allows him to leave Moscow's Sheremetyevo airport, according to news reports. Read More Don't be fooled by study's dramatically lower cyberthreat estimate, experts say One analyst compared security spending to preparing for a natural disaster -- wait until it happens and it's 'too late.' Read More WHITE PAPER: Code 42 Software, Inc. Top 3 Reasons Why File Sync/Share is Not Endpoint Backup Employees unknowingly create corporate data security risks by adopting these easy-to-use, personal applications. Understanding at a high level the primary purpose of each application helps differentiate between them. Read this executive brief to learn the differences. Learn more. Android spyware infections on the rise, report says An increasing number of Android phones are infected with mobile malware programs that are able to turn the handsets into spying devices, according to a report from Kindsight Security Labs, a subsidiary of telecommunications equipment vendor Alcatel-Lucent. Read More New Trojan could create headaches for banks, customers KINS is 'something that cyber criminals are cheering on,' RSA said. Read More Compromised websites at hosting companies more than doubling daily from a year ago, report finds Cyber-criminals are compromising websites at hosting companies at an ever furious rate in order to exploit them to host dangerous content and send spam via compromised accounts, according to messaging security firm Cloudmark in its threat report today. Read More WHITE PAPER: Netscout Systems Inc. Adopt a More Service-Oriented Management Strategy The survey results in this report demonstrate dramatic changes happening in IT service management delivery and highlight best practices to assure performance of business processes, deliver exceptional end-user experiences, optimize existing infrastructure, and speed the deployment of new technologies and services. Learn More. Citadel malware active on 20,000 PCs in Japan, says Trend Micro Citadel malware is installed on over 20,000 PCs in Japan and actively sending financial information it harvests to servers abroad, according to security software vendor Trend Micro. Read More Symantec spots two Android apps using 'master key' vulnerability Hackers are now using a critical vulnerability in Android to modify legitimate smartphone applications, putting users at risk of being spied on. Read More HIPAA fines put pressure on health care to better secure patient data For a long time many in the security industry felt that HIPAA had no bite, that until there were a few examples of health care companies made to pay the piper for HIPAA violations, the entire industry would not toe the line. Well, if that were the case it's not true anymore. Read More
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