The moral of the Twitter-GoDaddy breach: People are the easiest thing to hack

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	The moral of the Twitter-GoDaddy breach: People are the easiest thing to hack Of all the lessons to be learned from the hacking of Naoki Hiroshima and the loss of his coveted @N Twitter handle, the most troubling is the one which will ultimately be the most difficult to solve. In online security, weak passwords and poor encryption standards may be part of the problem, but the biggest problem of all remains ourselves. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CSO40 Security Confab + Awards Conference Register now: CSO Magazine's CSO40 Security Confab On behalf of Bob Bragdon, Publisher of CSO magazine and CSOonline.com, CSO would like to invite you to register for CSO Magazine's spring 2014 conference – CSO40 Security Confab + Awards, being held March 31 – April 2, 2014 outside Atlanta, Georgia. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.csoconfab.com/ In this Issue Former NSA employee looks to make email more secure Hackers use a trick to deliver Zeus banking malware Medical lab says FTC breach probe forced it to close Survey says more attention being paid to data privacy, but still a ways to go INSIDER IT Resume Makeover: How to Clear Out the Career Clutter Obama selects cryptologist to head US NSA Symantec's results show firm battling changing security market NIST's finalized cybersecurity framework receives mixed reviews WEBCAST: Dell Inc. Make the Challenges of Remote Office IT a Thing of the Past Join us to see why PC Pro named Dell PowerEdge VRTX the "2013 Server of the Year." PowerEdge VRTX may be just what you need in your remote and branch offices to redefine your IT operations. Take advantage of the onboard shared storage, then scale over time as needed. Learn more Former NSA employee looks to make email more secure Email, perhaps still the most widely used Internet application, has about the same level of security as a postcard. But unlike postcards, it's widely depended on by businesses. Read More Hackers use a trick to deliver Zeus banking malware Hackers found a new way to slip past security software and deliver Zeus, a long-known malicious software program that steals online banking details. Read More WEBCAST: IBM IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager: Online Product Demo Intelligent Investigation Manager optimizes fraud investigation and analysis and it dynamically coordinates and reports on cases, provides analysis and visualization, and enables more efficient and effective investigations. Learn More. Medical lab says FTC breach probe forced it to close An Atlanta-based medical laboratory that has been embroiled in a bitter feud with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission over a data breach investigation shut down its operations this week. Read More Survey says more attention being paid to data privacy, but still a ways to go Data privacy has gotten its fair share of attention these days, what with the high-profile data breaches that have taken place in recent months. Fittingly, PricewaterhouseCoopers released the results of its 2013 data privacy survey late last year, in which the 370 participants represented both board level members responsible for oversight of privacy programs within their organization and practitioners involved in day to day operations. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Fighting Fraud Videos: IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager Short videos about IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager (IIM) for Fraud. IIM optimizes the investigation of fraud for customers across many industries in both the commercial and public sector space. Learn More. INSIDER IT Resume Makeover: How to Clear Out the Career Clutter In CIO.com's latest resume makeover, our expert and career coach transforms a CIO's resume from one that was cluttered and text-heavy to one that's clear and concise -- and highlights her accomplishments. Read More Obama selects cryptologist to head US NSA U.S. President Barack Obama has nominated an expert cryptologist to head the National Security Agency at a time when the agency is under pressure to reform its surveillance. Read More Symantec's results show firm battling changing security market With sales of security software predicted to rise this year by Gartner, one of the top security software houses, Symantec, appears to be struggling in the very market it should be dominating. Read More NIST's finalized cybersecurity framework receives mixed reviews There has never been a successful catastrophic cyberattack on North America's critical infrastructure (CI) -- yet. Read More
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