Zeus malware-botnet variant spotted 'crawling' Salesforce.com

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	Zeus malware-botnet variant spotted 'crawling' Salesforce.com The Zeus Trojan, malware long known to steal banking credentials to siphon off victims' funds, has been spotted being put to yet another devious use: swiping business data from Salesforce.com. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software Anatomy Of A CyberAttack Do you know how to keep cyber-criminals out of your network? Cyber-criminals employ complex techniques to avoid detection as they sneak into corporate networks to steal intellectual property. Don't give the bad guys the keys to your network. Learn how to protect your organization from emerging threats in our e-book. Read Now In this Issue Time to drop unnecessary admin privileges Healthcare dominates US data breach incidents, latest figures show Belkin fixes WeMo security holes, update firmware and app Fresh batch of security start-ups aim to safeguard mobile devices, SaaS apps Researcher claims two hacker gangs exploiting unpatched IE bug How to rethink security for the new world of IT 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/ Time to drop unnecessary admin privileges A new study shows that CSOs could dramatically lower the risk of malware infection by becoming a lot stingier with the number of company employees given administrator accounts on computers. Read More Healthcare dominates US data breach incidents, latest figures show The healthcare sector accounted for more than four out of ten US customer data breaches recorded by the non-profit Identity Theft Resource Center (ITRC) in 2013, the organisation's latest figures show. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software A New Set Of Network Security Challenges IT faces conflicting mandates from the business. On one hand, employees demand access from devices beyond the firewall such as smartphones, tablets, home PCs and laptops. On the other hand, risk management dictates corporate data must remain protected. The overarching challenge: balance productivity and security. A Must Read! Belkin fixes WeMo security holes, update firmware and app If you've made the decision to try home automation and WeMo, then you might have noticed that Belkin WeMo is like a potato chip; you can't have just one. If you try it and like it, then the next thing you know, you have all sorts of WeMo devices. If that describes you, then you were probably a pretty unhappy camper after being told that Belkin chose not to respond about the security holes and therefore... Read More Fresh batch of security start-ups aim to safeguard mobile devices, SaaS apps Security start-ups continue to blast out of stealth mode, and among the ones seen this week, the focus is on mobile security as well as cloud-based monitoring and threat detection of software-as-a-service applications such as Salesforce and Box. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Software What to Look for When Evaluating Next-Generation Firewalls These liabilities create security vulnerabilities and force enterprises into expensive workarounds like deploying separate gateway antivirus products and intrusion prevention systems (IPS).Next-Generation Firewalls remedy these problems. Learn More Researcher claims two hacker gangs exploiting unpatched IE bug Two different hacker groups are exploiting the same still-unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) with almost-identical attack code, a security researcher said Tuesday. Read More How to rethink security for the new world of IT Not all the proven practices of the past work in today's interconnected, heterogeneous world. Here's what you need to do differently Read More
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