Court to scammer: Give up your house or go to jail; Researchers overwhelming vendors with security flaws

Court to scammer: Give up your house or go to jail; Researchers overwhelming vendors with security flaws Security Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by Cisco Beefing up Email Security by Teaming with a Leader Improve your email security practices after watching this Live Webcast on Wednesday, September, 30 at 1:00 p.m. ET/10:00 a.m. PT. Your email security choices extend beyond on-premise only solutions. Improve your anti-spam, visibility, content filtering and encryption support with hosted, hybrid and managed email security services. Register for this live event now. Spotlight Story Slideshow: 13 hot products from DEMOfall '09 In this slideshow we'll give you a handy preview of the hottest products making their debut at this year's DEMOfall show in San Diego. The selections this year run the gamut, from cloud video surveillance technology to Web 2.0 patent databases to software that helps you scope out your dates for sketchy Internet activity. Read full story Related News: Court to scammer: Give up your house or go to jail Too many online scammers get away with what amounts to a wrist slap but a case if Las Vegas this week seems to be heading the right direction at least. According to the Federal Trade Commission, a business opportunity scammer has been held in contempt for the second time by a federal court and ordered to turn over the title of his home in Las Vegas or face jail time. Researchers overwhelming vendors with security flaws Booming numbers of security researchers are uncovering so many flaws that vendors are finding it almost impossible to patch them all in a reasonable timeframe, the latest SANS report has found. Botnet PCs stay infected for years A hardcore of PCs controlled by botnets stay that way for years, an analysis from security vendor Trend Micro has found. Scammers auto-generate Twitter accounts to spread scareware Scammers are using machine-generated Twitter accounts to post messages about trendy topics, and tempt users into clicking on a link that leads to servers hosting fake Windows antivirus software, security researchers said. Microsoft to release identity product My primary interest at last week's European version of The Experts Conference was Microsoft's upcoming Forefront Identity Manager 2010. If you haven't been following closely, you might know this soon to release product as Identity Lifecycle Manager (ILM) "2". Seagate ships self-encrypting drives for enterprises Seagate said it is offering its self-encrypting drive feature with its entire line of enterprise-class hard disk drives and that it has partnered with Intel and LSI to integrate its encryption technology with the two companies' security management firmware. Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from New Horizons and 15 copies of Windows Server 2008 How-To. 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