Botnets: 'The Democratization of Espionage'

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	Botnets: 'The Democratization of Espionage' The cyber attacks against Google, Adobe and a raft of other top U.S. corporations late last year were by most accounts sophisticated and targeted attempts to steal proprietary data. But lost in all of the resulting media hoopla over who the remaining victims were and whether Chinese hackers or indeed the Chinese government itself were responsible is the simple, terrifying truth that individual hackers now have access to the same arsenal of cyber weapons once reserved only for nation states. Read More WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Securing Virtualized Data Centers - ebook The appeal of the cost savings, flexible capacity, and failover that virtualization enables is undeniable. The big question is can today's datacenter balance this increased flexibility with the need to maintain security policies and control over applications, along with the ability to prove compliance? This ebook provides the answers to critical virtualization security questions. Read Now In this Issue How will NASA defend Earth against killer asteroids and comets? China hacks used as lure for more targeted attacks Web users warned about hoax Amazon emails Users on hacked site used 'trivial' passwords Creating Secure Passwords You Can Remember IE attacks pose small threat to U.S., big risk to China Google's China Challenge: How It Came to This Baidu lawsuit: Register.com rep refused aid after hack WHITE PAPER: Zscaler How Hackers are Targeting Enterprise Users via Web 2.0 Browser Exploits Securing enterprise servers with firewalls and intrusion detection is critical, but the most common threats are executed on thousands of mobile end users through the Web. Lean how to protect your clients with more than desktop anti-virus/anti-spyware and HIPS. Learn more! How will NASA defend Earth against killer asteroids and comets? Combinations of space- and ground-based telescopes may be the most economically palpable defenses NASA can mount against asteroids and comets heading toward Earth, but there are more advanced defenses involving spacecraft and nuclear Read More China hacks used as lure for more targeted attacks Malicious hackers have begun using the recent cyberattacks against Google and more than 30 other companies as lures for launching even more targeted attacks, security firm F-Secure said in a blog post today. Read More WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard 6 Steps to Evaluating Web Filtering Web filtering that doesn't compromise network performance is just one of the critical steps when considering this technology. This paper guides you through the pros and cons of a software-based solution vs. an appliance-based filter and advises on considerations ranging from implications of your acceptable use policy to properly authenticating individuals. Read More Web users warned about hoax Amazon emails Web users are warned about hoax emails claiming to be from etailer Amazon. Read More Users on hacked site used 'trivial' passwords The hackers who stole and published 33 million passwords from the Rockyou.com website in December needn't have bothered, a security company has revealed. Many of them were so trivial they could have been guessed anyway. Read More WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Direct Access and UAG Better Together Direct Access (DA) is a game-changing technology for remote access in your company; removing the need for a VPN all together. Within Microsoft, we've seen great productivity benefits to end users. We surveyed users from our DA pilot and over 87% saw instant productivity gains, overall resulting in net benefit of ~1 hour each day for users. Furthermore, Microsoft operations is saving costs by things such as not having to convert internet connected sites to dedicated lines. For more information on the business value of DA and Microsoft's implementation, watch the Direct Access MSIT video. Learn More Now Creating Secure Passwords You Can Remember Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates declared the password dead. He told his audience that the password can't meet the challenge of keeping sensitive information protected, saying "People use the same password on different systems, they write them down and they just don't meet the challenge for anything you really want to secure." Read More IE attacks pose small threat to U.S., big risk to China Security researchers say that the hackers exploiting an Internet Explorer bug are far more likely to hit Chinese computers users than those in the U.S. The hackers are believed to be working from China. Read More Google's China Challenge: How It Came to This Google's getting some moral support from the government in its decision to stop censoring search in China. Read More Baidu lawsuit: Register.com rep refused aid after hack Chinese search engine Baidu.com was stranded without technical support from its U.S. domain registrar immediately after being hacked last week, Baidu has alleged in its lawsuit against the registrar. Read More
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