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	FAQ: The Kneber botnet revealed Security vendor NetWitness recently tapped into the logs of a command-and-control server for a botnet it calls Kneber, which has infected at least 75,000 computers at 2,500 companies and government agencies worldwide. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Connecting to Better Customer Service Less than a third of surveyed IT executives believe their companies are "highly effective" at adapting to changing customer needs and priorities. Businesses that build a robust voice and data network infrastructure can achieve a high level of responsiveness, and transform customer information and feedback into actionable results. Click here. In this Issue Active Directory: 10 years old and thinking cloud Making Things Worse With IT Security Technology Awareness: Four Signs of an Easy Victim on Social Networks ShmooCon: Inside FarmVille's Sinister Underbelly City of Norfolk hit with code that takes out nearly 800 PCs Microsoft says rootkit caused Windows blue screens Web 2.0 is biggest security threat for businesses Pa. schools spy on students using laptop webcams, claims lawsuit Facebook hit with class action over privacy changes EPIC files privacy complaint against Google Buzz WHITE PAPER: NetApp Inefficiencies Behind Exchange, SQL Server, More Discover four current Microsoft application infrastructure challenges and why recent changes in Microsoft infrastructures create a compelling opportunity to improve underlying storage infrastructures right now. Learn more! Active Directory: 10 years old and thinking cloud Ten years ago, Microsoft released its Active Directory technology to skepticism that it could build an infrastructure technology to anchor user management and access control. Today the software is an integral part of nearly every corporate network and stands ready for its next frontier: public and private clouds. Read More Making Things Worse With IT Security Technology Companies are widening their security holes by haphazardly installing all the technological defenses they've purchased. Read More Awareness: Four Signs of an Easy Victim on Social Networks What makes cyber criminals target you in a social network scam? Sophos' recent study identifies the signs of a soft target online. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Inc. Effectively Optimize your SSL VPN Guarantee your SSL VPN is operating at peak performance by selecting a robust and cost-effective WAN optimization solution. Support a secure and low-latency VPN that allows employees to work productively from anywhere. Download this whitepaper to learn more. Learn More ShmooCon: Inside FarmVille's Sinister Underbelly You love Facebook apps like FarmVille and Mafia Wars and think they're perfectly safe, right? Think again. Read More City of Norfolk hit with code that takes out nearly 800 PCs Malicious code that mysteriously found its way onto an internal virtual print server took out nearly 800 computers used by the city of Norfolk, Virginia, last week. Read More Microsoft says rootkit caused Windows blue screens Microsoft confirmed that a rootkit caused Windows PCs to crash after users applied a security patch issued last week. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM NWW Profiting from PCI Compliance Working together, the major payment card providers have developed a set of data security standards and created a council for enforcing them. For many companies, regulatory compliance can already be an overwhelming and confusing area to navigate, and the need to comply with the PCI DSS might feel like yet another burden. Learn More Now Web 2.0 is biggest security threat for businesses Four in five IT professionals believe Web 2.0 based malware will pose a big security threat this year, says Webroot. Read More Pa. schools spy on students using laptop webcams, claims lawsuit A suburban Philadelphia school district remotely activates the cameras in school-provided laptops to spy on students in their homes, a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday alleged. Read More Facebook hit with class action over privacy changes A class action lawsuit has been filed against Facebook over changes that the social networking site made to its privacy settings last November and December. Read More EPIC files privacy complaint against Google Buzz Despite the changes that Google has made to Buzz following negative reaction to the service, the Electronic Privacy Information Center has filed a complaint with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission charging the search giant with violating user privacy. Read More
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