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	Worst phishing menace may be prepping more dangerous version of itself The single most active group for stealing identities and pilfering electronic bank accounts over the Internet has nearly ground to a halt, but the lull could be the precursor to an even worse crime spree, according to a new study. Read More WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! In this Issue Another Security "Must Read" Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday: Tiny but potent Cisco PGW softswitch susceptible to crash, DoS Report blames 'Avalanche' group for most phishing Remains of the Day: Facebook watches, Letterman switches Budget 2010: Embattled Doc Verification Scheme gets $23.6m QLD to begin trialing biometric licences in August Facebook Backlash Intensifies: What Will You Do? Real legal issues with virtual currencies Identity Finder Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 moves toward final release Inside Sourcefire's Vulnerability Research Team WHITE PAPER: Sophos Best practices for implementing Windows 7 If you're planning to roll out Windows 7, now is the time to review your endpoint and data protection strategies to make sure that you're taking full advantage of the new security features as well as enhancing your overall security for enterprise deployments. Read Now. Another Security "Must Read" After finishing Joseph Menn's book, "Fatal System Error," a few months ago, I blogged about the book's value. This is a no-nonsense profile of the world of cybercrime that anyone associated with cybersecurity policy or practice should read. I've heard similar things about Richard Clarke's new book, "Cyberwar," and am awaiting the shipment of my copy soon. Read More Microsoft's May Patch Tuesday: Tiny but potent It's not the quantity of the security updates issued by Microsoft on Patch Tuesday, but the quality, according to security industry watchers. Microsoft's May seemingly skimpy release of two security bulletins could give IT managers a false sense of security, especially considering one of the vulnerabilities could live on post-patching in third-party applications.Microsoft goes small for next week's... Read More Cisco PGW softswitch susceptible to crash, DoS Cisco's PGW 2200 softswitch line is susceptible to multiple vulnerabilities, including system crash and denial of service. The vulnerabilities were disclosed in a Cisco security advisory this week. Read More Report blames 'Avalanche' group for most phishing A new report blames a single Eastern European gang for about two-thirds of all phishing attempts conducted in the last half of 2009. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Tolly Group Performance Report Tolly Report: "Citrix NetScaler with nCore Outperforms F5 BIG-IP" shows you how Citrix NetScaler beat F5 in head-to-head tests - providing 3X faster Web traffic, lower latency and higher throughput. Learn More! Remains of the Day: Facebook watches, Letterman switches Don't consider your day complete until you have clicked on each and every one of these links, carefully hand-picked for your reading enjoyment by the editors of Macworld. And believe me, we will know if you haven't. (Okay, maybe we won't, but Facebook sure will.) Read More Budget 2010: Embattled Doc Verification Scheme gets $23.6m Another $23.6 million has been poured into identity security policy to refill the coffers of the struggling national Document Verification Service (nDVS). Read More QLD to begin trialing biometric licences in August Queensland's new driver licence will utilise high-end facial recognition technology in a bid to stamp out fraud and identity theft in the state. Read More Facebook Backlash Intensifies: What Will You Do? Things are getting uglier and uglier for Facebook, as the social networking site continues to feel the heat from those upset about its privacy policies. The site is scrambling to defend itself, planning an all-hands privacy summit for Thursday afternoon, and hiring an ex-Bush administration regulator to defend its privacy policies. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! Real legal issues with virtual currencies "Points," "coins," "bucks" and other forms of virtual currency are becoming standard offerings for online game sites, social media sites, retailers and other businesses. Virtual currency systems generate revenue, provide low cost alternatives to credit cards for micropayments, offer prepaid solutions appealing to youth and other users without credit cards, and help companies build attractive loyalty programs. Read More Identity Finder My laptop was a ticking time bomb. Read More Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 moves toward final release Developers and hackers are digging into the latest refresh of the Windows Phone 7 platform from Microsoft. The radically redesigned OS is still on track for Fall release on a new crop of smartphones Read More Inside Sourcefire's Vulnerability Research Team In many IT security shops, administrators rely on open-source tools to keep up with the malware bad guys continue to toss their way. One industry favorite is Sourcefire, parent of the Snort IDS tool and ClamAV. Read More
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