Cyberattacks seen as top threat to zap U.S. power grid; Managing enterprise smartphone risk

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	Cyberattacks seen as top threat to zap U.S. power grid Cyber attacks, pandemics and electromagnetic disturbances are the three top "high impact" risks to the U.S. and Canadian power-generation grids, according to a report from the North American Electric Reliability Corp. (NERC) Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Read SecurityCurve's Analyst WP Enterprises understand the importance of securing web applications to protect critical corporate and customer data. What many don't understand, is how to implement a robust process for integrating security and risk management throughout the web application software development lifecycle. Click to continue In this Issue Endpoint security: managing enterprise smartphone risk Data Protection: SIEM use up in midsized orgs, surveys say FTC cracks down on spyware seller Facebook CEO Sweats Site's Privacy Issues at D8 Panda Security Expands Free Cloud Antivirus Protection 10 most controversial technology stories of 2010 – so far 2010 tech industry graveyard Photo forensics: Identifying faked pictures Microsoft counters report of Google's dumping Windows Facebook likejacking attacks continue with 'Paramore n-a-k-ed photo leaked!' FTC pushes back identity theft rules deadline -- for fifth time What You Don't Know about Your Online Reputation Can Hurt You Google Wi-Fi Snooping Should Serve As Security Wakeup Call RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sophos FREE Encryption Tool from Sophos Encrypt and share your confidential files easily without having a full blown encryption solution in place. Click to continue Endpoint security: managing enterprise smartphone risk Almost by the day, enterprises are becoming more receptive to the consumerisation of IT and introduction of mobile devices and platforms into their environment. Read More Data Protection: SIEM use up in midsized orgs, surveys say Two surveys conducted by the SANS Institute and RSA suggest medium-sized companies are taking the use of SIEM technology to a level more commonly seen in larger enterprises. Here's why. Read More FTC cracks down on spyware seller The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has reached a settlement with Florida spyware vendor CyberSpy Software, two years after suing the company for selling "100 percent undetectable" keylogging software. Read More Facebook CEO Sweats Site's Privacy Issues at D8 Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg responded to criticisms surrounding user privacy and admitted his company had made mistakes during an interview at the D8 conference on Wednesday. The Facebook chief also took questions from the audience denying the rumor that the social network was building a Webmail service to compete with Gmail and Hotmail, according to All Things D. Read More WHITE PAPER: Novell Intelligent Storage Management at the File Level Many storage management tools for file storage are "dumb." They treat all files the same regardless of business relevance and they lack the ability to automate user-storage management tasks or set policies based on business requirements. Learn how to augment your existing storage management system with intelligence at the file level. Read Now Panda Security Expands Free Cloud Antivirus Protection Panda Security blazed new trails in PC security when it launched its free cloud-based antivirus protection last year. Now, Panda Security is expanding the protection provided in the free version, and adding a Pro Edition with additional features and capabilities. Panda Cloud Antivirus delivers malware protection that small and medium businesses need, and the price is right. Read More 10 most controversial technology stories of 2010 – so far digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/10_most_controversial_technology_stories_of_2010_so_far'; Everyone loves a controversial story and the technology industry has been serving them up left and right in 2010, typically featuring big names like Apple, Google and Comcast. Here's a look back at the biggest such headlines so far this year: Read More 2010 tech industry graveyard Here we pay respects to a slew of companies, technologies (including from Google and Microsoft) and ideas that mainly held lots of promise but met or will soon meet their demise for any number of reasons: being ahead of their time; getting whacked by the economy; being surpassed by something new. A few of the bodies are still warm, and there's even the occasional life-after-death experience.Related stories:2009 IT industry graveyard 2008 IT industry graveyard 2007 IT industry graveyard Read More Photo forensics: Identifying faked pictures Recently a family member sent me a set of pictures supposedly showing Mexican headstones with insulting epitaphs: Read More E-GUIDE: Compuware Perfecting Application Performance The enterprise application scene has become increasingly complicated over the years. Things have changed with the rise of Web services, SOA, Virtualization and cloud computing. In this Executive Guide explore how to get the best performance out of today's application environments. Read Now. Microsoft counters report of Google's dumping Windows On the heels of a report that Google will phase out Windows in its workplace over security concerns, Microsoft on Tuesday stood up for its operating system. Read More Facebook likejacking attacks continue with 'Paramore n-a-k-ed photo leaked!' Facebook users are falling for yet another clickjacking scam that fools them into "liking" a page. Read More FTC pushes back identity theft rules deadline -- for fifth time The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has once again pushed back its enforcement deadline for an identity theft --lated regulation called the Red Flags Rule. Read More What You Don't Know about Your Online Reputation Can Hurt You Social networking, and the broader concept of online privacy, have been under some rather intense scrutiny over the past couple of weeks. The issues at Google--voracious indexer of all things Internet, and Facebook--the largest social network and number one most visited site (according to Google) have made many users more acutely aware of what information is available about them on the Internet. However, your online reputation is being used in ways you may not be aware of, and could cost you. Read More Google Wi-Fi Snooping Should Serve As Security Wakeup Call The continuing saga of Google's wireless snooping and the maelstrom it's generated won't end anytime soon. Peeved government officials in both Europe and the U.S. are pressing Google for more details on how the search company's Street View cars managed to cull personal data from Wi-Fi networks that weren't password-protected. Read More
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