Low-threat worm caused 'most significant breach' of U.S. military net

	IBM: Cybersecurity problems are hitting record levels | Scammers hit Twitter, Facebook, send free iPad spam
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	Low-threat worm caused 'most significant breach' of U.S. military net The most significant breach of U.S. military computers ever was carried out in 2008 by W32.SillyFDC, a low-level-threat worm that got into the network via a thumb drive plugged into a military laptop. Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Where Compliance and Data Protection Overlap Today's CISOs face more challenges than ever, including increased and more sophisticated threats, complex IT environments, decreased budgets, and greater compliance pressures. But these challenges present opportunity. Learn how CISOs can play these challenges to their advantage to meet both data protection and compliance demands. Read More! In this Issue IBM: Cybersecurity problems are hitting record levels Scammers hit Twitter, Facebook, send free iPad spam Microsoft pulls a "Facebook" by exposing Windows Live users' names NSF awards $20M to jazz up university research networks Report: Sun, Microsoft and Mozilla leave the most vulnerabilities unpatched Facebook to pull IE6 plug for Chat Nasty auto robocaller forced to pay $2.3M, sell Mercedes Google defends Android Market license server, despite reported hack Attack of the Flash cookie zombies Windows DLL exploits boom; hackers post attacks for 40-plus apps FTC drops P2P file sharing probe of LimeWire WHITE PAPER: NetGear In-The-Cloud Distributed Spam Analysis Technology Distributed Spam Analysis technology provides the best protection against email-borne threats by providing more frequent threat updates that can quickly be leveraged by security solutions. Learn more. IBM: Cybersecurity problems are hitting record levels Cybersecurity vulnerabilities in key corproate tools such as Web apps, JavaScriot, PDFs, are increasing dramatically, having reached record levels for the first half of 2010, according to security watchers on IBM's X-Force research and development team. Read More Scammers hit Twitter, Facebook, send free iPad spam Facebook and Twitter users are complaining about their accounts being compromised and then being used to spam friends with suspicious "free iPad offers." Read More Microsoft pulls a "Facebook" by exposing Windows Live users' names Users remain outraged that changes in the privacy settings for Windows Live made in June have exposed their names and other data, with no fix in sight. Microsoft also managed to anger users of its free online services by merging friend lists from previously separate online services and by deleting data that didn't comply with revised versions of the tools. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Strategies for PST File Elimination This paper will review the Mimosa NearPoint™ for Microsoft® Exchange disk-based data management solution, which optimizes the storage capabilities of Microsoft Exchange. Read Now. NSF awards $20M to jazz up university research networks The National Science Foundation this week said it spread $20 million across 17 universities or state education groups to enhance broadband access and bolster Internet connectivity for academic research at schools. Read More Report: Sun, Microsoft and Mozilla leave the most vulnerabilities unpatched Sun is the king of unpatched software vulnerabilities followed closely by Microsoft and Mozilla, according to the mid-year security report by IBM's X-Force. Read More Facebook to pull IE6 plug for Chat Facebook today announced that chat support for Microsoft's IE6 browser will be dropped on Sept. 15. Read More WHITE PAPER: RIM BlackBerry MVSv5.0 Feature Comparison BlackBerry® Mobile Voice System (BlackBerry® MVS) has transformed . Read this graph to see the evolution of End User Features from BlackBerry MVS 4.6 to BlackBerry MVS Server 4.6.1 for Cisco® Unified Communications Manager v6.1 and later finally to BlackBerry MVS 5.0. Read Now Nasty auto robocaller forced to pay $2.3M, sell Mercedes At least this time one of these scammers is actually being hit in the wallet. Under a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission one of the telemarketers who blasted consumers with millions of illegal auto warranty robocalls last year will pay approximately $2.3 million in redress and give up his Mercedes. Read More Google defends Android Market license server, despite reported hack Android Market license server still a "significant step forward" against software piracy, Google maintains Read More Attack of the Flash cookie zombies Don't look now, but the Flash Zombies are after you. Read More Windows DLL exploits boom; hackers post attacks for 40-plus apps Some of the world's most popular Windows programs are vulnerable to a major bug in how they load critical code libraries, according to sites tracking attack code. Read More FTC drops P2P file sharing probe of LimeWire The Federal Trade Commission announced it has dropped an investigation into the file sharing software distributed by embattled LimeWare. Read More
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