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	Registry hack allows Windows XP SP2 patching People still running the now-retired Windows XP Service Pack 2 can trick the operating system into installing security updates, a researcher said Monday. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes w/ Security Visionary Nir Zuk Join Nir Zuk, network security visionary and founder of Palo Alto Networks, for a live video interview. Nir was one of the developers of stateful inspection firewall technology, worked on the world's first IPS appliance and is now pioneering next-gen firewalls. Watch Nir speak about the state of info security industry and pose your questions to him. In this Issue The Security Industry Needs to do More Around Web Threats NASA's head techie seeks best systems engineers of the future BlackBerry service to be monitored in Saudi Arabia U.K. bank hit by massive fraud from ZeuS-based botnet Zeus Trojan raids 3,000 UK bank accounts How to Protect Your Smartphone's Valuable Data Tighten Your PC's Security With Encrypt Stick Getting VDI right WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks Re-Inventing Network Security Enterprise networks and applications have evolved but security infrastructure has not. Learn why application visibility and control (regardless of port, protocol, or encryption) are critical for preventing increasingly sophisticated threats that target enterprise users and data. Read now! The Security Industry Needs to do More Around Web Threats If you aren't familiar with web threats you should be. A web threat uses the ubiquity of the WWW as a threat vector to propagate malicious exploits and payloads. Web threats lead to infected PCs with keyboard loggers, botnet code, or traditional worms and viruses. Traditional threats like email viruses and automated Internet worms still exist, but the bad guys now find the web more more effective.... Read More NASA's head techie seeks best systems engineers of the future In an open letter to current and future college students, NASA Chief Technologist Dr. Robert Braun wrote this week that "Good systems engineers are not born; they are created over time." Read More WHITE PAPER: HP IT Lessons from Grade School Many of today's schools have a hodgepodge of outdated, nonstandard PCs, servers and printers, and little—if any—on-site IT support. Yet data collection and reporting requirements are driving school districts to upgrade and centralize their IT systems. Read Now BlackBerry service to be monitored in Saudi Arabia BlackBerry data services can continue in Saudi Arabia after Research in Motion agreed to monitoring of e-mail and instant messaging data services, an official of the country's regulator, Communications and Information Technology Commission, (CITC) said on Tuesday. Read More U.K. bank hit by massive fraud from ZeuS-based botnet Security vendor M86 Security says it's discovered that a U.K.-based bank has suffered almost $900,000 (675,000 Euros) in fraudulent bank-funds transfers due to the ZeuS Trojan malware that has been targeting the institution. Read More E-GUIDE: Force10 Networks Inc. Examining Nuances of the Cloud Choosing the best cloud strategy means understanding the promises and pitfalls of each approach. This Network World eGuide provides expert articles on the nuances between different cloud strategies, best practices on building a hybrid cloud and making sure you have an exit strategy in case the cloud does not work out. Read More Now Zeus Trojan raids 3,000 UK bank accounts The attacks on UK online bank customers just keep coming. This time security company M86 Security has uncovered evidence that the Zeus Trojan recently broke into the accounts of around 3,000 customers at a major high street bank, stealing over $1million. Read More How to Protect Your Smartphone's Valuable Data So you just lost your smartphone. It isn't the end of the world, but it sure feels like it. Read More Tighten Your PC's Security With Encrypt Stick Encrypt Stick (free and $40 versions) is one of the most secure and least intrusive ways to encrypt sensitive data. It leaves no footprint on your (or others') PC, because it resides on and runs off a flash drive, and will run on both PCs and Macs. It also uses polymorphic encryption (the algorithm will change for each device it runs from) that the company claims is 10 times faster than 256-bit AES, and even provides a nifty virtual keyboard to prevent keylogging of any sort. Read More Getting VDI right Desktop virtualization makes it possible to centralize control and simplify management, improve security and compliance, and minimize help desk calls. It isn't perfect for all types of users within the enterprise, but when deployed appropriately, VDI can unlock new capabilities that could never be achieved through traditional physical desktop solutions. Read More
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