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	Microsoft's Security Essentials running on 31 million PCs Microsoft's free antivirus software, Security Essentials, has been installed on 31 million PCs in its first year, the company has announced. Read More WHITE PAPER: Websense Regulatory Compliance: Value of Data Security Solutions Amendments to the Information Technology Act, 2000, have created additional and more stringent compliance requirements relating to cyber security, highlighting more than ever the value of data security solutions. Read More Now In this Issue Google gives URL shortener its own site, touts performance and security FTC slams shut telephone cramming scam DuckDuckGo Doesn't Track Or Share Your Web Searches Too little too late? China's rare earth threat prompts US action The InfoWorld expert guide to Windows 7 security ZeuS trojan bank-theft scheme extends to the U.S. MIT system helps companies recover from network intrusion Android Apps More Open Than Users Know Survey: Cloud security still a struggle for many companies WHITE PAPER: HP Setting Up a Seven-Figure IT Cost Avoidance at JEA Learn how storage acquisition costs are 67% lower, performance is faster, recovery takes minutes instead of days, and a seven figure cost avoidance lies ahead. Read Now Google gives URL shortener its own site, touts performance and security Meet goo.gl - Google's newest websiteURL shorteners have become a ubiquitous presence on the web, largely due to the rise of Twitter. Tinyurl, Bit.ly and the like have come along to make those ugly long URLs look nice and neat in your 140-character Twitter posts. Since they've become so widely used, it only makes sense that the biggest Internet companies would make their own. That's what Google did last December when it introduced a... Read More FTC slams shut telephone cramming scam FTC case shuts cramming business, says scammers must return $37 millionThe Federal Trade Commission today said it had a U.S. district court permanently shut the doors of a company it says placed $37 million worth of bogus charges on the telephone bills of thousands of small businesses and consumers for Internet-related services they never agreed to buy. Read More DuckDuckGo Doesn't Track Or Share Your Web Searches DuckDuckGo is a search engine that protects your privacy. DDG won't track you, log your searches, or turn you over to law enforcement.We all know that Bing and Google search engines automatically track us, since they have a vested interest in delivering ads. Every time you run a search on Google or Bing, there is search leakage; your search terms and personally identifiable information like your IP address and unique User Agent are stored by the search engines and then passed to the sites you click on after searching. Read More WEBCAST: Palo Alto Networks 60 Minutes with Security Visionary Nir Zuk Join Nir Zuk, network security visionary and founder and CTO of Palo Alto Networks, for an interactive online interview with security analyst Mark Bouchard, CISSP. Watch Nir speak about the state of the information security industry. Learn More! Too little too late? China's rare earth threat prompts US action Scarcity of rare earth materials could cause future problems in high-tech, military systemsIn the face of China wielding menacing control over 97% of the world's rare earth materials, the US House of Representatives this week passed a bill that would bolster research and development of the key elements and help find substitutions for the materials. Read More The InfoWorld expert guide to Windows 7 security How to configure Microsoft's new Windows operating system to beat malware and keep data secure Read More ZeuS trojan bank-theft scheme extends to the U.S. More than 60 people will be charged in the U.S. with using the Zeus trojan to steal millions of dollars from U.S. banks as part of a scheme that resulted in similar charges in the U.K. earlier this week. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Security in the Cloud This technology dossier contains four papers that address security considerations in cloud computing. It includes IDG Research results on what IT managers have to say about cloud security, executive viewpoints on blending cloud solutions to optimize security, and a strategy paper that addresses protecting data. Read now! MIT system helps companies recover from network intrusion MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory researchers will next week detail a system they say will make it easier for companies to recover from security intrusions. Read More Android Apps More Open Than Users Know One of the elements of Android that is often touted over iOS and other mobile platforms is that it is open source. The open nature of Android means that vendors can build on and extend the platform, or that developers are free to create apps unfettered by restrictive rules and approval processes. A new report, though, shows that many Android apps take that open nature a bit too far and share sensitive information without the user's knowledge. Read More Survey: Cloud security still a struggle for many companies Despite the value many companies see in cloud computing, a lot of you are still afraid of the security implications, according to this year's Global Information Security Survey. Read More
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