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	Privacy? Run a background check on yourself My company hired a new employee recently and as part of my responsibilities, I ran a basic background check for our new hire. If you've never seen a professional background check, you will most likely be shocked by the level of detail that can be gleaned from public records. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain The Know-IT-All's Guide This fun-to-read but informative ebook can help you successfully plan for eDiscovery and ensure your meetings with legal will never be the same. Read Now. In this Issue Microsoft's anti-Zeus tool cleans quarter-million PCs Best practices for rolling Out 802.1X authentication The Link Between Recent Privacy 'Breaches' Trusteer extends secure browsing services to general businesses Widespread Confusion over Protecting Privacy Half of home Wi-Fi networks vulnerable to hacking IBM uses 'virtual doorman' to lock down cloud computing Limitations of software-as-a-service highlighted at Gartner ITxpo Apps Going Viral: When Your Smartphone Gets Hacked Users neglect Java patches, leave attack door wide open Man pleads guilty to using hack, pump-and-dump botnet Panda Security releases Mac app Facebook battles another privacy firestorm DHS simulates terror attack in subway systems IT industry says improving cyber security will be tough New Rules for Employees' Mobile Device Privacy Zeus botnet gang targets Charles Schwab accounts Comcast begins DNS security rollout Google: Change your password twice a year to keep safe Security guidelines aimed at zapping power industry cyberattacks, malfunctions WHITE PAPER: Array Networks Get Control of Your Datacenter Application Delivery Controller helps IT leverage data center technologies to quickly adapt to changing business demands. Read now! Microsoft's anti-Zeus tool cleans quarter-million PCs Microsoft said its free malware cleaning tool had scrubbed the money-stealing Zeus bot from nearly 275,000 Windows computers in under a week. Read More Best practices for rolling Out 802.1X authentication Many organizations have put off the deployment of IEEE 802.1X authentication for years while waiting for networking and computing vendors to make it easier. Earlier this year, the IT team at Brigham Young University–Hawaii set out to deploy a secure 802.1X Cisco and Xirrus wireless network to serve the university's 3,000 users. The team shares its best practices to ensure a smooth 802.1X implementation in any organization. Read More The Link Between Recent Privacy 'Breaches' Facebook has been the subject of intense scrutiny over privacy concerns...again. Or, is it still? Facebook is not alone, however, as Twitter and Android have also been recent targets of privacy ire. Each of these privacy incidents has something else in common as well--they are a result of relationships with third-parties that users have approved. Read More Trusteer extends secure browsing services to general businesses Trusteer is expanding its secure-browsing service beyond financial institutions to general businesses with a new offering that goes beyond protections for consumers accessing their bank accounts. Read More Widespread Confusion over Protecting Privacy Are you taking the appropriate steps to protect your identity and privacy online? A new survey from Anonymizer suggests that not only is there a good chance you're not, but that you don't even clearly understand what those steps might be. Read More Half of home Wi-Fi networks vulnerable to hacking Nearly half of all home Wi-Fi networks could be hacked within five seconds, says CPP. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Building a Cure for the Next-Generation Data Center In this era of real-time medicine, global collaboration and electronic health records, healthcare organizations are challenged to deliver mission-critical services inexpensively. Adopting a converged, next-generation data center architecture built on open standards allows you to roll out promising new apps without breaking the bank. Read Now IBM uses 'virtual doorman' to lock down cloud computing IBM has developed a new rootkit-detection system designed to make it easier to detect malicious attacks on virtualized data centers. Read More Limitations of software-as-a-service highlighted at Gartner ITxpo ORLANDOD -- Software-as-a-service (SaaS) may offer the advantage of application-based computing you can pay for as needed, but there are pitfalls, too, that are becoming increasingly evident, according to Gartner analyst Robert DeSisto. Read More Apps Going Viral: When Your Smartphone Gets Hacked How secure is banking on your iPhone? How sure are you that those app developers have plugged those security holes? So far, there isn't much malicious code out there targeted at smartphones, but that soon may change as smartphone sales surpass those of laptop and desktop machines. Read More Users neglect Java patches, leave attack door wide open Oracle should piggyback on Microsoft's update service to boost users' chances of running a patched version of Java, a security expert said. Read More Man pleads guilty to using hack, pump-and-dump botnet A Chandler, Arizona, man has pleaded guilty to charges related to his role in a pump-and-dump scam that inflated penny stock prices via spam and hacked computers. Read More Panda Security releases Mac app Panda Security has announced Panda Antivirus for Mac. In doing so, the company must answer the same question faced by every other security vendor trying to sell in this market: Do Macs really need protecting? Read More WHITE PAPER: Emerson Network Power 10 reasons for MergePoint Infrastructure Explorer Software. To operate at peak efficiency, the data center manager must have immediate access to the right information. With the Avocent infrastructure planning and management solution, you can quickly realize the benefits of predictive simulation and modeling for every device in your data center. Read now. Facebook battles another privacy firestorm Facebook contended that reports that the private data of users has been revealed to third part firms have been 'exaggerated.' Read More DHS simulates terror attack in subway systems In 1995, the subway system in Tokyo was the target of a domestic terrorism attack involving a potent gas called sarin, a chemical weapon that can cause neurological damage and even death. In five coordinated incidents, members of a radical-religious group known as Aum Shinrikyo released the sarin gas on five trains in the Tokyo subway system. The attack killed 12 commuters, seriously injured 54 and affected 980 more who experienced some health effect. The lesson learned in the tragedy was that chemical agents have the potential do widespread damage -- and a subway system provides an ideal environment for dangerous gas to travel fast. Read More IT industry says improving cyber security will be tough Huge improvements are needed in the government's approach to cyber security, the IT security industry has warned ahead of today's Strategic Defence and Security Review. Read More New Rules for Employees' Mobile Device Privacy How CIOs should adjust their privacy policies to conform to the Supreme Court's decision on monitoring employees' text messages. Read More Zeus botnet gang targets Charles Schwab accounts Criminals are now using a Zeus botnet to pillage Charles Schwab investment accounts, a security researcher said. Read More Comcast begins DNS security rollout Comcast has begun migrating its customers to a new Internet security mechanism that will help protect them from being inadvertently routed to phony Web pages for pharming attacks, identity theft and other scams. Read More Google: Change your password twice a year to keep safe Change your passwords twice a year and never reuse them. Those are a few of the tips Google lists in an online security checklist that helps people stay one step ahead of the scammers. Read More Security guidelines aimed at zapping power industry cyberattacks, malfunctions Based on input from the federal government, the North American Electric Reliability Corp., whose mission is to ensure the reliability of the bulk-power system, Thursday sent new security guidelines to about 2,000 electric-power operators to prevent compromise and malfunction of the grid. Read More
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