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	Zeus Trojan bust reveals sophisticated 'money mules' operation in U.S. Court documents released on Thursday related to indictments over a massive international financial cybercrime operation provide a fascinating -- if scary -- glimpse into how the crooks operated within the U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center In this Issue Introducing the FBI's Zeus Trojan crime ring most wanted poster Debriefing: The 21st-century CSO skills challenge Why did Stuxnet worm spread? In Security Outsourcers We Trust How to Keep Your Kids Safe on Facebook IT industry warned of advanced persistent threats Is Stuxnet an Israeli-invented attack against Iran? Android Apps Spy on Users: 8 Tips to Boost Privacy DHS to Launch SAR Database. In Suspicion and Surveillance We Trust? WHITE PAPER: EMC RSA Solution for Cloud Security and Compliance RSA Solution for Cloud Security and Compliance offers a solid foundation that enables security and compliance of VMware environments to be addressed systematically so organizations can confidently continue their journey to virtualization and cloud computing models Read Now. Introducing the FBI's Zeus Trojan crime ring most wanted poster FBI tackles huge cyber crime investigation Ah their parents must be proud. In one of the largest cyber criminal cases the FBI has ever investigated, the crime fighting agency today released a package of information about the bust this week of an alleged group of criminals that targeted the accounts of medium-sized companies, towns, and even churches. Before they were caught, members of the theft ring managed to steal $70 million, the FBI stated.... Read More Debriefing: The 21st-century CSO skills challenge Security skill 1 Read More Why did Stuxnet worm spread? Stuxnet's inability to stay stealthy may be fall-out from a failure to hit its intended targets last year, security researchers said today. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetGear NETGEAR® Stream Scanning Technology Security solutions must keep a company safe from the constant barrage of Internet-based threats without slowing down the speed of business. Where other technologies have failed, NETGEAR Stream Scanning architecture successfully achieves this balance. Learn more. In Security Outsourcers We Trust The push to shrink security staff means more companies are outsourcing security functions to MSSPs, according to this year's Global Information Security Survey. Read More How to Keep Your Kids Safe on Facebook Boasting 500 million users worldwide and still growing, Facebook is now ubiquitous. Because of its popularity, minors have jumped onto the social media bandwagon, too, and they use networking the same way adults do--to share pictures, connect with friends, organize events, and play social games. And that can be a problem. Read More IT industry warned of advanced persistent threats Singapore's security industry has been strongly urged to re-think the way IT security architectures are designed and built, and to devise strategic solutions to better protect organisations. Read More WEBCAST: Splunk SIM Overview and Market Drivers Forrester Senior Analyst, John Kindervag provides an overview of what issues are driving SIM adoption and some of the key capabilities end users should look for when evaluating a SIM solution. View now! Is Stuxnet an Israeli-invented attack against Iran? Was Stuxnet, a sophisticated piece of malware designed to attack industrial control systems (ICS), secretly invented by Israel to attack Iran's industrial controls systems? Read More Android Apps Spy on Users: 8 Tips to Boost Privacy Worried your Android apps are spying on you? You should be, according to a recent study that found several popular Android Apps regularly share your location and critical phone data such as your phone number with advertisers and others. Researchers from Intel Labs, Penn State, and Duke University randomly selected 30 out of 358 popular apps from the Android Market for this study. The computer scientists were able to track each application's behavior using a special monitoring program called TaintDroid developed by the researchers. Read More DHS to Launch SAR Database. In Suspicion and Surveillance We Trust? On October 12, DHS will implement its database of "suspicious activity reports" (SAR). Read More
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