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	Obama may toughen Internet privacy rules, report says The Obama administration is reportedly considering plans to step up policing of Internet privacy issues and to establish a new position to direct the effort. 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 Best practices for SIEM deployments Phishing Attack Targets Merchant Accounts Bugs & Fixes: Beware OS X 10.6.5 and PGP WDE protected drive Facebook API flaw discovered Sarah Palin hacker Kernell gets one-year sentence Satellite moved to die a quicker death, reduce space junk Is there free stuff for online security? Yes! Privacy Commissioner highlights flaws in telco bill Amazon pulls pedophile how-to manual 5 Tips for the New Tech Support Pro New Stuxnet clues suggest sabotage of Iran's uranium enrichment program WHITE PAPER: Websense, Inc. Buyers Guide to Data Loss Prevention Solutions This guide provides a list of recommended features and capabilities for buyers to consider when purchasing a DLP solution. Buyers can also use this guide to develop requests for proposals, as well as to help differentiate one vendor's products from another during demonstrations and proof-of-concepts. Read More Best practices for SIEM deployments The 2010 Data Breach Investigations Report published by the Verizon Business RISK Team has a shocking statistic about the effectiveness of log analysis in helping organizations discover that they've been a victim of a security breach. According to Verizon, logs are available in nearly 90% of the breaches they've investigated, but effective in discovering the breach less than 5% of the time. This article outlines some best practices for deploying a security information event management (SIEM) solution to put those logs to better use. Read More Phishing Attack Targets Merchant Accounts The point of many phishing scams is to gain access to bank or credit account information for financial gain. So, it makes sense to target users or accounts with the highest odds of containing substantial amounts of money. That explains a new phishing attack reported by AppRiver which takes aim at customers of Global Payments. Read More Bugs & Fixes: Beware OS X 10.6.5 and PGP WDE protected drive If you are using PGP Whole Disk Encryption, beware of updating to Mac OS X 10.6.5. PGP Technical Support has issued the following alert: Read More WHITE PAPER: Watchguard Unified Threat Management - Market Review Compare the major brands of security products by UTM throughput per MSRP dollar to see where you will get the best value for your money. Find out how you can have full UTM capabilities for comprehensive protection and still have blazing fast throughput to keep your network humming. Read now! Facebook API flaw discovered Social-networking services provider Sendible says it's uncovered a major flaw in how Facebook works and is cooperating with Facebook to fix the issue. Read More Sarah Palin hacker Kernell gets one-year sentence The former college student who guessed his way into Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account during the 2008 U.S. presidential election was sentenced to a year and a day in prison Friday, according to published reports. Read More Satellite moved to die a quicker death, reduce space junk Satellite burns fuel, repositioned to burn up quickerA company operating an environmental monitoring satellite says it has moved one of its spacecraft into a position closer to earth and depleted its propellant with the idea that it will not add to the space Read More WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Defending Against Spyware The startling growth and deceptive methods of spyware can be easily attributed to profit motives. Spyware developers make money from the information that their software silently collects from unsuspecting users. Learn how to protect your information. Read More Is there free stuff for online security? Yes! Security software is a real free-for-all these days. Read More Privacy Commissioner highlights flaws in telco bill The Office of Australian Information Commissioner has warned that potential gaps exist in the privacy safeguards in the Federal Government's proposed Telecommunications Interception and Intelligence Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2010. Read More Amazon pulls pedophile how-to manual The self-published e-book had been on Amazon since Oct. 28 without a ripple or significant sales. That changed dramatically yesterday when word of its availability raced across the Internet, generating boycott threats, and reportedly launching the title to number 80 on Amazon's bestseller list. A statement from Amazon initially indicated that the company would stand by the book sale on free-speech grounds, but the title is no longer available on its site. Read More 5 Tips for the New Tech Support Pro There are two types of tech support professionals. There's the one who, responding to a call for help, brusquely shoves the individual aside, fixes the issue, then leaves without saying a word. Or there's the type who takes time and understands that computers are something the client simply doesn't get. Read More New Stuxnet clues suggest sabotage of Iran's uranium enrichment program Researchers have uncovered new clues that the Stuxnet worm may have been created to sabotage Iranian attempts to turn uranium into atomic bomb-grade fuel. Read More
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