Zeus trojan is back and targeting Windows Mobile phones

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	Zeus trojan is back and targeting Windows Mobile phones 2011 likely to be a big year for smartphone security as black hats, and white hats, turn their attention to it.A new variant of the Zeus trojan has surfaced and it's targeting Windows Mobile phones. In September a variant was discovered that targeted Symbian and BlackBerry phones. Read More WHITE PAPER: St. Bernard Software Compare Web Filters, Enter to win an iPad View this demo of iPrism Web Filter and learn why throughput speeds of up to 100+ Mbps, anti-virus protection, and seamless Active Directory/Terminal Services integration and reporting included at no charge has made iPrism the appliance-based choice for organizations of all sizes. Learn More In this Issue Memory scraping malware goes after encrypted private information Dumbest tech marketing stunts of all time Kindsight Blends Security with Targeted Behavioral Ads Smartphone Security Threats Overdramatized, Experts Say How to secure Web applications from insecure mobile devices 10 Great Error Messages Disaster recovery trial by fire... literally Can't industry and government 'just get along' for IT security? Secruity bigwigs want more government involvment in cyber security RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial Memory scraping malware goes after encrypted private information What's "pervasive memory scraping" and why is it considered by SANS Institute security researchers to be among the most dangerous attack techniques likely to be used in coming the coming year? Read More Dumbest tech marketing stunts of all time Two Dell employees last week put the maxim "There's no such thing as bad publicity" to the test after a hostage-themed marketing stunt focused on the Dell Streak tablet went about as badly as you'd expect. Read More Kindsight Blends Security with Targeted Behavioral Ads Interview with Kindsight which offers free or paid versions of security services. The free service uses DPI to examine consumers' Internet traffic and then serves up targeted behavioral ads.In a previous post about exploiting deep packet inspection (DPI) surveillance services for marketing, one of the companies we looked at was Kindsight. Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) involves the use of network equipment to intercept, examine, modify, restrict, or copy the content of data communications on the fly. Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign DNSSEC: The Hows and Whys of Implementation Security vulnerabilities are changing the nature of the Internet. Individuals and companies are at risk of cache poisoning and man-in-the-middle attacks. That's why the Domain Name System SecurityExtensions (DNSSEC) are critical toward ensuring adequate protection. Read Now Smartphone Security Threats Overdramatized, Experts Say I was sitting in the middle of one of the most security conscious crowds you'd ever come across--about 200 computer security professionals listening to a high-powered panel on mobile security threats at the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week. Read More How to secure Web applications from insecure mobile devices RSA says 2011 will be the year of mobile device malware and of criminals exploiting these devices to commit fraud and other crimes. With literally billions of devices in use worldwide, it's hard to secure them all. Trusteer takes a different approach: secure the applications people want to access from these mobile devices. The solution involves a secure Web browser on a gateway that the mobile device must use to access the protected application. Read More 10 Great Error Messages A good computing day is an error-free day. Unfortunately, those are rarer than we would like. Have you seen any of these funny and original error messages lately? Read More WHITE PAPER: Polycom NDS thrives with Microsoft-optimized Polycom Solutions Read how NDS Group Lte.'s success in implementing a Unified Collaboration platform based on Microsoft Lync 2010 and Microsoft-optimized Polycom telephony, improved employee productivity, reduced costs and streamlined communications. Read More Disaster recovery trial by fire... literally On a Sunday morning last year, John Brooks received news no one wants to hear. There'd been an electrical fire in the basement of a New York City office tower - where his law firm has an office. Read More Can't industry and government 'just get along' for IT security? RSA panel urges joint solution to guard against cyberwarI noted with interest the "Cyberwar Panel" session at the RSA Conference 2011 just concluded in San Francsco and knew I had to add it to my calendar. A similar panel at the 2010 conference drew a big audience and a robust debate about it in comments here to that post a year ago. Read More Secruity bigwigs want more government involvment in cyber security Schneier, McConnell, Chertoff urge joint solution to guard against cyberwar during RSA panelI noted with interest the "Cyberwar Panel" session at the RSA Conference 2011 just concluded in San Francsco and knew I had to add it to my calendar. A similar panel at the 2010 conference drew a big audience and a robust debate about it in comments here to that post a year ago. Read More
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