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	FBI busts 24 in massive international online financial crime takedown The FBI today said it directed what it called the largest coordinated international law enforcement action in its history directed at online "carding" crimes typically involving stolen credit card, bank account or personal identification information of hundreds of thousands of victims around the world. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds Top 5 Reasons to Choose SolarWinds® LEM Over Splunk®. SolarWinds Log & Event Manager (LEM), with node-based licensing that lets you pay only for what you monitor, is an affordable alternative to volume-based Splunk pricing. With real-time, in-memory event log correlation, active response technology and advanced IT search, you get all the features of a powerful SIEM solution, at an affordable price! Interested in learning more about powerful SIEM software for log collection, analysis and event management from SolarWinds? Click here to learn more and why to choose SolarWinds LEM over Splunk! In this Issue LinkedIn lawsuit, stealing your password via LinkedIn phishing, password reuse The 10 most demanding jobs in IT Bank hack: 'Operation High Roller' has netted $78M – so far President Obama: Romney would be "outsourcer in chief" Top CIOs take home seven-figure pay packages Cyber Security: LulzSec hackers plead guilty to DDoS Attack on SOCA website Advanced persistent threats can be beaten, says expert FTC files lawsuit over data breaches at large hotel operator Summer security concerns: 4 warm-weather worries WHITE PAPER: Sourcefire, Inc. Sourcefire FireSIGHT: Context-Aware and Adaptive Security Learn why Context-Aware and Adaptive Security is the key to effective protection today. View Now LinkedIn lawsuit, stealing your password via LinkedIn phishing, password reuse The fallout over the password breach continues for LinkedIn which is facing a $5 million class-action lawsuit [PDF] after 6.5 million users had their passwords stolen. Read More The 10 most demanding jobs in IT What are the 10 most demanding jobs in IT? Read More Bank hack: 'Operation High Roller' has netted $78M – so far A global fraud ring has been targeting high net-worth businesses and individuals has netted the criminals an estimated $78 million (60 million euros). Read More WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks Firewall Buyers Guide Palo Alto Networks has asked IANS Research, an independent IT security, risk, and compliance research organization, to set the context for this Firewall Buyers Guide by evaluating how aspects of today's network security operations are changing, how user behaviors are shifting and the complexity of threats is increasing, and more. View Now President Obama: Romney would be "outsourcer in chief" Outsourcing has become a hot political football lately as the overall rhetoric builds in this presidential election year. The latest round of shots this time comes from President Obama who has released ads in Iowa, Ohio and Virginia that say presidential challenger Mitt Romney would be the "outsourcer-in-chief" should he be elected. Read More Top CIOs take home seven-figure pay packages CIOs and senior IT leaders have ascended the ranks of corporate America, and in some cases, they rate among the most highly paid executives at the largest U.S. companies. IT leaders at Fortune 500 companies including Aetna, Gap, FedEx, Home Depot and Walgreens took home multimillion-dollar pay packages in 2011. Read More Cyber Security: LulzSec hackers plead guilty to DDoS Attack on SOCA website Two teenage members of the LulzSec hacking group have pleaded guilty to charges that they attacked Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) website. Read More WHITE PAPER: Check Point Software Check Point 3D Security Analysis Report Tool Reduce security risks with the Check Point 3D Security Analysis tool. This comprehensive security analysis provides an easy-to-read report that summarizes security events, their risks, and remediation. See sample report View Now Advanced persistent threats can be beaten, says expert Officially, advanced persistent threats (APTs) from China are not even happening. But everybody in information security, especially those trying to protect enterprises from economic espionage, knows that APTs, typically originating in China, are a fact of life in the cyber world, government denials notwithstanding. Read More FTC files lawsuit over data breaches at large hotel operator The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has filed a lawsuit against hotel operator Wyndham Worldwide and three of its subsidiaries after three data breaches at Wyndham hotels in less than two years, the agency announced Tuesday. Read More Summer security concerns: 4 warm-weather worries Think summer means emptier offices and less to worry about in the security department? Not anymore. Read More
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