FTC escalates anti-robocall campaign – takes out 5 mass callers

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	FTC escalates anti-robocall campaign – takes out 5 mass callers Just two weeks after it challenged the public to come up with a better technological way to stop incessant robocalling, the Federal Trade Commission pulled the plug on five mass calling companies it said were allegedly responsible for millions of illegal pre-recorded calls from "Rachel" and others from "Cardholder Ser Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell SonicWall Why Protection and Performance Matters Outdated firewalls can pose serious security risks and simply adding malware protection inhibits performance. Dell SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls overcome these limitations with multi-core architecture and Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection for unrivaled protection and performance. Read Now! In this Issue Unprotected Apache server status pages put popular websites at risk Hitting back at cyberattackers: Experts discuss pros and cons Security research labels more than 290,000 Google Play Android apps as 'high-risk' Hacker forums used to induct new criminals, report finds Malware infects 13 percent of North American home networks Privacy experts criticize moves to sidestep IE10's default Do Not Track settings 12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros One year after DigiNotar breach, Fox-IT details extent of compromise Big Brother Surveillance Secrets Have Practically Outlawed Privacy RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn LogMeIn Central: Automate, Monitor and Manage PCs. LogMeIn lets you Monitor and Manage PCs, deliver patches and updates to multiple PCS simultaneously. Central helps IT deliver seamless support that keeps employees productive and up and running. LogMeIn Central - automate routine tasks and do more. Free Trial Unprotected Apache server status pages put popular websites at risk Many Apache Web servers, including those hosting some popular websites, expose information about the internal structure of the sites they host, the IP (Internet Protocol) addresses of their visitors, the resources users access and other potentially sensitive details because their status pages are left unprotected. Read More Hitting back at cyberattackers: Experts discuss pros and cons The questions are being asked more often: When a cyberattack hits your network, is it right to launch a counter-attack of some type to try to at least identify the source if not stop it? Since the wheels of justice do indeed grind slowly, should frustrated IT professionals with security skills take matters into their own hands or hire others to do so? Read More Security research labels more than 290,000 Google Play Android apps as 'high-risk' One-quarter of more than 400,000 Android apps examined in the Google Play store pose security risks to mobile-device users, according to new research. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Systems Forrester: Virtualization and the Mobile Workspace How will you meet evolving security requirements? Discover IT approaches to BYOD and other workspace challenges in a Forrester study that examines policy management, desktop virtualization and mobility solutions. Read Now Hacker forums used to induct new criminals, report finds Hacker forums have become a critical global channel through which aspiring criminals are inducted into the ranks of professional cybercrime, an analysis of some of the most popular discussion sites by security company Imperva has found. Read More Malware infects 13 percent of North American home networks Some 13 percent of home networks in North America are infected with malware, half of them with "serious" threats, according to a report released Wednesday by a cyber-security company. Read More Privacy experts criticize moves to sidestep IE10's default Do Not Track settings When it comes to consumers' rights to control their own browsers, everybody wants to sound like they're pro-choice. But with many millions of advertising dollars on the line, the definition of pro-choice tends to align with the financial interests of those doing the defining. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Optimizing the Datacenter By embracing application and server consolidation strategies, IT managers can gain real efficiencies that lower costs and streamline operations. Oracle's servers offer the scalability required to tackle consolidation projects. Learn More 12 effective habits of indispensable IT pros Ditch the slackers, take on dirty work, do it with data -- here's how to get the inside track on a highly rewarding career in IT Read More One year after DigiNotar breach, Fox-IT details extent of compromise The 2011 security breach at Dutch certificate authority (CA) DigiNotar resulted in an extensive compromise and was facilitated in part by shortcomings in the company's network segmentation and firewall configuration, according to Fox-IT, the security company contracted by the Dutch government to investigate the incident. Read More Big Brother Surveillance Secrets Have Practically Outlawed Privacy Despite the wrath of Hurricane Sandy, the Supreme Court heard the ACLU argue for the right of Americans to challenge warrantless wiretapping via the FISA Amendment Act law. Read More
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