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	IRS needs bigger weapons to fight exploding identity theft-related tax refund fraud schemes There is a battle going on between what seems to be an army of fraudsters bent on using stolen identities to steal tax refunds and the Internal Revenue Service which has weapons to fight the problems but is obviously overwhelmed. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Ipswitch Wired & Wireless Networks? WhatsUp Gold can help! As an IT manager, you're busy taking care of the availability, performance & security of your company's IT infrastructure. But things like BYOD, rogue devices, AP over-subscription & bandwidth policy abuse can make that complex. WhatsUp Gold provides ONE dashboard to visualize, isolate & resolve wireless problems before they impact your organization. Stop being the last to know about your wireless issues- Try WhatsUp Gold free for 30 days! In this Issue Cisco's internal security team fights to corral BYOD, malware and Wild West environment Security Analytics Is In Fact A Big Data Problem When password security questions aren't secure ATM fraudster faces jail after skimming 9,000 PINs ICO fines company for sending 840,000 spam texts a day Internet Explorer 10's 'do not track' risks upsetting users, finds poll Damage from attack on power grid would surpass Sandy PCI internal scan and risk management requirements met by iScan Online WHITE PAPER: Condusiv Technologies (formerly Diskeeper Corporation) What Really Happens to Your Deleted Files You might be surprised! In this White Paper, many of the common and incorrect assumptions about file protection and recovery are detailed as well as a look Condusiv Technologies' Undelete 10, which fills many of the gaps left by other "recovery" methods. Read Now! Cisco's internal security team fights to corral BYOD, malware and Wild West environment Many organizations have a computer security incident response team (CSIRT) that swoops into action to battle malware outbreaks, other types of cyberattacks and possible insider threats, and at networking giant Cisco, that CSIRT team is made up of about 60 people trying to protect a business with about 75,000 employees. Read More Security Analytics Is In Fact A Big Data Problem At the 2012 RSA Security Conference, ESG participated on a panel of experts to discuss whether security analytics would soon be considered "big data." ESG and the other panelists agreed that this intersection was coming, we just weren't sure of the timing. Were we right? ESG recently completed research project to find out. As part of this effort, ESG surveyed 257 security professionals working... Read More WEBCAST: Hortonworks Apache Hadoop Just Got Simpler Hortonworks recently unveiled the Hortonworks Data Platform (HDP), which is 100% open source data management software powered by Apache Hadoop. HDP makes Hadoop easier to install, integrate, manage and use for enterprises and solution providers. View Now When password security questions aren't secure When you select a password, you might choose to store it in a password manager, write it down, or commit it to memory (see "How to remember passwords" for some advice). Sometimes, however, things go wrong: You find yourself without access to your password manager, you lose the paper on which you recorded your passwords, or you forget a password you thought you memorized. Or maybe someone tries to break into one of your accounts, and after a few unsuccessful attempts at entering your password, the site locks out further access until you can confirm your identity. Read More ATM fraudster faces jail after skimming 9,000 PINs A Romanian man faces a jail sentence after being convicted of skimming 9,000 ATM PINs that could have allowed to him steal over APS3 million ($4.8 million) from British victims. Read More WHITE PAPER: Trusteer Dealing with Advanced and Targeted Attacks This whitepaper explains how advanced malware challenges traditional defenses to take advantage of the increased exposure of employee endpoints. It reviews the evolution of advanced targeted attacks and the various approaches used to address them. Learn More. ICO fines company for sending 840,000 spam texts a day The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has slapped a hefty APS440,000 fine on the owners of Tetrus Telecoms for harassing the public with hundreds and thousands of spam texts a day over the past three years. Read More Internet Explorer 10's 'do not track' risks upsetting users, finds poll Microsoft's decision to turn on Internet Explorer 10's 'do not track' setting by default could turn some consumers against the browser if it interferes with features such as password retention and autofill, a new survey has concluded. Read More Damage from attack on power grid would surpass Sandy The U.S. is in urgent need of a nationwide strategy to protect its highly vulnerable electric grid from succumbing to a cyberattack that could cause far more damage than Hurricane Sandy, a recent report said. Read More PCI internal scan and risk management requirements met by iScan Online Last June the PCI Council substantially upped the ante on merchants who use the Internet to store or transmit credit card data. Prior to June merchants who used the Internet (or a public network in the words of the Council), had to have a quarterly external ASV scan. For many smaller merchants this was no more than having an Approved Scanning Vendor (ASV) scan to the router or gateway quarterly.... Read More
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