Dexter malware infects point-of-sale systems worldwide, researchers say

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	Dexter malware infects point-of-sale systems worldwide, researchers say Researchers from Israel-based IT security firm Seculert have uncovered a custom-made piece of malware that infected hundreds of point-of-sale (PoS) systems from businesses in 40 countries in the past few months and stole the data of tens of thousands of payment cards. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Sourcefire Your Company Has Just Been Attacked by Malware – Now What? Sophisticated malware attacks can take any organization by surprise. Silver bullet solutions don't work. Sourcefire's Advanced Malware Survival Kit gives you a better way to defend against and respond to today's advanced malware attacks – before, during and after the threat. Download our Incident Response Brief: 4 keys to effective malware defense/response strategies. In this Issue Enterprises Are Buying Host-based Advanced Malware Detection/Prevention Tools to Capture Forensic Data Intelligence report predicts IT in 2030, a world of cyborgs with Asia as top power Privacy group files complaint against kids' mobile game maker Ransom hackers encrypt medical centre's entire database The cyberwar doctrine debate: Meaningful without international sign on? Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 Ghostshell takes credit for extensive hack of government, private websites Survey: 1 in 3 'mission-critical' applications now in cloud WEBCAST: HP Storage in the Cloud Cloud will impact your storage environment. Hear what a HP Storage expert has to say. View Now! Enterprises Are Buying Host-based Advanced Malware Detection/Prevention Tools to Capture Forensic Data APTs and advanced malware are having a profound effect on cybersecurity technologies. One notable change is the rise of new Advanced Malware Detection/Prevention (AMD/P) technologies from vendors like Bit9, Bromium, CounterTack, Invincea, Malwarebytes, and Sourcefire that detect and block advanced malware on servers and endpoints. Read More Intelligence report predicts IT in 2030, a world of cyborgs with Asia as top power A report on Global Trends comes out about every four years and tries to give a strategic overview with various future scenarios. Yesterday the National Intelligence Council (NIC), which is made up of 17 U.S. government intelligence agencies, released the 140-page report Global Trends 2030 (GT2030) Alternate Worlds. Read More WEBCAST: PhoneFactor Strong Security for Remote Workers Is Just a Phone Call Away Join Steve Dispensa, PhoneFactor Chief Technology Officer, and Sarah Fender, PhoneFactor Vice President of Marketing & Product Management, to learn how phone-based authentication is helping companies tackle complex authentication challenges. Learn More Privacy group files complaint against kids' mobile game maker The popular mobile children's game Mobbles collects personal information from children without providing notice to parents or attempting to get parental consent, in violation of U.S. law, a privacy group said in a complaint to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. Read More Ransom hackers encrypt medical centre's entire database An Australian medical centre is reportedly considering paying a ransom demand of $4,000 AUD (APS2,600) after blackmailers broke into the organisation's servers and encrypted its entire patient database. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation Unified Threat Management: A Better Approach to Security In this Webcast you will learn how Unified Threat Management (UTM) combines firewall, IPS, Web filtering, antivirus and more in a single box to combat a broad range of threats efficiently and economically. Learn More. The cyberwar doctrine debate: Meaningful without international sign on? As U.S. officials wrestle with the development of a cyberwar doctrine, there is a bit of wrestling in the security community about whether any doctrine will be worth much if other nation states don't sign on to it as well. Read More Top network and IT industry stories of 2012 The cloud, tablets, software-defined networking, IPv6 and 4G wireless reshape the enterprise IT landscape in 2012 Read More Ghostshell takes credit for extensive hack of government, private websites The hacktivist group Team Ghostshell took credit Monday for the release of 1.6 million accounts and records stolen from government and private organizations covering aerospace, law enforcement, the military, the defense industry and banking. Read More Survey: 1 in 3 'mission-critical' applications now in cloud About 1 in 3 "mission-critical" applications are currently in the cloud, and this is expected to increase to 1 in 2 by 2015, according to a survey of 400 IT and business managers published today. Read More
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