Feds grab 163 web sites, snatch $21.6 million in NFL counterfeit gear strike

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	Feds grab 163 web sites, snatch $21.6 million in NFL counterfeit gear strike As they have for the past few years the US Customs department teamed with the National Football League to cut into the lucrative counterfeit sports gear market. In what the feds called "Operation Team Player," special agents from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and officers from Customs and Border Protection worked with the National Football League (NFL) and other sports leagues along with law enforcement agencies to identify illegal shipments imported into the U.S., as well as stores and vendors selling counterfeit trademarked items. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Smarter analytics on IBM POWER7 for Retail The retail landscape is changing—industry leaders are enhancing their interactions with customers through insights gained from all channels. Read the white paper and see how IBM POWER7 smarter analytics can gather and analyze shopper information to personalize retail experiences, drive more sales, gain loyalty and improve supplier collaboration. Learn More In this Issue iOS vs. Android: Which is more secure? No Cybersecurity Love from President Obama The top 5 security threats to watch for in 2014 Criminals use Java to infect Linux and Mac users with DDoS bot Cloud availability trumps security concerns when it comes to Shadow IT Best practices for network security management GoDaddy owns up to role in Twitter account hijacking incident Pharmaceutical IT chief melds five cloud security companies to bolt down resource access WEBCAST: Dell Inc. Make the Challenges of Remote Office IT a Thing of the Past Join us to see why PC Pro named Dell PowerEdge VRTX the "2013 Server of the Year." PowerEdge VRTX may be just what you need in your remote and branch offices to redefine your IT operations. Take advantage of the onboard shared storage, then scale over time as needed. Learn more iOS vs. Android: Which is more secure? With millions of new iOS and Android devices pouring into the enterprise every quarter, it's important to know just how much risk these devices bring -- and if one mobile operating system has an edge over another when it comes to securing enterprise applications and data. Read More No Cybersecurity Love from President Obama I started my high tech career in 1987, when I arrived at EMC fresh out of business school. The CEO at that time was Richard Egan, the "E" in EMC. At each quarterly meeting, Mr. Egan would get up in front of the entire company, review the quarterly objectives he had set forth for the company at the previous meeting, and grade the company on its ability to meet stated goals. This review kept the... Read More WEBCAST: IBM IBM Intelligent Investigation Manager: Online Product Demo Intelligent Investigation Manager optimizes fraud investigation and analysis and it dynamically coordinates and reports on cases, provides analysis and visualization, and enables more efficient and effective investigations. Learn More. The top 5 security threats to watch for in 2014 The year's barely started, and we've already had enough data breaches at major retailers to make a barter economy seem like a good idea. Unfortunately there are yet more security threats to look forward to in 2014. Here are the biggest ones we anticipate. Read More Criminals use Java to infect Linux and Mac users with DDoS bot Criminals are once again using Java's cross-platform design to add Linux and Mac users to their usual Windows target list, Kaspersky Lab's researchers have discovered. Read More WHITE PAPER: Crittercism Getting Agnostic about Mobile Devices The need for flawless, high-performing mobile apps is critical, yet many organizations struggle. This paper explains how to accurately analyze performance of mobile apps, calculate the cost of app failure, and how to develop, deploy and test mobile apps so that malfunctions don't happen. Read more! Cloud availability trumps security concerns when it comes to Shadow IT As pressure mounts to deliver value with ever-increasing speed, lines of business (LOB) are often drawn to cloud computing's ease of use, flexibility and rapid time-to-value. The resultant Shadow IT created by use of consumer grade cloud computing resources usually raises questions about enterprise security, but the real risk is the potential for downtime due to inadequate availability. Read More Best practices for network security management With visibility on both the network and device level, tremendous amounts of data are translated into intelligence that deciphers complicated network security transactions into manageable, actionable information. Read More GoDaddy owns up to role in Twitter account hijacking incident GoDaddy has acknowledged that one of its employees fell victim to a social engineering attack allowing a hacker to take over a customer's domain names and eventually extort a coveted Twitter user name from him. PayPal, which the victim claimed also played a role in the attack, denied the accusations. Read More Pharmaceutical IT chief melds five cloud security companies to bolt down resource access Having migrated his company from on-site servers and applications to a cloud-based software-as-a-service, Nathan McBride, vice president of information technology at AMAG Pharmaceuticals, is now working to influence security by getting five cloud security service providers to build what he wants. Read More
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