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[amysheehan]

Three new options emerge for managing smartphones in the enterprise
12 March 2010, 5:00 pm

The surge of iPhones and other smartphones in the enterprise is a major headache for IT departments. Now, there are three new medicines that may help to ease that pain.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Apple plugs 16 holes in Safari as Pwn2Own looms
12 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Apple has patched 16 bugs in the Safari browser, 12 of them critical, just two weeks before it faces off against rival technologies at the 2010 Pwn2Own hacking challenge.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Security execs express surprise over CISO's firing following RSA talk
12 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Several security executives today expressed surprise over the firing of Pennsylvanias chief information security officer, apparently for publicly speaking about a security incident involving the Commonwealth's online driving exam scheduling system without getting the required approvals first.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Security industry faces attacks it cannot stop
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

At the RSA Conference in San Francisco last week, security vendors pitched their next-generation of security products, promising to protect customers from security threats in the cloud and on mobile devices. But what went largely unsaid was that the industry has failed to protect paying customers from some of today's most pernicious threats.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Tighter security coming for .org names
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

The Public Interest Registry will add an extra layer of security known as DNS Security Extensions (DNSSEC) to the .org domain in June -- a move that will protect millions of non-profit organizations and their donors from hacking attacks known as cache poisoning.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

HSBC: Data theft incident broader than first thought
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

HSBC said Thursday about 15,000 accounts of its Swiss private banking unit were compromised after an employee allegedly stole data, some of which ended up in the hands of French tax authorities.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

IE zero-day exploit code goes public
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

An Israeli researcher has published exploit code for an Internet Explorer zero-day vulnerability that Microsoft had just disclosed on Tuesday.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

EU Parliament rejects ACTA in 663 to 13 vote for openness
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

The EU Parliament has voted 663 to 13 against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), arguing that it contradicts agreed EU laws on counterfeiting and piracy online.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Online banking fraud losses rise to nearly £60 million
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Online banking fraud losses increased by 14 percent to £59.7 million last year, according to the latest figures from The UK Cards Association.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Celebrities caused 2009 Twitter crime wave
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Criminals started targeting Twitter in earnest during a key period in early 2009, and security company Barracuda Labs has worked out why. During the same few weeks a key list of a-list celebrities joined the site.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Online banking fraud surges by 14 percent
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Online banking fraud surged by 14 percent in 2009, says the UK Cards Association.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Biometrics: What, Where and Why
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Biometrics encompasses a variety of methods for ensuring identity based on physical or behavioral traits. Conventional identifying traits include fingerprints, face topology, iris structure, hand geometry, vein structure, voice, signature and keystroke recognition. Emerging technologies analyze characteristics such as gait, odor, and ear shape. Rather than being used in isolation, biometrics systems are increasingly becoming multimodal, an approach that serves both to increase security and overcome failure-to-enroll problems.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Pennsylvania fires CISO over RSA talk
11 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Pennsylvania's chief information security officer, Robert Maley, has been fired, apparently for talking publicly at the RSA security conference last week about a recent incident involving the Commonwealths online driving exam scheduling system.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Hackers love to exploit PDF bugs, says researcher
10 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, F-Secure said today.

Source: Network World on Security

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[amysheehan]

Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day with drive-by attacks
10 March 2010, 5:00 pm

Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE) to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.

Source: Network World on Security

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