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[Silvey]

Report: Obama to name cybersecurity czar this week
26 May 2009, 6:00 pm

President Obama is expected to name a cybersecurity czar later this week, the Washington Post reports.

Source: Network World on Security

[Silvey]

7.6 cases of 'spamvertising' and phishing in HK each year
26 May 2009, 6:00 pm

The numbers of 'spamvertising' and phishing cases using '.hk' domains have continued to decrease over the past year, according to the Hong Kong Internet Registration Corp. (HKIRC)." '

Source: Network World on Security

[Silvey]

Mobile phone location technology fights card fraud
26 May 2009, 6:00 pm

Ericsson is courting major banks with a security service the company thinks could cut down on credit card fraud as well as eliminate an inconvenience for travelers using cards overseas.

Source: Network World on Security

[Silvey]

Tipping Point: Attacks from Hong Kong on the rise
26 May 2009, 6:00 pm

The number of attacks originates from Hong Kong is increasing, said Tipping Point recently.

Source: Network World on Security

[Silvey]

Watchful eye better than Web filters
25 May 2009, 6:00 pm

The federal government's Internet filters will be outpaced by the emergence of offensive Web pages and won't stop offensive material appearing in e-mail inboxes, according to the Internet Society of Australia.

Source: Network World on Security

[Silvey]

YouTube hit by porn storm
25 May 2009, 6:00 pm

YouTube users looking for videos for current pre-teen favourites Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers got a nasty surprise.The Google-owned video sharing site had been hit by some 5,000 videos from Japanese bulletin board 4Chan.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

Insurers keep an eye on cloud security threats
22 May 2009, 6:00 pm

Data loss is possible anywhere, including in the networks of cloud computing providers, but the unique challenges there are significant enough that they are getting a special look from insurers.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

Insider at Cal Water steals $9M and runs
22 May 2009, 6:00 pm

On the night of April 27, 2009, hours after he had resigned from his job as an auditor at the California Water Services Company, Abdirahman Ismail Abdi used his still active electronic key card to steal over more than $9 million electronically.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

Yuuguu adds Skype to conferencing app
22 May 2009, 6:00 pm

Web conferencing newcomer Yuuguu has added Skype integration to a roster of features that already lists instant messaging (IM) integration and screen sharing.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

Phishing using scary bait
22 May 2009, 6:00 pm

Job offers in phishing e-mail are designed to trick users into revealing confidential personally identifiable information (PII); they may also be hoping to fool victims into sending criminals some money.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

X86 virutalization not ready for regulated, mission-critical apps, IBM security expert says
21 May 2009, 6:00 pm

X86 virtualization is not ready for highly regulated, mission-critical applications, IBM security expert Joshua Corman argued at Interop Las Vegas this week.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

Twitter hit with phishing attacks
21 May 2009, 6:00 pm

Twitter users who thought friends were directing them to a "funny blog" Thursday ended up experiencing something completely different: a phishing scam.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

Wedded bliss: NAC and identity management
21 May 2009, 11:00 am

Network access control is one of those technology categories that has a lot of promise but not a lot of users, despite the fact that solutions have been available for years. There are so many challenges to deploying a NAC solution, including cost, network security and infrastructure. A couple of veteran Cisco engineers set out to address those challenges and came up with a standards-based solution that combines NAC with identity management.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

Security experts: No Java fix in OS X leaves Macs vulnerable
21 May 2009, 6:00 pm

Last week's sizable Mac OS X 10.5.7 update, which included 20 bug fixes as well as a number of security updates, failed to fix a critical Java flaw security experts have warned.

Source: Network World on Security

[rv56]

iPhones in the enterprise leaving IT pros at wit's end
21 May 2009, 6:00 pm

LAS VEGAS--Executives smitten with iPhones are forcing enterprise IT departments to come up with ways to support the mobile devices even though big security and management questions abound.

IT pros peppered panelists at a standing-room only Interop session titled “The iPhone and the Enterprise: Is this the Future of IT?” with such questions and left without many answers.

One healthcare IT pro said supporting iPhones would be a nightmare given industry data protection regulations and the ability of end users to relatively easily “jailbreak” their iPhones. Another IT pro pointed out that supporting a bunch of native apps on iPhones would seem to run counter to other IT trends, such as the move toward desktop virtualization and centralized applications control.

Panelist J.T. Starzecki, president of application development and consulting company iPhone Zen Masters, acknowledged that IT pros are left with the “dilemma of how to fit iPhones into their current infrastructure” in light of executives adopting iPhones for personal use and then calling on IT to support them in the business.

“iPhone 2.0 made some leaps toward enterprise adoption [with support for Exchange ActiveSync, etc, but it’s not where it should be,” he said.

One big challenge in supporting iPhones is that it’s hard to find an organization that wouldn’t also have a handful of other mobile device types to support, said Adam Blum, CEO of Rhomobile, which makes a framework for building native mobile device apps that can work across platforms. Supporting multiple platforms would only add to an IT department’s workload, he said. “We’ll always have heterogeneity,” he said.

While IT shops might not be happy about losing control over end devices stuffed with applications, Blum said there’s not much they can do about the shift. He noted that some applications, such as GPS and cameras, must be on the end device. He pointed to the emergence of applications on iPhones and other smartphones in the enterprise as part of the seemingly never-ending back and forth nature of centralized and decentralized computing.

While some IT shops might being feeling forced to support iPhones because of top execs’ desires, others might be the supporters themselves. In these cases, the panelists recommended selling higher ups on iPhone support by showing first how it could benefit customers. “The wedge is ‘We want to support our customers,’” Starzecki said.

The panelists pointed to some high profile iPhone business apps, such as AAA enabling customers to report their location via the iPhone and Nationwide allowing insurance clients with iPhones to send in claims data, including accident photos.

Among inhibitors to iPhones taking off in the enterprise is the lack of a good iTunes-like distribution channel for enterprise apps, Blum said. He said enterprise app developers can’t abide by a system that wouldn’t allow them to have more control over when their offerings become available. “This is an area that’s ripe for innovation,” he said.

Source: Network World on Security