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	Consumer groups hammer Facebook privacy violations in federal complaint Detailed legal complaint against Facebook alleges privacy violations stemming from recent feature changes. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More In this Issue Sophos founders in $300 million buyout deal Wi-Fi key-cracking kits sold in China mean free Internet Facebook security flaw makes private chats public Hacker develops multi-platform rootkit for ATMs Real security breaches take time IPv6 tunnel basics Report blames IT staff for school Webcam 'spying' mess IT risk assessment frameworks: real-world experience Symantec Embraces Encryption with New Acquisitions Study: Cost of data breach in U.S. is highest world wide From Microsoft to Adobe insecurity: One man's journey The evil men (can) do with embedded systems Federated identity project on the horizon Verizon and Novell team up on cloud security Security firm reveals Microsoft's 'silent' patches New Facebook Social Features Secretly Add Apps to Profile Michael Dell calls for cybersecurity rethink Microsoft goes small for next week's Patch Tuesday Fast-spreading P2P worm targets USB drives U.S. Treasury Web sites hacked, serving malware WHITE PAPER: Splunk Make IT Data a Strategic Asset This paper outlines the struggles organizations face managing silos of IT data and how, using Splunk, users are changing the way they do their jobs and elevating the role of IT in their organizations. Learn More! Sophos founders in $300 million buyout deal Sophos, the UK-based security and data protection firm, has dropped plans for an IPO and has announced a deal to sell a majority interest in the company to private equity group Apax Partners. Read More Wi-Fi key-cracking kits sold in China mean free Internet Dodgy salesmen in China are making money from long-known weaknesses in a Wi-Fi encryption standard, by selling network key-cracking kits for the average user. Read More Facebook security flaw makes private chats public Facebook is dealing with the fallout of a security hole that gave users the ability to see what their friends were saying to others during private chats Read More Hacker develops multi-platform rootkit for ATMs One year after his Black Hat talk on Automated Teller Machine security vulnerabilities was yanked by his employer, security researcher Barnaby Jack plans to deliver the talk and disclose a new ATM rootkit at the computer security conference. Read More Real security breaches take time In the movies, security breaches are binary affairs. One second the attacker is faced with insurmountable NSA grade encryption, the next they have complete control of everything. Of course, in real life, security breaches are much more boring. A real-life security breach, whether by an external attacker or a disgruntled insider unfolds gradually, over weeks, months or even years. Read More IPv6 tunnel basics More Internet traffic is expected to be carried via tunnels as the Internet infrastructure migrates from IPv4, the current version of the Internet protocol, to the long-anticipated upgrade known as IPv6. Read More WHITE PAPER: BeyondTrust BeyondTrust 2009 Microsoft Vulnerability Analysis The results show that despite unpredictable and evolving attacks companies can greatly reduce risk, experience greater protection from zero-day threats and reduce the threat from vulnerabilities by removing administrator rights. Learn More Report blames IT staff for school Webcam 'spying' mess The IT department of the Pennsylvania school district accused of spying on students using their school-issued laptops took the brunt of the blame in an independent report released Monday. Read More IT risk assessment frameworks: real-world experience Formal risk assessment methodologies try to take guesswork out of evaluating IT risks. Here is real-world feedback on four such frameworks: OCTAVE, FAIR, NIST RMF, and TARA. Read More Symantec Embraces Encryption with New Acquisitions Symantec announced two new acquisitions--PGP Corporation for approximately $300 million, and GuardianEdge Technologies for around $70 million. Purchasing these two established encryption providers will enable Symantec to take a more comprehensive approach to protecting data. Read More Study: Cost of data breach in U.S. is highest world wide A global study of data breach costs conducted by the Ponemon Institute finds notification laws have dramatic impact on the price tag Read More From Microsoft to Adobe insecurity: One man's journey Marc Maiffret spent the earlier part of his career shedding light on major Microsoft vulnerabilities. In his new gig, names have changed but not the threats. Read More The evil men (can) do with embedded systems Embedded IT infrastructure is everywhere and full of holes evil-doers can use for world domination. How SecurityFAIL.com could stem the tide. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More Federated identity project on the horizon From time to time in this newsletter we take a look back 10 years to see what we were talking about "back in the day." The newsletter was called "Focus on Directory Services" back then. But going back even further, before there were Network World newsletters, directory services often featured prominently in my Wired Windows column. One idea that was near and dear to my heart was the concept of "federated directories." Read More Verizon and Novell team up on cloud security Verizon and Novell have teamed up to deliver a cloud-based security solution Read More Security firm reveals Microsoft's 'silent' patches Microsoft silently patched three vulnerabilities last month, two of them affecting enterprise mission-critical Exchange mail servers, without noting the bugs publicly, a security expert said today. Read More New Facebook Social Features Secretly Add Apps to Profile When a piece of software is automatically installed on your computer without your knowledge, it's called malware. But what do you call it when Facebook apps are added to your profile without your knowledge? We discovered Wednesday that this is actually happening, and stopping it isn't as easy as checking a box in your privacy settings. Read More Michael Dell calls for cybersecurity rethink Cybersecurity needs a global rethink, and fast, Dell's CEO Michael Dell and Services CTO, Jim Stikeleather, have warned experts at the EastWest Institute Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in the US. Read More Microsoft goes small for next week's Patch Tuesday Microsoft today said it would patch two critical vulnerabilities with two updates to Windows and Office next week. Read More Fast-spreading P2P worm targets USB drives A crafty new P2P worm appears to be spreading quickly among users of a range of popular file-sharing programs. Read More U.S. Treasury Web sites hacked, serving malware Three Web sites belonging to the U.S. Department of the Treasury have been hacked to attack visitors with malicious software, security vendor AVG says. Read More
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