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	Banking malware monitors victims by hijacking webcams and microphones, researchers say A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their webcams and microphones, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye Strategies for advanced threat security in 2012 Download this new FireEye research brief and learn how traditional security defenses can leave you vulnerable and necessary steps to gain visibility into all stages of the attack vector. Read now. In this Issue 9 warning signs of bad IT architecture 9 great open-source media apps Tech's $20 million CEOs Confidential data: Delete it or eat it, say security experts NASA and cybersecurity: Ground control to Major Tom? How to avoid 5 common email management mistakes Intel launches cloud-based single sign-on service 'Clueless' boards risk lawsuits, threaten national security LulzSec MilitarySingles data breach caused by weak security McAfee reports big spike in malware Windows 8 Security: What's New WHITE PAPER: CommVault ESG Report: Modernizing Data Protection In order to assess the current state of the data protection market, ESG recently conducted a global survey among IT professionals familiar with and/or responsible for data protection solutions and processes, as well as potential future plans. Learn More 9 warning signs of bad IT architecture From kludges to manual re-keying to redundant apps, these are the telltale indicators of an IT environment gone amok Read More 9 great open-source media apps No proprietary license? No problem Read More Tech's $20 million CEOs Eyebrow-raising executive compensation shows no signs of abating, and Network World's analysis of CEO pay finds the tech/telco industry is no exception. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Controlling Migration to IPv6: A Gateway to Tomorrow This White Paper describes how the BIG-IP LTM system help organizations migrate to IPv6, and can operate as an IPv4 to IPv6 gateway; operating identically in either environment, and within mixed environments. Learn More! Confidential data: Delete it or eat it, say security experts The only way for companies to guarantee their confidential data can't be stolen is to delete it. But few companies are making use of that guarantee, say security experts. Read More NASA and cybersecurity: Ground control to Major Tom? Latest claimed attack by Iranian students piles on to 47 attacks in fiscal year 2011, with 13 compromising the agency's computers Read More How to avoid 5 common email management mistakes Email managers have a lot at stake. After all, the volume of global electronic messages sent via email dwarfs all other forms of electronic communication, including social networking. Since the inception of electronic mail, which, according to some Internet historians, can be traced to a small mainframe app called 'MAILBOX' from the mid-1960s, human-to-human messages have been created, transmitted and stored in electronic format. But early email administrators could hardly have envisioned the complexity of current email infrastructure and the concomitant maze of technical, security, business and regulatory challenges. Read More WHITE PAPER: Box Cloud-Based Content Collaboration Services This IDC Vendor Profile analyzes Box, a company playing in the public cloud advanced storage services market and the content management and collaboration market, and reviews key success factors. Read Now! Intel launches cloud-based single sign-on service Listed on AppExchange, Cloud SSO has been tightly integrated with Salesforce.com applications Read More 'Clueless' boards risk lawsuits, threaten national security Energy/utilities sector ranks last on four of the best practices for cybersecurity, report exposes Read More LulzSec MilitarySingles data breach caused by weak security The major LulzSec data raid on the MilitarySingles.com dating site in March was caused by a catalogue of security problems including poor web application design and the use of weak encryption, an analysis from Imperva has claimed. Read More McAfee reports big spike in malware PC malware had its "busiest quarter in recent history," according to McAfee's quarterly security report released Wednesday. Read More Windows 8 Security: What's New When Windows 8 comes out later this year, the new Start screen and Metro-style apps will likely be the first changes you'll notice, but those aren't the only things that are new. Microsoft is also making some serious security enhancements to help keep your system safer and to improve Windows' ability to combat viruses and malware. It just may be the biggest improvement to Windows security yet. Read More
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