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17th of Feb, 2012 by Admin

Malware Deep Dive: Special Report

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Computerworld Security: February 17, 2012 =============================================================== Malware Deep Dive: Special Report New malware needs new defenses, and InfoWorld's special report tells you how to identify -- and stop -- these online threats http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552415/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/549950/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Apple's new OS X tightens screws on some malware http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552416/0/ 2. Cybersecurity bill would create costly regulations, say critics http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552417/0/ 3. Privacy tussle brews over social media monitoring http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552418/0/ 4. Waledac malware returns after two years with password-stealing capabilities http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552419/0/ 5. In the cloud, a data breach is only as bad as your contract http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552420/0/ 6. Software vendors fail to stem tide of security flaws, report shows http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552421/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Amazon Web Services~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Why Run Windows Server Apps on AWS? Top 5 Reasons: 1. No New Hardware, 2. Get Started in Minutes, 3. Use Your .NET Skills in the AWS Cloud, 4. On-Demand Test Environments, and 5. Use your Existing Microsoft Licenses. Learn more with on-demand webinar. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/548195/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Apple's new OS X tightens screws on some malware Mac OS X Mountain Lion will offer users a new security model that by default lets users install only programs downloaded from the Mac App Store or those digitally signed by a registered developer. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552416/0/ Cybersecurity bill would create costly regulations, say critics Leaders in the U.S. Senate are trying to fast-track new cybersecurity legislation that will create costly new regulations for some businesses, some critics said Thursday. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552417/0/ Privacy tussle brews over social media monitoring A major tussle is emerging in the debate over how government agencies can gather and use information posted publicly on social networks like Facebook and Twitter. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552418/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Improving Governance, Risk and Compliance In this webcast you’ll learn how your organization can become more responsive to financial market challenges while reassuring decision makers the accuracy of execution. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552422/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Waledac malware returns after two years with password-stealing capabilities A new version of the Waledac malware has been spotted on the Internet, but unlike previous variants, which were mainly used for spamming purposes, this one steals various log-in credentials and BitCoins, a type of virtual currency. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552419/0/ In the cloud, a data breach is only as bad as your contract Use your contract to protect your company's interests before a breach occurs. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552420/0/ Software vendors fail to stem tide of security flaws, report shows Many of the software industry's top vendors are still struggling to reduce the number of vulnerabilities across all classes of products, an analysis of 2011's flaw figures by research company Secunia has revealed. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7860344/869152233/552421/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IDC and Computerworld's 8th Annual BI & Analytics Survey What's the status of BI and analytics in your organization? 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