Wednesday, September 28, 2011

OnStar reverses course on controversial GPS tracking plans

Computerworld Security: September 28, 2011
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GM subsidiary OnStar has reversed a planned change to its privacy policies that
would have let it collect and share GPS tracking and other data from vehicles --
even after users stopped subscribing to OnStar.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532616/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: HP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Setting a Strategy for Secure Mobile Printing

HP's mobile printing solutions help employees to print securely and easily no
matter if they're on the go, in the office or at home.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532617/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft promises patch to block BEAST attacks
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532618/0/

2. Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532619/0/

3. Contractual obligations
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532620/0/

4. Scammers pretend to be friendly office printers
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532621/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: IBM~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Improving Governance, Risk and Compliance

Date: Monday, September 26, 2011, 11:00 AM EDT

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/7604242/818816221/532622/0/

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Microsoft promises patch to block BEAST attacks

Microsoft today said it will issue a Windows security update to plug a
long-known hole in the protocol that secures websites.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532618/0/

Striking a domain provider, Microsoft kills off a botnet

Microsoft has opened a front in its ongoing battle against Internet scammers,
using the power of a U.S. court to deal a knockout blow to an emerging botnet
and taking offline a provider of free Internet domains.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532619/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Symantec~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Architecting Resilient Private Clouds

Download this white paper for strategies on making sure your private cloud
remains resilient and available. Learn how to transform your existing data
center into your private cloud while ensuring it is resilient and available.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532623/0/

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Contractual obligations

What's your multiple? Do you know? INSIDER (free registration required)
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532620/0/

Scammers pretend to be friendly office printers

Hackers have found a new hook to trick people into opening malicious
attachments: send emails that purport to come from office printers, many of
which now have the ability to email scanned documents.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7604242/818816221/532621/0/

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