Thursday, January 5, 2012

Two new security books ponder how vulnerable we are

Computerworld Security: January 05, 2012
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Two recently-published books, "America the Vulnerable" by Joel Brenner, a former
official at the National Security Agency (NSA) and "When Gadgets Betray Us," by
writer and security analyst Robert Vamosi, have one theme in common: We've come
to depend on modern networks and technology, but the compromise of them by
attackers is a serious threat to both individuals and society as a whole.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545910/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Blind spots: How cyber defense is like stopping Tim Tebow
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545911/0/

2. IT Blogwatch: Holy P2P! File-sharing now official religion in Sweden...
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545912/0/

3. Microsoft sues U.K. retail chain for pirating Windows
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545913/0/

4. Darlene Storm: Brute force tools crack WiFi security in hours, millions of wireless routers vulnerable
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545914/0/

5. Check Point supports cloud security for Amazon Web Services
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545915/0/

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FOUR STEPS TO A PRIVATE OR HYBRID CLOUD

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545057/0/

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Blind spots: How cyber defense is like stopping Tim Tebow

Cyber defense faces a growing disconnect between perception and reality.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545911/0/

IT Blogwatch: Holy P2P! File-sharing now official religion in Sweden...

Sweden now has a new, officially-recognized religion: File-sharing. The
government agency, Kammarkollegiet, has finally registered the Church of
Kopimism as a religious organization. In IT Blogwatch, devout bloggers see the
funny side.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545912/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Autonomy, an HP company~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Better Governing of Mobile Data

Date: January 10th, 2012
Time: 1:00 PM EST
Join this live Webcast for a discussion on a unique approach to protecting and
retaining data that resides on mobile devices by creating a meaning-based backup
that allows organizations to apply intelligent legal hold policies against the
full corpus of data.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545916/0/

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Microsoft sues U.K. retail chain for pirating Windows

Microsoft today sued a U.K. electronics retail chain for selling Windows
recovery discs to customers, claiming that the practice amounts to piracy.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545913/0/

Darlene Storm: Brute force tools crack WiFi security in hours, millions of wireless routers vulnerable

Millions of wireless routers around the world, about 95%, are vulnerable to
brute force attacks which can crack WPA/WPA2 and other WiFi router security
protocols. That was made much easier with the release of two free brute force
tools that can exploit the WiFi router flaws and crack a wireless network in two
to ten hours.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545914/0/

Check Point supports cloud security for Amazon Web Services

Check Point and Amazon Web Services are teaming up to enable Check Point
Security Gateway functionality to boost cloud security for business assets.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545915/0/

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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So THAT'S what the PC nobody uses is for!

Pilot fish's wife, the IT consultant, gets an alert at 10 p.m., and he drives
with her to the client site. But when he walks in, there's a shriek of disgust.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7798170/818816221/545909/0/

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