Tuesday, March 20, 2012

MDM: Part of the mobile security solution?

Computerworld Security: March 20, 2012
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The good news for enterprises: Mobile devices are packed with power. A new
iPhone is 100 times lighter, 100 times faster, and 10 times less expensive than
the luggable notebooks of the early 1980s.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Privacy regulators: U.S. and EU will take different approaches
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7915598/823929835/556499/0/

2. Duqu trojan built by 'old school' programmers, Kaspersky says
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3. Computer viruses could move into biological realm, researchers say
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7915598/823929835/556501/0/

4. Java-based Web attack installs hard-to-detect malware in RAM
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Privacy regulators: U.S. and EU will take different approaches

The development of online privacy protections is at a critical moment as policy
makers in both the U.S. and European Union push for changes to their privacy
rules, but coordination of enforcement across the Atlantic Ocean may be tricky,
several privacy experts said Monday.
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Duqu trojan built by 'old school' programmers, Kaspersky says

The Duqu Trojan, an espionage tool that last year attracted lots of attention
for its many Stuxnet-like features, may have been written by experienced old
school programmers, a security researcher at Kaspersky Labs said Monday.
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Computer viruses could move into biological realm, researchers say

Computer hackers could create malicious software that crosses the line from
technology to biology, crafting viruses that could spread dangerous epidemics,
researchers said at Black Hat Europe.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7915598/823929835/556501/0/

Java-based Web attack installs hard-to-detect malware in RAM

A hard-to-detect piece of malware that doesn't create any files on the affected
systems was dropped onto the computers of visitors to popular news sites in
Russia in a drive-by download attack, according to security researchers from
antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7915598/823929835/556502/0/

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