Friday, April 20, 2012

FBI seizes anonymizing server in bomb threat probe

Computerworld Security: April 20, 2012
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The FBI is unlikely to uncover from a seized server the identity of someone
emailing bomb threats to the University of Pittsburgh, according to groups who
used the equipment.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560360/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NSS Labs Next-Generation Firewall Security Value Map

A whole new breed of Next-Generation Firewalls is here – designed to deliver
powerful security, robust intrusion prevention and granular application control
in the new Web 2.0 environment. But do all Next-Generation Firewalls deliver on
this promise?

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560361/0/

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Berners-Lee: Demand your data from Internet companies
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560362/0/

2. Workers did not exceed authorization when data stolen, says appeals court
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560363/0/

3. Darlene Storm: How to stop mobile malware before game-over infections? Meet zDefender
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560364/0/

4. Security, privacy ideas emerge at Demo Spring conference
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560365/0/

5. Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze to distribute SMS Trojan horse
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560366/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Amazon Web Services~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Microsoft SharePoint on the AWS Cloud

Amazon Web Services (AWS) provides services & tools for deploying Microsoft®
SharePoint® workloads on its cloud infrastructure platform. This white paper
discusses general concepts regarding how to use these services and provides
detailed technical guidance on how to configure, deploy, and run a SharePoint
Server farm on AWS.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/559791/0/

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Berners-Lee: Demand your data from Internet companies

Tim Berners-Lee has said that the problem with companies like Facebook and
Google is not that they collect vast troves of data about their users, but that
they don't share with them what they learn from it.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560362/0/

Workers did not exceed authorization when data stolen, says appeals court

In a somewhat startling decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth
Circuit last week ruled that several employees at an executive recruitment firm
did not exceed their authorized access to their company's database when they
logged into the system and stole confidential data from it.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560363/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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/7965410/823929835/560367/0/

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Darlene Storm: How to stop mobile malware before game-over infections? Meet zDefender

At DEMO Spring 2012, Zimperium planted two Routers, providing three Access
points, which so far caused nearly 3,000 smartphones to be owned. Mobile malware
is wham bam easy to get if you connect to a Wi-Fi hot spot. Antivirus can't stop
it. The makers of Anti, the killer Android app that allowed even the clueless to
hack and pwn like a pen tester, are back with emerging security technology
zDefender this time to stop mobile malware before your mobile device can be
infected.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560364/0/

Security, privacy ideas emerge at Demo Spring conference

The cool new Internet ideas of yesteryear often create the headaches of today,
and some startups at the Demo conference are starting to try to solve those
problems.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560365/0/

Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze to distribute SMS Trojan horse

Malware writers have created fake Instagram websites to distribute Android
Trojan horses, according to security researchers from antivirus firms Sophos and
Trend Micro.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560366/0/

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CALL FOR ENTRIES -- COMPUTERWORLD'S BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE BEST IN CLASS 2012

If your organization's BI project is innovative, has positively impacted your
business and has produced ROI, then we want to see your case study!

In our upcoming Aug. 27 issue, we will showcase a select group of the biggest
(and most fascinating) business decisions to which BI has contributed. Case
study submissions will be accepted now through April 27. Submit your nomination
here:

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/558910/0/

COMPUTERWORLD'S IT SALARY SURVEY 2012

A majority of IT workers say they're under pressure to increase productivity and
take on new tasks. But the vast majority are still happy they picked IT as their
career.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/558670/0/

SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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Screwy laptop problem

Tech-savvy manager pilot fish receives a new laptop from IT with all his
applications and documents loaded and ready to go, and everything seems to be
working perfectly -- until the next day.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/560359/0/

CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL

More than 600,000 Macs have been infected with a new version of the Flashback
Trojan horse that's being installed on people's computers with the help of Java
exploits. How does this infection affect Apple's reputation for security?

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7965410/823929835/559457/0/

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