Thursday, April 19, 2012

White House raises concerns over CISPA bill

Computerworld Security: April 19, 2012
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The White House joined the growing chorus of voices expressing concern over the
proposed Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) legislation that
is scheduled for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives next week.
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Private Cloud: Lessons Learned Along the Way

A recent IDG Research Services study confirms that the private cloud is indeed
full of promise. Agility. Efficiency. Cost savings. But realizing those rewards
can be an arduous path. Now, you can leverage what Cisco learned on their own
path to the private cloud.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Google warns 20,000 websites they could be infected with malware
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2. Russian charged with hacking into brokerage accounts
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7963325/823929835/560155/0/

3. Chinese residents charged with selling $100M worth of pirated software
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7963325/823929835/560156/0/

4. Mozilla blocks Java in Firefox for some Mac users
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7963325/823929835/560157/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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/7963325/823929835/559791/0/

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Google warns 20,000 websites they could be infected with malware

Google has warned 20,000 websites that they might be hacked and injected with
JavaScript redirect malware, Google said.
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Russian charged with hacking into brokerage accounts

A Russian national has been charged in the U.S. with allegedly hacking into
brokerage accounts and executing fraudulent trades, which several brokerage
houses claim caused $1 million in losses.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7963325/823929835/560155/0/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~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.

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Chinese residents charged with selling $100M worth of pirated software

A U.S. grand jury has charged two residents of China with 46 criminal counts,
including infringing software copyrights and illegally exporting technology to
China, for allegedly operating a website that sold pirated software with a
commercial value of more than $100 million.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7963325/823929835/560156/0/

Mozilla blocks Java in Firefox for some Mac users

Mozilla this week began blocking outdated versions of a Java plug-in in Firefox
for some Mac users after calling the threat posed by the Flashback malware
"evident and imminent."
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7963325/823929835/560157/0/

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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/7963325/823929835/558670/0/

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:

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SHARK TANK OF THE DAY
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If something beeps, we call IT

None-too-seasoned support tech is summoned on an urgent mission to the board
room, where the esteemed members of the board of directors are looking really
annoyed.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7963325/823929835/560159/0/

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?

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