Complexity the worst enemy of security

Computerworld Security: December 18, 2012
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Complexity the worst enemy of security

Computerworld Hong Kong (CWHK): Are we actually any more secure today than we
were five years ago?
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CIOs in the Cloud

As cloud computing infiltrates the enterprise and transforms the business, the
CIO's role is also experiencing a transformation. This webcast focuses on how
cloud trends arechanging the CIO mindset and how cloud SaaS fosters a
cost-effective, productive, and efficient enterprise.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Improved Carberp malware targets U.S. banks
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2. Android botnet sends SMS spam through Android phones
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3. Richi Jennings: New Iranian malware will wipe your data. PANIC?
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4. The new cybercop center of Hong Kong
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5. More data-wiping malware found in Iran
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6. Darlene Storm: Feds spying on innocent Americans just in case we might commit future crimes
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Improved Carberp malware targets U.S. banks

The creators of Carberp, a banking Trojan program used exclusively in
Russian-speaking countries, have started to sell an improved version of the
malware together with custom scripts that would allow cybercriminals to target
U.S. online banking customers, according to researchers from Russian security
firm Group-IB.
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Android botnet sends SMS spam through Android phones

In a new twist, spammers have built a botnet that sends SMS spam through
infected Android phones, shifting the potentially pricey cost of sending spam to
victims.
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Richi Jennings: New Iranian malware will wipe your data. PANIC?


Batchwiper (a/k/a GrooveMonitor) deletes drives and desktop. The Iranian CERT
is sounding the alarm over another bit of data-deleting malware it's discovered
on PCs in the country. It's simple, but effective. And there's no obvious
connection to Gauss, Flame, or Stuxnet. In IT Blogwatch, bloggers get to the
bottom of the nastiness.
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A Winning Analytics Formula

Watch this Webcast and you will have the opportunity to experience a live demo
of the analytics dashboard. It's a great opportunity to see what analytics can
do for your business

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The new cybercop center of Hong Kong

You read it in Computerworld Hong Kong: the Hong Kong Police have launched a
Cyber Security Center to provide round-the-clock services. The HKP made an
investment of HK$9 million in hardware and software for the new facility.
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More data-wiping malware found in Iran

A new piece of malware that deletes entire partitions and user files from
infected computers has been found in Iran, according to an alert issued Sunday
by Maher, Iran's Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center.
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Darlene Storm: Feds spying on innocent Americans just in case we might commit future crimes

Although started in secret, the massive spying powers granted to the National
Counterterrorism Center include access to any U.S. government database in order
to analyze that stored info for suspicious patterns of behavior or for terrorism
indicators. Data on innocent Americans can be collected and stored for five
years, just in case you might commit future crimes. All it takes
is a notice to be published on the Federal Register and your privacy rights are
nonexistent.
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COMPUTERWORLD'S 2012 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE

Need some help choosing holiday presents for the technology fans on your gift
list? We've rounded up this year's best tech gifts, from tablets and HDTVs to
smartphones, laptops and an array of other gadgets and accessories.

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