Wall Street Journal says it too was hit by Chinese hackers

Computerworld Security: February 01, 2013
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Wall Street Journal says it too was hit by Chinese hackers

The Wall Street Journal said Thursday it had been targeted by hackers trying to
monitor the newspaper's coverage of China, less than a day after a similar
revelation from its competitor The New York Times.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. New York Times computer network breached by Chinese hackers, paper says
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2. Cyberwarfare now menacing the enterprise, Kaspersky Lab says
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8444937/823929835/599550/0/

3. Employment verification, ID rules could be a hard sell for immigration reform
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4. Michael Horowitz: Check your router now, before Lex Luthor does
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5. 3 questions: WordPress security
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M2M and the Cloud: Business Proceed with Caution

Machine-to-Machine services are gaining momentum as an efficient way to collect
and analyze data from wired and wireless systems across the enterprise. In a
Computerworld Quick Pulse survey, more than half of respondents said cloud-based
M2M storage would reduce the burden on IT staff

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New York Times computer network breached by Chinese hackers, paper says

Hackers from China breached the computer network of The New York Times and stole
passwords that allowed them to gain access to computers and email accounts for a
period of four months, the newspaper reported late Wednesday.
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Cyberwarfare now menacing the enterprise, Kaspersky Lab says

Enterprise security managers have yet another worry to add to their list:
cyberwarfare attacks.
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Microsoft Corporation~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Smarter Business Requires Intelligent Systems

This paper discusses the growing adoption of intelligent systems and the role
Microsoft, through its Windows Embedded, Windows Azure, and other technologies,
can play in developing these systems.

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Employment verification, ID rules could be a hard sell for immigration reform

Mandatory employment eligibility verification and identity vetting requirements
in recent proposals for immigration reform could prove to be a tough sell.
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Michael Horowitz: Check your router now, before Lex Luthor does


The DHS and security company Rapid7 have issued warnings about vulnerabilities
in the UPnP protocol that leave millions of routers vulnerable. Rapid7 has an
easy way to check if your router is vulnerable. If it is, run, don't walk, to
your nearest nerd.
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3 questions: WordPress security

Adam J. Kujawa is Malware Intelligence Lead at Malwarebytes. He authored the
report "Cyberthreats in 2012," highlighting (among other things) security issues
with the popular blogging/website platform WordPress.
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