Asprox botnet proves to be a resilient foe

Computerworld Security: March 06, 2013
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Asprox botnet proves to be a resilient foe

A botnet that has been in the eye of researchers for years continues to serve up
malware, spam and fake antivirus software, according to research by Trend Micro.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. U.S. military networks not prepared for cyber threats, report warns
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603411/0/

2. Security Manager's Journal: Reining in network accounts
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603412/0/

3. Following hack, Evernote speeds move to two-factor authentication
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603413/0/

4. Peter Eicher: Data protection and data growth -- within budget. Possible?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603414/0/

5. Privacy as product differentiation. Is it time?
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603415/0/

6. Oracle pulls Java 6 plug, but Apple likely to keep patching OS X Snow Leopard
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603416/0/


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Cloud Computing for Midsize Business

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are influencing the adoption of cloud computing.

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U.S. military networks not prepared for cyber threats, report warns

The U.S. is dangerously unprepared to face a full-scale cyber conflict launched
by a peer adversary, a report by the military's Defense Science Board (DSB)
warns.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603411/0/

Security Manager's Journal: Reining in network accounts

Many accounts exist that aren't associated with individual people, and theyve
gotten out of control.
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Following hack, Evernote speeds move to two-factor authentication

Evernote is speeding up its plans to offer two-factor authentication to users
following a recent data breach that exposed user names, email addresses and
encrypted passwords.
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Accelerating Cloud Performance with WAN Optimization

Today's smart CIOs are assessing their workloads against business needs and
analyzing where each should run—locally or in the public cloud. Read on to learn
about the benefits of cloud computing, and why its success or failure is often
dependent on WAN optimization.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603418/0/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=81c40464

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Peter Eicher: Data protection and data growth -- within budget. Possible?


A few months ago the folks at Wikibon published a survey around a number
of different IT topics. One of the questions centered around the biggest
IT challenges that organizations were facing. The top three challenges were data
growth, budget constraints and data protection / disaster recovery.
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Privacy as product differentiation. Is it time?

One of the big problems standing in the way of getting anything that remotely
resembles a concern among Internet companies for the privacy rights of their
customers is that there has been no business reason for any such concern. That
may be changing, but don't bet big on the possibility.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8485246/823929835/603415/0/

Oracle pulls Java 6 plug, but Apple likely to keep patching OS X Snow Leopard

Apple on Monday patched Java 6 for OS X, following Oracle's lead and quashing a
browser plug-in vulnerability that hackers have been exploiting.
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