NSA sniffing prompts Yahoo encrypt traffic between its data centers

Computerworld Security: April 04, 2014
===============================================================

NSA sniffing prompts Yahoo encrypt traffic between its data centers

Yahoo said Wednesday it was encrypting traffic flowing between its data centers,
several months after leaked documents revealed the government had been sniffing
those links.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665018/17/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Citrix~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

LIVE EVENT, 4/15: Building Stakeholder Trust

FREE LIVE EVENT, 4/15: Building Stakeholder Trust
Join Paul Glen, award-winning author and Computerworld columnist, as he reveals
how to restore trust by improving perceptions of your IT services.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665019/18/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=49b3e6e4

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


IN THIS ISSUE

1. Users face serious threat as hackers take aim at routers, embedded devices
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665020/19/

2. Financial firms and social media remain top Phishing targets
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665021/20/

3. Microsoft sketches out final Windows XP security updates for next week
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665022/21/

4. State AGs probe Experian subsidiary's data breach
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665023/28/

5. 7 all-in-one security suites: Anti-malware for all your devices
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665024/29/

6. Darlene Storm: Hardcoded Miracast password means anyone can remotely control Philips smart TVs
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665025/30/


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Dell~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

How Master Data Management Supercharges Fast-Moving

Everyone in business knows that inconsistent and inaccurate data costs money.
Workarounds and make-do solutions have kept a lid on the problem, but as more
and more systems get connected up, the cost of inaction is escalating.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665026/31/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=be95bb28

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Users face serious threat as hackers take aim at routers, embedded devices

Home routers and other consumer embedded devices are plagued by basic
vulnerabilities and can't be easily secured by non-technical users, which means
they'll likely continue to be targeted in what has already become an increasing
trend of mass attacks.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665020/32/

Financial firms and social media remain top Phishing targets

Kaspersky Labs says that nearly 30 percent of all Phishing attacks last year
targeted financial institutions, second only to social networking Phishing
attack campaigns, which accounted for nearly 36 percent of all attacks of this
type.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665021/33/

Microsoft sketches out final Windows XP security updates for next week

Microsoft today said it will ship four security updates to customers next week
that will include the final public fixes for flaws in Windows XP and Office
2003, both slated for retirement from security support on Tuesday.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665022/34/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Unisys~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Keeping UP with Mobile Trendsetters

Is your organization making the most of mobile? In this IDG Research Services
study, we take a global look at adoption trends, examining how and why some
companies are pulling ahead of the mobile curve. We offer the best practices and
prescriptive advice that you can put to work today—for a more mobile tomorrow

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665027/35/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=a50fc344

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

State AGs probe Experian subsidiary's data breach

A group of state attorneys general in the U.S. is launching an investigation
into a recently disclosed data breach of 200 million personal records at a
subsidiary of credit monitoring firm Experian.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665023/36/

7 all-in-one security suites: Anti-malware for all your devices

Today's security suites try to protect all (or most) of your devices, and
provide Web-based management. We examine how seven major applications compare in
terms of features, ease of use and which devices they actually protect.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665024/37/

Darlene Storm: Hardcoded Miracast password means anyone can remotely control Philips smart TVs


When it comes to security, "smart" as in smart TV is like an
oxymoron. This time Philips hard-coded the default password, which is an
uninspired 'Miracast,' into the Miracast wireless network. In a
nutshell, that means anyone within range could connect to the TV remotely to
carry out everything from mischievous to devious acts. Revuln researchers
suspect all 2013 Philips smart TVs, due to the firmware version, are at
risk.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/665025/38/



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

FREE SHARK TANK T-SHIRT

Clueless Consultants? Bungling Bosses? Useless Users? Tell me your tale. If it
gets published, you get a sharp Shark shirt.

Submissions
mailto:sharky@computerworld.com

Shark Tank FAQ
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/641183/39/


YOUR STRATEGIC GUIDE TO BIG DATA CHALLENGES & OPPORTUNITIES

In this special issue, we examine the biggest challenges with big data projects,
including the immaturity of the tools, a lack of people with expertise in big
data technologies, the challenge of making the right investments and hardware
that can't handle big data projects.

This free, 17-page magazine-style report is available now. [Registration
required]
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/664231/40/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=b3685d7f

KEEP UP WITH THE LATEST NEWS ON CONSUMERIZATION

Our weekly Consumerization of IT newsletter covers a wide range of mobile
hardware, mobile apps, enterprise apps and IT trends related to consumerization.
We cover BYOD, smartphones, tablets, MDM, cloud, social and how consumerization
affects IT. Stay up to date with news, reviews and in-depth coverage.

Subscribe now:

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/604375/41/


JOIN THE COMPUTERWORLD CONVERSATION ON GOOGLE +

Be sure to add Computerworld to your Google+ circles to keep track of breaking
news, features, blogs, tech reviews and career advice.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/598565/42/

CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL

Over the past year or so, smartphone innovation has hit a plateau. What do you
think phone makers should focus on to next to break the constraints of the
innovation curve?

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/663302/43/

NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD
______________________________

Search multiple listings now and get new job alerts as they are posted.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/156832/44/


Get more IT peer perspective online:

LinkedIn Group: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/311619/45/

Facebook: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/311620/46/

Twitter: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/311621/47/

===============================================================

CONTACTS/SUBSCRIPTIONS

You are currently subscribed to computerworld_security as: jonsan98@gmail.com.

To unsubscribe from this newsletter, go to:
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/131135/48/?90482085=aHR0cDovL2N3b25saW5lLmNvbXB1dGVyd29ybGQuY29tL3U%2faWQ9ODIzOTI5ODM1LmZiMjM3OGMxMDdkZDhkNzE2Mzk0N2I5ZTU5NWE0Mjc5Jm49VCZsPWNvbXB1dGVyd29ybGRfc2VjdXJpdHkmbz04ODkyNTAw&x=dd9eb042

To manage your subscription preferences, go to:
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/72510/49/

To subscribe to a newsletter, go to:
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/231613/50/

Computerworld's online privacy policy is at:
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8892500/823929835/72509/51/

If you are interested in advertising in this newsletter, please contact: bglynn@cxo.com

To contact Computerworld, please send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com.

Copyright (C) 2014 Computerworld, 492 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham MA 01701

** Please do not reply to this message. If you want to contact someone directly,
send an e-mail to online@computerworld.com **