Researchers find a global botnet of infected PoS systems

Computerworld Security: May 27, 2014
===============================================================

Researchers find a global botnet of infected PoS systems

Security researchers uncovered a global cybercriminal operation that infected
with malware almost 1,500 point-of-sale (POS) terminals, accounting systems and
other retail back-office platforms from businesses in 36 countries.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672822/17/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Network World Tech Tours~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Wireless Infrastructure Seminar Comes to the ouston 7/15

IT departments must provide a secure and reliable wireless infrastructure to
support the growing volume of voice, data, video, users, devices, and
applications. Plus, users are demanding wireless services on par with (or better
than) wired connections.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672823/18/

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


IN THIS ISSUE

1. New banking Trojan 'Zberp' offers the worst of Zeus and Carberp
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672824/19/

2. eBay finally prompts users to change passwords after huge data breach
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672825/20/

3. Coming soon to a fridge near you -- targeted ads
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672826/21/

4. Preston Gralla: Microsoft to the FBI: Drop dead
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672827/28/

5. U.S. wants leniency for 'Sabu,' the Lulzsec leader-turned-snitch
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672828/29/


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Druva~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

A Survival Guide for Data in the Wild

All corporate data used to reside in the data center. Safe and sound behind the
corporate firewall. But now, employees have multiple devices—usually a laptop, a
tablet, and a smartphone—that they use both inside and outside of the office.
Use our survival guide, and be set up to start defending your data in the wild.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672829/30/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=80ec464e

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

New banking Trojan 'Zberp' offers the worst of Zeus and Carberp

A new computer Trojan that targets users of 450 financial institutions from
around the world appears to borrow functionality and features directly from the
notorious Zeus and Carberp malware programs.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672824/31/

eBay finally prompts users to change passwords after huge data breach

eBay on Friday put a notice on its home page urging users to change their
passwords after security experts criticized it for failing to promptly alert
customers about a massive break-in and data theft.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672825/32/

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~: LogMeIn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Avoid the Sales/IT Collision Scenario

This InfoWorld research report, based on an IDG QuickPulse survey administered
to IT professionals, will provide insight into the BYOA trend, identify pain
points associated with traditional online meeting tools, and address
business-driven IT requirements that benefit the overall organization.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672830/33/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=51e99d16

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

Coming soon to a fridge near you -- targeted ads

Targeted advertisements are headed to smart fridges, smart thermostats and other
Internet-connected devices, raising potentially new privacy issues for consumers
who use those products.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672826/34/

Preston Gralla: Microsoft to the FBI: Drop dead


Microsoft has taken some heat for what some people claim has been too cozy a
past relationship with the NSA. But Microsoft has recently gotten privacy
religion, standing up to the FBI and refusing to turn over data to the FBI about
one of the company's enterprise customers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672827/35/

U.S. wants leniency for 'Sabu,' the Lulzsec leader-turned-snitch

U.S. prosecutors say a hacking group's mastermind should be spared a long prison
sentence due to his quick and fruitful cooperation with law enforcement.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/672828/36/



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

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/8930242/823929835/641183/37/


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/8930242/823929835/664231/38/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=8fed5cf8

DIGITAL SPOTLIGHT: YOUR STRATEGIC PLAN FOR THE CLOUD

In our in-depth report, we look at the lessons learned from early adopters about
ramping up, scaling back and avoiding disasters in the cloud. We'll also tell
you why IT pros with cloud chops have seen their fortunes rise and offer tips on
how to hammer out an iron-clad cloud service agreement.

This free, 28-page magazine-style report is available now. [Registration
required]
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/668561/39/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=d2d6aaa5

INTERNET OF THINGS: GET THE LATEST!

Our new bimonthly Internet of Things newsletter helps you keep pace with the
rapidly evolving technologies, trends and developments related to the Internet
of Things (IoT).

Subscribe now and stay up to date!

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/669786/40/


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/8930242/823929835/604375/41/


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/8930242/823929835/598565/42/

CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL

As the Internet of Things continues to take shape, what about it worries you
most?

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/670010/43/

NEW COMPUTERWORLD JOB BOARD
______________________________

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

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/156832/44/


Get more IT peer perspective online:

LinkedIn Group: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/311619/45/

Facebook: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/311620/46/

Twitter: http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/311621/47/

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

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/8930242/823929835/131135/48/?90482085=aHR0cDovL2N3b25saW5lLmNvbXB1dGVyd29ybGQuY29tL3U%2faWQ9ODIzOTI5ODM1LmZiMjM3OGMxMDdkZDhkNzE2Mzk0N2I5ZTU5NWE0Mjc5Jm49VCZsPWNvbXB1dGVyd29ybGRfc2VjdXJpdHkmbz04OTMwMjQy&x=e191624c

To manage your subscription preferences, go to:
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/72510/49/

To subscribe to a newsletter, go to:
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/231613/50/

Computerworld's online privacy policy is at:
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8930242/823929835/72509/51/

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 **