Hackers hit more businesses through remote access accounts

Computerworld Security: Issues and Trends: July 02, 2014
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Hackers hit more businesses through remote access accounts

Hackers recently broke into payment systems at several northwestern U.S.
restaurants and food service firms via a remote access account belonging to one
of their vendors, another example of the need for companies to monitor
third-party access to their networks.
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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Microsoft boosts anti-snooping protection in Outlook.com, OneDrive
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2. Kenneth van Wyk: If you want developers to give a hoot about security, take a lesson from the squirrels
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3. How to protect yourself against privileged user abuse
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4. Securing the virtual world
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5. Privacy-focused Blackphone starts shipping to early adopters
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6. Microsoft promises Windows Phone 'kill-switch' by July 2015
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7. Police test smartphones over cellular for undercover use during Boston Marathon
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8. Security skills shortage is real, and it's not going away anytime soon
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9. Bank not liable for customer's $440,000 cybertheft
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Microsoft boosts anti-snooping protection in Outlook.com, OneDrive

Microsoft has added encryption safeguards to the Outlook.com webmail service and
to the OneDrive cloud storage service, in part to better protect these consumer
products from government snoops.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8958702/823929840/678958/35/

Kenneth van Wyk: If you want developers to give a hoot about security, take a lesson from the squirrels

The problem with all too many software developers, from a security
professional's point of view, is they lack a healthy sense of mistrust.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8958702/823929840/678959/36/

How to protect yourself against privileged user abuse

The typical organization loses 5% of its revenues to fraud by its own employees
each year, with most thefts committed by trusted employees in executive
management, operations, accounting, sales, customer service or purchasing.
Here's how to mitigate those threats.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8958702/823929840/678960/37/

Securing the virtual world

Malcolm Reike, Catbird Networks' director of product management, talks about how
virtualization changes the security game with Network World
Editor-in-Chief John Dix.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8958702/823929840/678961/38/

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Privacy-focused Blackphone starts shipping to early adopters

The wait is almost over for early adopters of Blackphone, an Android-based
smartphone that promises enhanced privacy and security.
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Microsoft promises Windows Phone 'kill-switch' by July 2015

Microsoft spelled out the "kill-switch" deterrents it will add to the Windows
Phone mobile operating system, and said it would meet a July 2015 deadline for
making stolen smartphones useless.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8958702/823929840/678963/41/

Police test smartphones over cellular for undercover use during Boston Marathon

During April's Boston Marathon, police in Brookline, Mass., piloted a wireless
system that let undercover police and supervisors to use ordinary iPhones and
Android devices to communicate with rugged Land Mobile Radios over LTE and other
commercial cellular networks.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8958702/823929840/678964/42/

Security skills shortage is real, and it's not going away anytime soon

The current shortage of cybersecurity professionals in the U.S will likely
resolve itself over the next several years, according to the RAND Corp. But
until then, companies will find it disturbingly difficult to find skilled
workers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8958702/823929840/678965/43/

Bank not liable for customer's $440,000 cybertheft

A Missouri escrow firm that lost $440,000 in a 2010 cyberheist cannot hold its
bank responsible for the loss an appeals court said this week affirming a lower
court's previous ruling on the issue.
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