The ZeroAccess botnet is back in business

Computerworld Security: February 02, 2015
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The ZeroAccess botnet is back in business

The peer-to-peer botnet ZeroAccess came out of a six-month hibernation this
month after surviving two takedown attempts.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717053/17/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=75cad8e3

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Consolidating Remote Servers and Storage for Security

Most remote office backup processes put data at risk. A new kind of storage
architecture allows IT to consolidate remote servers and data in the data center
by decoupling storage from its server over any distance – even thousands of
miles – and still get the same performance as if storage were local.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717054/18/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=fd60e2ea

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Uber will fight to keep Boston ride data private
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717055/19/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=33772abb

2. Verizon to allow opt-out from mobile 'supercookies'
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717056/20/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=3c46d33b

3. Ghost flaw in Linux can be exploited through WordPress, other PHP apps
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717057/21/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=f2b1475a


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Extend from WANOp to Edge Virtual Server Infrastructure

In this report, Taneja Group explores how Riverbed Technology has identified a
critical challenge that limits IT performance in highly distributed customer
environments: costly, complex, and hardware-heavy branch offices.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717058/28/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=fef01d01

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Uber will fight to keep Boston ride data private

Uber agreed to provide Boston city officials a wealth of ride data to help them
make better planning decisions -- but it will go to considerable lengths to
ensure the data is not made public.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717055/29/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=7ef3ff95

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Taneja -- Converging Branch IT Infrastructure The Right Way

In this Taneja Group Product Profile we review Riverbed's SteelFusion (formerly
known as Granite), and examine how it marries together multiple technical
advances including stateless compute, "projected" datacenter storage and WAN
optimization to deliver an innovative branch converged infrastructure.

http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717059/30/?3e076d18=am9uc2FuOThAZ21haWwuY29t&x=2458c872

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Verizon to allow opt-out from mobile 'supercookies'

Verizon will soon allow customers to opt out of having an identifier placed on
their phones that had alarmed privacy advocates due to its ability to let third
parties persistently track customers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717056/31/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=a29c5752

Ghost flaw in Linux can be exploited through WordPress, other PHP apps

A critical vulnerability in a core Linux library can be exploited remotely
through WordPress and likely other PHP applications to compromise Web servers.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/9119478/823929835/717057/32/?c1e998ea=Y29tcHV0ZXJ3b3JsZF9zZWN1cml0eQ%3d%3d&03f17c32=NzlhODIzMDVmY2VlNWFkNTY3MTYwODNmMjg1ZjI4NDk%3d&x=d1b7d668



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Digital Spotlight: Mobile Security

Read how to make your workers smart about mobile security by moving beyond
policies and penalties and embracing an approach designed to identify and
correct specific problem behaviors. [Registration required]
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