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While the world braces for e-threats, India moves slow

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:57:48 +0000

After the first four "real'' battlefields of land, air, sea and now increasingly space, India needs to get very serious about the virtual front as well. The country should begin planning a full-fledged military cyber command, instead of the current piecemeal and disjointed steps to bolster cyber-security, grappling as it already is with incessant online espionage and other attacks from China, Pakistan and others.Source: India Times Tags: IndiaIndustry NewsSecurity

Brain drain: Protecting your organization’s IP

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 07:54:00 +0000

Global healthcare provider Best Doctors employs the most robust technologies and practices available to protect the privacy of its members’ personal data—but that’s just a part of doing business in this industry. Less obvious but equally important is…
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Apple Pulls Ripoff Apps From Its Walled Garden

CSOONLINE.com - Malware/Cybercrime — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Some consumers get confused and shell out money thinking they’re getting the real app, when they’re actually buying a counterfeit….
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EFF ready to sue if “innocent customers” can’t get Megaupload data back

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:31:28 +0000

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today officially asked all parties involved in the Megaupload criminal case to refrain from deleting any data stored on servers once leased by the file-hosting service—and it suggested it was willing to sue ov…
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AMD sets out its plans for 2013, hints at a possible ARM future

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:29:32 +0000

AMD today laid out its plans for the next couple of years at its Financial Analyst Day. The plans are a mix of familiar and logical extensions of the company’s current products, but contained some more surprising elements: specifically, AMD opened the …
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Xbox Live Bans User For Getting Hacked

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:14:27 +0000

After his Xbox Live account was stolen, Josh had to file a Better Business Bureau complaint in order to make MIcrosoft pay attention to him and restore his account access. After three months, he was delighted to log back in to his account, but surprised to learn that he had been banned for a "code of conduct violation." What did his account do to get banned? It was trying to steal other accounts. Imagine that.Source: Consumerist Tags: XBoxMicrosoftGamesIndustry News

VeriSign admits multiple hacks in 2010, keeps details under wraps

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:12:30 +0000

VeriSign, the company responsible for guiding most of the world's Internet users to the correct websites and once the largest encryption certificate issuing authority, has acknowledged that it was successfully hacked several times in 2010. The admission was disclosed last fall in a VeriSign filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), but did not come to light until today when Reuters reported on its investigation of new SEC guidelines on such disclosures.Source: PC Advisor (UK)Tags: VerisignSecurityHackers

Facebook IPO decoded: An at a glance look at the numbers behind Facebook’s big reveal

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:10:32 +0000

Facebook’s initial public offering got more attention from the digerati than most superstars garner in any given day. Much digital ink was spilled in anticipation, but much more is sure to come as investors, analysts and journalists scour the social network’s SEC registration statement for juicy tidbits and telling details. (For instance, founder Mark Zuckerberg spent a cool $692,679 flying friends and family on private aircraft in 2011 – it’s because of his “comprehensive security program.”) Here’s a taste of a few facts and numbers that jumped out from the filing immediately. Source: The StarTags: FacebookIndustry News

Facebook Malware Scam Takes Hold

CSOONLINE.com - Malware/Cybercrime — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

A link to malware purporting to be CNN coverage of a US attack on Iran is reaching hundreds of thousands of Facebook users…
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Google’s New ‘Bouncer’ Targets Android Market Malware

CSOONLINE.com - Malware/Cybercrime — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:00:00 +0000

Last year saw a 40 percent drop in malicious app downloads, the company says….
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