May 12, 2011

SC Webcast: Manage complexity with security as a service

Today, April 20, 2010, 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT

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Latest News

California Senate again OKs breach notification law update

California Sen. Joe Simitian has reintroduced legislation that would stiffen the state's landmark breach notification bill by requiring breached organizations to provide customers with additional information.
 

Venting our security anger

In this month's "Five Stages of Employment" column, the author illustrates the things that get her blood boiling when it comes to information security.
 

Zeus exploiting PDF "Launch" feature

Researchers this week discovered a new malicious spam campaign capitalizing on a design flaw in Adobe's PDF format to spread the data-stealing trojan Zeus.
 

TJX hacker sentenced to five years, fined

The sixth and final U.S. person charged two years ago with breaking into the computer networks at discount retail parent TJX was sentenced Thursday. A U.S. District Court judge in Boston sentenced Damon Patrick Toey, 25, to five years in prison and fined him $100,000. Toey pleaded guilty in September 2008 to wire fraud, credit card fraud and aggravated identity theft. He also is connected to a number of other major heists at retailers and payment processor Heartland Payment Systems. The ring's orchestrator, Albert Gonzalez, was sentenced last month to 20 years in prison. Some of Gonzalez' Eastern European-based co-conspirators remain at large. — DK
 

SC Virtual Symposium: Protecting privacy

April 29, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. ET

Protecting the privacy of critical information requires a hard look at the people, processes and technologies in your organization. Featured speaker Sol Bermann, privacy director, privacy office of Wal-Mart joins this new Virtual Symposium to shed light on these issues.

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Google says 11,000 domains distributing rogue anti-virus

An upcoming report from Google details the persistent threat posed by fake anti-virus software, which currently accounts for 15 percent of all web-based malware.
 

Apple patches Mac researcher's contest find

Apple has delivered a Mac OS X security update to close a vulnerability revealed by researcher Charlie Miller at the recent Pwn2Own hacker contest in Vancouver, British Columbia. The update plugs a flaw that could be exploited to run malicious code if a user is tricked into into viewing or downloading a document that contains a specially crafted embedded font, according to an Apple advisory released Wednesday. The update is for Mac OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.3. — DK
 

Botnet disconnections have little impact on spam volume

Despite the takedown of a number of prolific botnets, spam remains strong, according to a report issued Wednesday by email security provider Google Postini.
 

Coordinating is key to success

A lot's been done to secure the nation's critical assets, but challenges remain, says the DoD's Robert Lentz.
 

SC Webcast: Manage complexity with security as a service

Today, April 20, 2010, 12:00 p.m. ET/9:00 a.m. PT

Sponsored by Novell

Join Novell, Wipro and Dave Shackleford to learn how partnering with an IT security service provider can help you manage security complexity, and put you on a path to compliance while reducing operating costs.

Click here to register for free.

How we test products

Check out this month's issue to see the other companies we picked. 

How we test products:

Click here to take a look at the methodology we use to evaluate each product we test.
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Call for Papers — SC World Congress New York & SC Congress Canada

A call for papers is now open for the third annual SC World Congress in New York and the inaugural SC Congress Canada. Visit the home page of the SC World Congress and find (under "Key Links" at the right) how to be a presenter or speaker at these two events. Click on the "Call for Papers" links to learn more.

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