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	Microsoft downs Zeus botnet but can't ID who's behind it Microsoft won court permission to seize servers Friday that took down a deployment of the Zeus botnet, and it even detailed the corporate structure that enabled using the zombie network to steal cash from victims. Read More WHITE PAPER: SonicWALL Smart Security for Escalating Challenges This eBook examines how CSOs and IT managers are solving these issues using next-generation firewalls. Read now. In this Issue Firewall fail: A tale both funny and sad Microsoft Apologizes After Botched Windows Phone Challenge Mobile Malware: Beware Drive-by Downloads on Your Smartphone A quick look: The Angry Birds phenomenon FTC Issues Privacy Report, Calls for Do-Not-Track Tool Dutch police arrest 17-year-old suspected of breaching hundreds of KPN servers Cybercrime now major drag on financial services, PwC finds Microsoft takes down Zeus botnets, but censors Pirate Bay links in Messenger WHITE PAPER: NetIQ SANS Review of NetIQ Sentinel 7 A SIEM solution fully installed and capturing logs in under 15 minutes! Read how SANS analyst Jerry Schenk did it, and why he feels NetIQ Sentinel 7 is a great solution for the most pressing security problems facing enterprises today. Learn More! Firewall fail: A tale both funny and sad After assuring me in an email that this episode really did happen - six or seven years ago at a call center in India contracted at that time by Citibank - the teller of the rapidly spreading tale got cold feet and deleted it from his Google+ page. (That never works.) Read More Microsoft Apologizes After Botched Windows Phone Challenge Microsoft is apologizing for a Windows Phone marketing campaign gone wrong, after a tech writer "smoked" a Windows Phone using an Android handset. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Sustainable Compliance for the Payment Card Industry This white paper explains the essentials of a PCI DSS compliance program, focusing on the critical but problematic areas that comprise much of the heart of the requirements. Learn More! Mobile Malware: Beware Drive-by Downloads on Your Smartphone Drive-by downloads are coming to your smartphone, and they're harder to detect than traditional PC-based versions. Here's how you can protect yourself, your users and your enterprise from mobile drive-by downloads. Read More A quick look: The Angry Birds phenomenon From space to Rio, the Angry Birds game seems to be out to conquer the world Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire 5 Challenges to Achieve PCI DSS Compliance Treating PCI as an audit process, scoping it too broadly or not taking advantage of automated tools are all areas that create unnecessary compliance challenges. This white paper tackles the top PCI DSS compliance challenges and offers concrete recommendations on how to put together a PCI DSS compliance plan that works. Learn More Today! FTC Issues Privacy Report, Calls for Do-Not-Track Tool The Federal Trade Commission on Monday released the long-awaited final version of its report on online consumer privacy, issuing a set of recommendations broadly consistent with an earlier draft, including a call for a do-not-track tool that would enable users to opt out of data collection and targeted marketing programs on the Web. Read More Dutch police arrest 17-year-old suspected of breaching hundreds of KPN servers The Dutch High Tech Crime Team has arrested a 17-year-old suspected of compromising customer account data on hundreds of servers belonging to telecommunications operator KPN. Read More Cybercrime now major drag on financial services, PwC finds Few organisations in the financial services sector are bothering to invest in response mechanisms to cope with cybercrime incidents, a PwC survey has found. Read More Microsoft takes down Zeus botnets, but censors Pirate Bay links in Messenger Has Microsoft singled out The Pirate Bay as being "unsafe" when links are shared via Windows Live Messenger? According to a Torrent Freak report, the answer is yes. Read More
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