Critical NASA network was open to Internet attack

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	Critical NASA network was open to Internet attack Six NASA servers exposed to the Internet had critical vulnerabilities that could have endangered Space Shuttle, International Space Station and Hubble Telescope missions -- flaws that would have been found by a security oversight program the agency agreed to last year but hasn't yet implemented, according to a report by the agency's inspector general. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Defending Against Insider Threats Organizations must accept the reality that insider threats are no longer an abstract concept. This paper explains the factors that are increasing the insider threat and details a proactive approach that leverages identity and access management to reduce risk and improve compliance. Learn More In this Issue FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery Get in the ring: US, Europe vow to bash out Internet personal privacy protection Counterfeit H-1B job offers nets six months in jail Restaurant chain to pay $110,000 to settle breach claims Most approve of hosting games on company gear, survey finds States to FTC: Don't pre-empt our privacy laws with yours WHITE PAPER: Sybase The Enterprise Mobility Guide 2011 The Enterprise Mobility Guide 2011 features articles by industry experts, analysts and top executives on the latest mobile enterprise trends, real-world success stories, security requirements, device management, app development and more. Get a copy now, compliments of Sybase. Read More FBI wants public help solving encrypted notes from murder mystery The FBI is seeking the public's help in breaking the encrypted code found in two notes  discovered on the body of a murdered man in 1999. Read More Get in the ring: US, Europe vow to bash out Internet personal privacy protection When it comes to protecting personal privacy on the Internet the United States and European Union have often clashed. And it's likely the future won't be much better. But officials from both sides of the ocean say they are now committed to fixing the problems that have kept the two worlds - which some say includes over 700 million users - apart. Read More DOWNLOAD: Qualys Inc. QualysGuard Security & Compliance Suite Trial The 14-day Trial includes: • Unlimited network mapping and discovery • Unlimited network perimeter scans • PCI Compliance scanning • Web application security scanning • IT security policy creation, scanning and reporting Sign up for your free trial today! Learn more! Counterfeit H-1B job offers nets six months in jail The owner of a headhunting business was sentenced to prison last week after pleading guilty to visa fraud. Read More Restaurant chain to pay $110,000 to settle breach claims The Briar Group has agreed to settle claims that it failed to adequately protect credit card data of its customers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Bit9 United States Military Command This military command center decided to use Bit9 Parity application whitelisting to close security gaps in its existing solutions that potentially allowed targeted attacks and unknown malicious malware through its many layers of defenses. Read now Most approve of hosting games on company gear, survey finds Only about a third of more than 1,000 respondents to a Network World online survey believe it's always wrong to use company equipment to host private video game sessions for groups of players. Read More States to FTC: Don't pre-empt our privacy laws with yours The attorneys general of 15 states are telling the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) "Don't Tread on Me" when it comes to writing rules to protect consumer privacy rights online and in mobile software applications and services. These states have warned the FTC not to pre-empt state privacy rules as it develops a federal Privacy Framework for protecting digital privacy. Read More
	GOODIES FROM THE SUBNETS Up for grabs from Microsoft Subnet: a Windows 7 Enterprise Technician class for three people. From Cisco Subnet: 15 copies of VMware ESXi books. Enter here. SLIDESHOWS Hot technology at the annual CTIA wireless show CTIA Wireless offers a look at the evolving mobile landscape, from handsets and apps to core network systems. Here's a few of the things that are hot at the show in Orlando. First look at Firefox 4 Firefox 4 has finally arrived, after months of delays and after rival Web browsers Internet Explorer 9 and Chrome 10 already shipped. The browser gets a speed boost and several feature enhancements that are so significant that they all have their own proper names, like Panorama, JaegerMonkey and Firefox Sync. Were they worth the wait? Let's take a look. MOST-READ STORIES McAfee's Web site full of security holes, researcher says No conspiracy theory needed: Tor created for U.S. gov't spying Microsoft scheme sniffs out unused wireless spectrum Diary of a wimpy kid: Google as open source big brother Paul Baran, Internet and packet switching pioneer, is mourned Should smartphones be allowed in the courthouse? How Apple played hard to get and seduced the enterprise Sprint to fight AT&T's buyout of T-Mobile Microsoft pays Nortel $7.5 million for IPv4 addresses New method finds botnets that hide behind changing domains
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