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	McAfee's website full of security holes, researcher says The McAfee.com website is full of security mistakes that could lead to cross-site scripting and other attacks, researchers said in a post on the Full Disclosure site on Monday. The holes with the site were found by the YGN Ethical Hacker Group, and reported to McAfee on Feb. 10, YGN says, before they were publicly disclosed to the security/hacking mailing list. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Total Economic Impact of CA Identity Manager This Forrester Consulting research demonstrates that companies using CA Identity Manager reduced the time to perform user provisioning, converted 60% of password resets to user self-service, and reduced security risks. Read Forrester's analysis of the total economic impact and rapid ROI of CA IM. Learn More In this Issue No Conspiracy Theory Needed: Tor Created for U.S. Gov't Spying Should smartphones be allowed in the courthouse? New method finds botnets that hide behind changing domains Two-thirds OK with hosting games on company gear: survey Cybercriminals selling exploit-as-a-service kit Intellectual goods increasingly targeted, report says Anti-Virus Software Driving You Mad? 5 Fight-Back Tips Companies pick and choose which data breaches to report WHITE PAPER: IBM Decisions That Drive Success Read this white paper to learn how decision management makes it possible to use predictive analytics an integral part of real-time decision process including: the different types of decisions and which ones are right for automation; how decision management solutions work; and how to implement a decision management solution at your organization. Read Now No Conspiracy Theory Needed: Tor Created for U.S. Gov't Spying There is an interesting post on Cryptome, TOR Made for USG Open Source Spying Says Maker, in which one of Tor's creators, Michael Reed, says to look at why the government created Tor from a common sense point-of-view instead of as conspiracy theory. Read More Should smartphones be allowed in the courthouse? Federal courts have been debating about how much freedom users of smartphones and portable wireless devices in general, should have in a federal courthouse.    Read More WHITE PAPER: Bit9 Retail Grocery Chain To keep costs in line, this supermarket chain is conscious about extracting the most out of its IT investments while at the same time providing superior protection of its customer data. Read now New method finds botnets that hide behind changing domains Researchers at Texas A&M University believe they have a new way of fighting domain-fluxing botnets Read More Two-thirds OK with hosting games on company gear: survey Granted, we're talking about an online survey of self-selected participants, but more than a thousand people responded to our poll about the propriety of hosting private video games on company equipment, and a solid majority – about 65% -- said they are OK with the practice. You can details here. The survey was run in conjunction with last week's story headlined: "On the company... Read More WHITE PAPER: CA CIOs Feel the Pressure to Optimize the Online Experience In this exclusive survey, CIOs weigh in on the business impact of application performance. This white paper presents the survey results and offers guidance on building a business case to optimize the customer experience with consistently excellent application performance. Learn More Cybercriminals selling exploit-as-a-service kit Cybercriminals are taking a page from the software-as-a-service playbook: they're now selling exploit kits complete with hosting services, with customers paying for the length of time the exploits are actively infecting computers. Read More Intellectual goods increasingly targeted, report says Need security to protect your data? A survey of 1,000 security practitioners by McAfee and SAIC says yes, but details on IP cybercrime are few. Read More Anti-Virus Software Driving You Mad? 5 Fight-Back Tips Last week some Windows users struggled through unexpected PC slowdowns due to a security program bundled in with a Java update. Security programs still hog PC resources and pose annoyances -- but here's expert advice on how you can regain control. Read More Companies pick and choose which data breaches to report One in 7 information technology companies have not reported data breaches or losses to outside government agencies, authorities or stockholders. Read More
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