FBI: Internet crime high; types of misdeeds changing

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	FBI: Internet crime high; types of misdeeds changing The FBI's 10th annual Internet crime report finds that complaints an money losses are at an almost all-time high with non-delivery of payment or merchandise, scams impersonating the FBI and identity theft leading to top 10 online complaint parade. The report, which is issued through the FBI's partner, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C) found that in 2010, IC3 received 303,809 complaints of Internet crime, the second-highest total in IC3's 10-year history. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Hitachi Data Systems Hitachi IT Operations Analyzer Pinpoint root cause of network issues up to 90% faster. Automated Root Cause Analysis speeds remediation. FREE video and 30-day trial. Download free 30-day trial In this Issue Snooping on Social Networks to Vet Jurors and Hire Employees Is IT skills gap keeping companies from hiring? Pay no attention to that widget recording your every move Four Ways to Mitigate Mobile and Cloud Data Leaks Reasons trustworthy sites can no longer be trusted Anonymous hacks church Web site during live interview Proposed cloud-log standard sparks controversy NASA wants spacecraft designed for Mars return trip RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: DEMO Conference Watch DEMO Spring 2011 LIVE! DEMO Spring 2011 will be broadcast LIVE to audiences around the world, and later on demand, starting at 9:00am PST on Monday, February 28th! DEMO has served as a launchpad for companies like VMWare, Boingo Wireless, Palm, E*Trade, Tivo, Handspring, and U.S. Robotics, and will unveil of the most promising new products and prototypes of 2011! Watch DEMO LIVE on 02/28! Snooping on Social Networks to Vet Jurors and Hire Employees While attorneys use Facebook and social media to vet jurors, some government agencies are demanding social network passwords from potential employees. Sometimes social networking comes back to bite you with privacy invasion.Lawyers have been using social networking sites to prep for trial for several years, for everything from evidence for divorce to reasons to bounce a juror from the jury pool, but some attorneys are taking it to the next level during the vetting process. Read More Is IT skills gap keeping companies from hiring? Study lays out IT skills gap challenges, but all hiring news not bad There is a disconnect between students getting high tech degrees and what employers are looking for in those graduates. Read More WHITE PAPER: Symantec E-mail: Today's Problems and How to Deal With Them As e-mail use balloons, IT faces looming archiving, management and security challenges. In these articles, Network World and its sister publications CIO, Computerworld and CSO explore how business users and IT alike can stay on top of the e-mail morass. Read now! Pay no attention to that widget recording your every move Ever wonder how much of a time suck Bejeweled is? Or how often your legitimate work-related research on the Web deteriorates into recreational browsing? Now there is software that will tell not only you, but also your boss and your coworkers. Read More Four Ways to Mitigate Mobile and Cloud Data Leaks Your CEO may be paranoid about WikiLeaks, but his mobile device and cloud computing are the real threats to corporate security Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Deploy UC for Less Get all you can from communications technology by taking advantage of the partnership between HP and Avaya. Using SIP-based technologies, HP and Avaya can help you implement a unified communications infrastructure that is secure, resilient and 36% less costly than other leading UC vendors. Learn More Reasons trustworthy sites can no longer be trusted Last year, malware became increasingly more common on popular and trusted domains, according to research released this week by security firm Blue Coat Systems. Migration to popular hacked sites with trusted reputations and acceptable-use category ratings was the primary theme for hosting malware delivery infrastructure, researchers claim. Read More Anonymous hacks church Web site during live interview The Anonymous collective today claimed credit for hacking the Web site of the controversial Westboro Baptist Church in Kansas. Read More Proposed cloud-log standard sparks controversy Cloud computing pushes current log management capabilities to their limit. Experts say it's time for a new standard to simplify the problem Read More NASA wants spacecraft designed for Mars return trip NASA picks Alliant, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to research Mars ascent spacecraftIf we ever do get to Mars, getting home might prove to be as difficult. Read More
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