Court gives preliminary OK to $4M consumer settlement in Heartland case

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• Court gives preliminary OK to $4M consumer settlement in Heartland case
• Symantec Study Mischaracterizes Linux Spam
• Ipreo sues Goldman Sachs for data theft
• Two-factor authentication through Windows Server 2008 NPS
• Facebook needs to face the music
• CSO Compass Awards 2010: Alan Nutes
• Researchers to cure Blue Pill virtualization attacks
• 4 Reasons to Worry about Privacy on Facebook
• WWAN routing: a little clarification, please?

Court gives preliminary OK to $4M consumer settlement in Heartland case Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT A federal court in Texas has preliminarily approved a $4 million settlement of a consumer class-action lawsuit against Heartland Payment Systems Inc. over the massive data breach the payment processor disclosed in January 2009.

Symantec Study Mischaracterizes Linux Spam Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT The latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report from Symantec Hosted Services is filled with interesting and useful information regarding the current state of malware and e-mail borne threats as well as the trends over time. Of particular interest to me is the assertion in the report that "any given Linux machine is five times more likely to be sending spam than any given Windows machine."

Ipreo sues Goldman Sachs for data theft Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Ipreo Holdings LLC has filed a lawsuit against Goldman Sachs alleging copyright infringement and theft of trade secrets.

Two-factor authentication through Windows Server 2008 NPS Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Increasingly, whether due to regulatory requirements or a basic recognition that static passwords just don't provide adequate security, organizations are implementing some form of strong authentication. Like all new efforts, before you start you want to be reasonably assured that you will succeed. In this tutorial we will document how to add two-factor authentication to various Microsoft remote access solutions through the Windows Server 2008 Network Policy Server. For two-factor authentication, we will be using the WiKID Strong Authentication Server - Enterprise Edition. WiKID is a dual-sourced, software-based two-factor authentication system. While the document is product specific, the process is typically the same no matter the products.

Facebook needs to face the music Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Facebook, Schmacebook -- a better name for it these days would be FacePlant.

CSO Compass Awards 2010: Alan Nutes Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Leadership is ultimately tested by necessity, and its most successful iteration is arrived at by teamwork. As a leader, Alan Nutes is driven by the imperative to protect a large American city's water supply while under relentless municipal budget pressure. Working with city government, Nutes has adopted technological innovation to address tough problems, while the city of Atlanta has secured funding to protect its critical infrastructure when it is needed most.

Researchers to cure Blue Pill virtualization attacks Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT North Carolina State University researchers develop virtualization security software HyperSafe

4 Reasons to Worry about Privacy on Facebook Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT Facebook is opening up new and interesting ways for you to share information, links and other items online with new features like its universal like button and Instant Personalization. But at the same time, Facebook's tendency to make more and more of your previously private information public continues to be a troubling habit of the popular social network. Concerns over Facebook's treatment of user privacy recently led the Electronic Privacy Information Center and 14 other consumer advocacy groups to file a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission over Facebook's stance on privacy.

WWAN routing: a little clarification, please? Posted: 07 May 2010 09:00 AM PDT The mobile carriers need to clarify their stance on enterprise use of their wireless WANs as primary or backup WAN access links.

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