'Sloppy' Chinese hackers scored data-theft coup with 'Night Dragon'

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• 'Sloppy' Chinese hackers scored data-theft coup with 'Night Dragon'
• Microsoft's IE chief talks browsing privacy
• F5 Networks gunning for even more data center control
• Visa excludes U.S. merchants to spur secure card adoption
• Facebook Privacy: 4 Valuable Yet Hard to Find Settings
• Google extensions could aid Java security
• Enterprise adoption of social networking presents security hurdles
• Windows fix on Patch Tuesday 'breaks' VMware software

'Sloppy' Chinese hackers scored data-theft coup with 'Night Dragon' Posted: 10 Feb 2011 09:05 PM PST Chinese hackers who were "incredibly sloppy" still managed to steal gigabytes of data from Western energy companies, a McAfee executive said today.

Microsoft's IE chief talks browsing privacy Posted: 11 Feb 2011 08:51 AM PST Microsoft's release candidate for Internet Explorer 9 -- made available for download this week -- includes a tool that lets users protect themselves from being tracked on the Web. During his recent trip to Germany, we sat down with Dean Hachamovitch, Microsoft corporate vice president responsible for the development of Internet Explorer, to discuss privacy, the difference between expected and creepy tracking, Tracking Protection in IE9, market share and how hard it is to get rid of Internet Explorer 6. An edited version of the conversation follows.

F5 Networks gunning for even more data center control Posted: 09 Feb 2011 09:09 PM PST Interview with John McAdam, CEO of F5 Networks, which has managed to garner nearly half of the Layer 4-7 switching market.

Visa excludes U.S. merchants to spur secure card adoption Posted: 11 Feb 2011 02:06 AM PST Visa has excluded U.S. businesses from a worldwide program that incents merchants to deploy more secure payment terminals, because of what it claims is the uncertainty surrounding new debit card rules.

Facebook Privacy: 4 Valuable Yet Hard to Find Settings Posted: 10 Feb 2011 01:32 AM PST According to a USA Today/Gallup Poll released this week, 70 percent of Facebook members are "somewhat" or "very concerned" about their privacy. Take into account the site's past privacy flubs and it's easy to see why: a privacy breach, prevalent "scammy" apps and constant change keep Facebook users on their toes.

Google extensions could aid Java security Posted: 09 Feb 2011 10:35 PM PST Google is developing a set of extensions for Java that should aid in better securing Java programs against buffer overflow attacks.

Enterprise adoption of social networking presents security hurdles Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:58 AM PST Companies that communicate with customers via Facebook and Twitter must protect sensitive data, SugarCRM official notes at JasperSoft conference

Windows fix on Patch Tuesday 'breaks' VMware software Posted: 10 Feb 2011 08:53 AM PST VMware is telling customers that two Windows 7 security patches have left the VMware View desktop virtualization client unable to access the View Connection Server, which brokers the connection between a user's computer and a virtual desktop.

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