Retired Stalker: Facebook Making Gen Y Stalkers Lazy

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• Retired Stalker: Facebook Making Gen Y Stalkers Lazy
• Trojan writers target UK banks with botnets
• IBM buys BigFix for data centre patching
• Microsoft offers work-around to Windows XP flaw
• Cyber liability insurance: Don't run a business without it
• Verizon to Use Cisco UC&C for cloud-based service trial
• Cisco advances video agenda with Cius tablet
• Tabnapping on the increase
• Lawmakers question the security of cloud computing
• Reports: BlackBerry, Skype, Google face India data demand
• DiskGenie PIN drive gets SSD upgrade
• Adobe patches PDF bugs hackers already exploiting
• Facebook adds new controls for third-party apps
• Study: Advanced threats a growing problem for security
• Microsoft: 10,000 PCs hit with new XP 0day attack
• CDT files privacy, credit complaint against Spokeo.com

Retired Stalker: Facebook Making Gen Y Stalkers Lazy Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT CIO.com can't reveal his name, but this 30-year veteran of stalking thinks the next generation of cyberstalkers is too spoiled. Between Facebook and Foursquare, it's no wonder, he says.

Trojan writers target UK banks with botnets Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Cyber-criminals are building country-specific botnets to target UK bank consumers with dedicated malware, security company Trusteer has reported.

IBM buys BigFix for data centre patching Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT IBM is to further bulk out its profitable software division with the acquisition of privately-held patching company, BigFix.

Microsoft offers work-around to Windows XP flaw Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Microsoft has offered a work-around to Windows XP users affected after a flaw in the operating system was exploited.

Cyber liability insurance: Don't run a business without it Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT You wouldn't go into a blizzard without a coat, scuba dive with a hungry shark or bungee jump without measuring the cord. Yet, according to the 2009 FBI Computer Crime and Security Survey, 71% of American companies endanger their financial stability by not having insurance that will cover Internet liability.

Verizon to Use Cisco UC&C for cloud-based service trial Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT Verizon Business has announced it will become the first U.S.-based global service provider to deliver the Cisco unified communications and collaboration applications as a service, beginning with field trials of the new Cisco Hosted Collaboration Solution. The Cisco UC&C solution was announced in June at the CiscoLive! networking event held in Las Vegas; it is targeted to offer Cisco service provider and integrator partners with a wide range of Cisco collaboration applications to their customers via the cloud.

Cisco advances video agenda with Cius tablet Posted: 02 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT So Cisco has gotten into the tablet business. There's been quite a hue and cry in the hours since Cisco surprised the industry with its announcement of an Android-based Cius tablet computer -- designed for business users -- at its Cisco Live! customer education and training event in Las Vegas.

Tabnapping on the increase Posted: 01 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT The use of Tabnapping, the recently-identified phishing technique, is on the rise, says Panda Labs.

Lawmakers question the security of cloud computing Posted: 01 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT The U.S. government's increasing use of cloud computing services could lead to new data security risks, with agencies compelled to put their trust in vendors' security efforts, several lawmakers and a government IT expert said Thursday.

Reports: BlackBerry, Skype, Google face India data demand Posted: 01 Jul 2010 09:00 AM PDT India's Department of Telecommunications (DOT) has been asked by the government to serve a notice to Skype and Research In Motion (RIM) to ensure that their email and other data services comply with formats that can be read by security and intelligence agencies, according to reports in two Indian newspapers.

DiskGenie PIN drive gets SSD upgrade Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT iStorage has announced a new version of its unusual PIN security diskGenie portable hard drive based on solid-state (SSD) drive technology.

Adobe patches PDF bugs hackers already exploiting Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT Adobe has patched 17 critical vulnerabilities in Reader and Acrobat, including one that hackers have been using for nearly a month to commandeer PCs.

Facebook adds new controls for third-party apps Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT Facebook has revamped the way its users share information with third-party applications and Web sites in an effort to make the process easier, the company said Wednesday.

Study: Advanced threats a growing problem for security Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT Most organizations have been the target of an advanced threat, according to results of a study released this week by Ponemon Institute and sponsored by NetWitness.

Microsoft: 10,000 PCs hit with new XP 0day attack Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT Nearly a month after a Google engineer released details of a new Windows XP flaw, criminals have dramatically ramped up online attacks that leverage the bug.

CDT files privacy, credit complaint against Spokeo.com Posted: 30 Jun 2010 09:00 AM PDT The Center for Democracy and Technology has filed a complaint against people-search service Spokeo with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission, alleging that the Web site contains inaccurate information and violates a consumer credit protection law.

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