Computerworld Security: January 04, 2012 ===============================================================
Hacking group releases more Stratfor subscriber data Hackers released another batch of data on Thursday pilfered from Stratfor Global Intelligence, a widely used research and analysis company whose website was attacked last weekend. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545710/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems, Inc. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Converge Your Networks for Flexibility Cisco Unified Fabric offers the industry's largest and first fully interoperable portfolio of Fiber Channel integrating storage and data networking to deliver transparent convergence, massive three-dimensional scalability and sophisticated intelligence. It also reduces your costs up to 45%. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/544486/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Researcher: Many Stratfor passwords are weak http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545711/0/ 2. The Cloud, Day 20: What About Security? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545712/0/ 3. Lucas Mearian: Facebook chat phishing scam. It could happen to you too http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545713/0/ 4. Is vulnerability an objective? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545714/0/ 5. Websites, apps vulnerable to low-bandwidth, bot-free takedown, say researchers http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545715/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Red Hat~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ FOUR STEPS TO A PRIVATE OR HYBRID CLOUD STEP 4: ACCELERATE BUSINESS RESULTS WITH YOUR CLOUD. WEBINAR - JANUARY 19, 2012. In the From Virtualization to Cloud webinar series, Red Hat® and the IT Process Institute guide you through the best practices of cloud-building. Learn how to optimize cloud economics, reshape behavior for IT-as-a-Service, and streamline cross-functional collaboration. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545057/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Researcher: Many Stratfor passwords are weak At Utah Valley University, 120 computers are now working to decode encrypted passwords revealed by the hack of Stratfor Global Intelligence, one of the most significant data breaches of last year. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545711/0/ The Cloud, Day 20: What About Security? 30 Days With the Cloud: Day 20 http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545712/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Autonomy, an HP company~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Better Governing of Mobile Data Date: January 10th, 2012 Time: 1:00 PM EST Join this live Webcast for a discussion on a unique approach to protecting and retaining data that resides on mobile devices by creating a meaning-based backup that allows organizations to apply intelligent legal hold policies against the full corpus of data. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545716/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lucas Mearian: Facebook chat phishing scam. It could happen to you too Over the holidays, my Facebook page was hacked and a phishing attack was launched using the "chat" feature, where my friends were contacted and told my wife and I had been mugged and that we needed money. It just goes to show that even with an alphanumeric password, your account information is not safe. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545713/0/ Is vulnerability an objective? I ended last year with a death-of-the-Internet column, and I'm starting off the new year with a death-via-the-Internet one. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7796494/114916/545714/0/ Websites, apps vulnerable to low-bandwidth, bot-free takedown, say researchers Hackers armed with a single machine and a minimal broadband connection can cripple Web servers, researchers said Wednesday. 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