Computerworld Security: September 19, 2012 ===============================================================
Virgin Mobile subscribers vulnerable to account hijacking Millions of subscribers to Virgin Mobile's services in the United States are wide open to account hijacking because of the insecure manner in which the company authenticates users to their online accounts, an independent software developer warned this week. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582241/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: McAfee~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ McAfee Network Security Platform Learn about the latest on security threats, design strategies for ensuring data center security, and real-life examples of how McAfee Network Security Platform actually works. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582242/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. German cybersecurity agency prods users to ditch IE http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582243/0/ 2. Intel hopes McAfee security features will differentiate mobile chips http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582244/0/ 3. Darlene Storm: Undercover cops secretly use smartphones, face recognition to spy on crowds http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582245/0/ 4. Elusive TDL4 malware variant infected Fortune 500 companies, gov't agencies http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582246/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Google~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Google Apps for Business Do more for less with your team using Google Apps. Custom web-based email, calendars, and documents to easily share & work together in the cloud. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/580619/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ German cybersecurity agency prods users to ditch IE Germany's cybersecurity agency is urging users to drop Internet Explorer and switch to a rival, like Chrome or Firefox, until Microsoft patches a new critical bug in its browser. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582243/0/ Intel hopes McAfee security features will differentiate mobile chips Intel hopes security features from McAfee will help the company differentiate its mobile chips from its rivals', according to Intel's software chief Renee James. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582244/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WEBCAST: Riverbed~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Best Practices for the Hyperconverged Enterprise Network Date: Thursday, September 27, 2012, 11:00 AM PST/2:00 PM EDT Join Maryam Zand, Sr. Product Marketing Manager at Riverbed Technology, as she discusses how you can: Achieve unified communications Realize business short-term ROI Optimize network performance, regardless of end-user location Increase user productivity http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582247/0/?3e076d18=YXJjaGl2ZUBtYWlsLWFyY2hpdmUuY29t&x=e2c06232 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Darlene Storm: Undercover cops secretly use smartphones, face recognition to spy on crowds Smile in a crowd because secret police are mingling with protesters and using smartphones and tablets to spy on the public. A Florida intelligence officer admitted that undercover cops used their smartphones and tablets to record videos and to snap photos, and then could tap into facial recognition databases to identify people at the Republican National Convention. A new $7 billion National Public Safety Broadband Network is being developed and will be deployed across the USA. The ACLU asked if this network will become a 'tool for a domestic secret police?' http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582245/0/ Elusive TDL4 malware variant infected Fortune 500 companies, gov't agencies Researchers from security vendor Damballa have identified malicious Internet traffic that they believe is generated by a new and elusive variant of the sophisticated TDL4 malware. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582246/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHARK TANK OF THE DAY ______________________ Just her way of saying thanks Teacher at this elementary school has a brainstorm: She can teach a quick video editing class. The only issues: She doesn't know anything about video-editing -- and she's in a hurry. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8233847/114916/582248/0/ CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL Apple's iPhone 5 smartphone will feature a larger screen, 4G LTE network and iOS update. 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