Computerworld Security: June 07, 2012 ===============================================================
Dating site eHarmony confirms password breach The online dating site eHarmony confirmed late Wednesday that passwords for its members were exposed in a breach, a second major compromise following LinkedIn's password exposure. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566002/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CIO Perspective~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bostons Hottest IT/Business Trends CIO magazine's Editor-in-Chief Maryfran Johnson and the Boston Advisory Board comprised F1000 IT leaders from companies such as Boston Scientific, Liberty Mutual Holding Company and The TJX Companies, bring the most relevant and pressing IT issues to CIO Perspectives Boston on July 24. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/565840/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Microsoft will update Windows Update to stymie Flame-like attacks http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566003/0/ 2. Microsoft's reaction to Flame shows seriousness of 'Holy Grail' hack http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566004/0/ 3. User vote on Facebook privacy policies hasn't stemmed criticism http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566005/0/ 4. LinkedIn confirms 'some' passwords leaked http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566006/0/ 5. Darlene Storm: Hackers crowdsource help to crack nearly 6.5 million leaked LinkedIn passwords http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566007/0/ 6. Security Manager's Journal: Time for a mobile-security upgrade http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566008/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: FileMaker, Inc~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Create, deploy and manage custom business apps for iPad The FileMaker Platform is a complete software suite to create, deploy, and manage custom business apps for iPad and iPhone. Design and build stunning iOS apps. Integrate mobile apps into existing enterprise systems. Deploy and instantly update your apps. Secure your apps with industry-standard authentication. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/563177/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Microsoft will update Windows Update to stymie Flame-like attacks Microsoft today announced it will issue an update to its Windows Update to prevent copy-cat hackers from duplicating Flame's feat of infecting fully-patched PCs by faking the service. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566003/0/ Microsoft's reaction to Flame shows seriousness of 'Holy Grail' hack Microsoft appears to agree with experts that the exploit of its Windows Update system by the Flame cyber espionage malware was a "significant" event in the history of Windows hacking. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566004/0/ User vote on Facebook privacy policies hasn't stemmed criticism Facebook is conducting a massive user referendum this week, asking its 900 million-plus users to approve or reject changes to its privacy policy that it first proposed on May 13. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566005/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Cisco~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Deliver a Secure Cisco Cloud Experience Securely connect your network to the world of many clouds. With a Cisco Cloud Intelligent Network, you can provide an ideal experience, irrespective of user location or the number of cloud platforms involved, in service delivery. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/565751/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ LinkedIn confirms 'some' passwords leaked In response to widespread reports of a massive data breach at social networking site LinkedIn, the company Wednesday confirmed that passwords belonging to "some" of its members have been compromised. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566006/0/ Darlene Storm: Hackers crowdsource help to crack nearly 6.5 million leaked LinkedIn passwords There are reports of nearly 6.5 million LinkedIn passwords being stolen as hackers crowdsource help to crack the encryption. The passwords are hashed with SHA-1. LinkedIn is "unable to confirm" the security breach, but responded to the privacy breach allegations regarding the iOS app. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566007/0/ Security Manager's Journal: Time for a mobile-security upgrade A flood of mobile devices into the enterprise is exhausting available licenses for mobile-device security. But there are great options available today that didn't exist two years ago. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/566008/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SHARK TANK OF THE DAY ______________________ Unclear on the concept, or does he know something? Pilot fish gets a call to solve an email problem for his boss -- but first he has to deal with a file cabinet blocking the door. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/565940/0/ CAST YOUR VOTE IN THIS WEEK'S QUICKPOLL The sophisticated cyber espionage malware known as 'Flame' was discovered after computers within Iran's energy industry were wiped clean of data. Does the Flame malware increase the odds of a cyberwar? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/8040469/114916/565666/0/ COMPUTERWORLD'S IT SALARY SURVEY 2012 A majority of IT workers say they're under pressure to increase productivity and take on new tasks. 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