Computerworld Security: March 15, 2011 ===============================================================
Hackers exploit Flash zero-day, Adobe confirms Adobe today confirmed that attackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player using Microsoft Excel documents. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375899/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: Eaton Corporation~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Maximizing UPS Availability This white paper explains why, contrary to popular belief, modular UPS designs provide superior availability even though they typically contain more parts that could potentially fail. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375900/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ IN THIS ISSUE 1. Health Net discloses loss of data to 1.9 million customers http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375901/0/ 2. Criminals kick off Japanese disaster scams at record speed http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375902/0/ 3. Cloud security: Symantec CEO shares why it's a game-changer http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375903/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Remotely support MORE devices on MORE platforms. The new LogMeIn Rescue offers even faster, easier remote support for more devices on more of todays most popular platforms, on or off LAN. Just connect, control and solve and keep your co-workers up and running from the comfort of your keyboard. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/358057/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Health Net discloses loss of data to 1.9 million customers HealthNet is notifying some 1.9 million customers that personal and health data may have been contained on drives that were found missing from a data center in California. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375901/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~WHITE PAPER: SAP~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Managing the Extended Enterprise for Profitable Growth Find out how to build a sustainable extended enterprise, one that extends business processes beyond the firewall by outsourcing, enabling subsidiaries and business partners to share information and resources, and collecting business intelligence while cutting costs, streamlining operations, and opening up new markets. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375904/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Criminals kick off Japanese disaster scams at record speed Criminals have jumped on Japan's twin earthquake and tsunami disasters at record speed, security experts said today. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375902/0/ Cloud security: Symantec CEO shares why it's a game-changer Symantec Corp. CEO Enrique Salem outlines why 03 is such a critical initiative for the company, and how cloud and virtualization changed the security threat landscape and the business opportunities for Symantec. http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/375903/0/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CAST YOUR VOTE IN OUR QUICKPOLL Does iPad 2 knock out rival tablets? http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7243813/114916/374607/0/ SHARK TANK OF THE DAY ______________________ Just another Tuesday in paradise Pilot fish arrives at work to discover the entire local network is down and the phones are ringing off the hook with angry users. The reason? 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