Ipad For You: SunPower lawsuit highlights insider threat

Computerworld Security: February 15, 2012
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SunPower lawsuit highlights insider threat

SunPower Corp., which makes solar panels, has sued five former employees for
stealing proprietary information and using it to benefit a rival firm.
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Government Agencies Embrace Disk-Based Backup

The U.S. Government has been the largest user of tape-based backup systems since
the 1970s. Most agencies have begun to deploy disk storage and disk-based backup
because of reliability and security concerns.

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IN THIS ISSUE

1. Senate bill may require 'critical' networks to adopt cyber standards
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2. Microsoft quashes 21 bugs, blocks drive-by attacks
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3. Wireless voting still has a long way to go
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4. Mozilla to ask certificate authorities to revoke SSL-spying certificates
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5. Whistleblowing site Cryptome.org infected
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6. FBI seeks social media monitoring tool
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Senate bill may require 'critical' networks to adopt cyber standards

A bill in the U.S. Senate would require operators of so-called critical
infrastructure networks to adopt cybersecurity practices if evaluations by the
U.S. Department of Homeland Security find their security lacking.
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Microsoft quashes 21 bugs, blocks drive-by attacks

Microsoft today issued nine security updates that patched 21 vulnerabilities in
Windows, IE, Office, .Net, Silverlight and SharePoint Server, including several
critical bugs that can be exploited with drive-by attacks.
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Wireless voting still has a long way to go

With the widespread adoption of smartphones and the use of mobile tactics in
U.S. presidential campaigns, could there come a day when Americans might vote
wirelessly?
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Is Cloud the Answer to Federal IT Savings?

In this eGuide, Computerworld and its sister publications CIO and Network World
have collected interviews and articles that cover some of the biggest issues
faced by federal agency IT departments today. Read on to learn about the
technology challenges the U.S. government is facing, and how some agencies are
dealing with them.

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Mozilla to ask certificate authorities to revoke SSL-spying certificates

Mozilla plans to ask all certificate authorities to review their subordinate CA
certificates and revoke those that could be used by companies to inspect
SSL-encrypted traffic for domain names they don't control.
http://cwonline.computerworld.com/t/7857565/1026014338/552095/0/

Whistleblowing site Cryptome.org infected

Cryptome.org, a website dedicated to disclosing confidential information, was
compromised last week and then used to infect PCs running Internet Explorer.
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FBI seeks social media monitoring tool

In a move that's unlikely to sit well with privacy advocates, the FBI has begun
scouting for a tool that will allow it to gather and mine data from social
networks like Facebook, Twitter and blogs.
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The finance department at this healthcare company has decreed that the
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is rolled out, and it works well -- until the day a mystery delivery arrives.

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