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6 Brazen Security Breaches, Courtesy of IT; When IT Goes
Rogue: 5 Ways to Protect Your Business; Tell Us About Your
Security Nightmares
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6 Brazen Security Breaches, Courtesy of IT
Forget hackers: six of the most egregious recent network
and data attacks were committed by IT workers against their
own employers.
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When IT Goes Rogue: 5 Ways to Protect Your Business
Email companies are vulnerable to sabotage from both on-
staff IT personnel and IT consultants. Here's how to protect
yourself if IT turns on you.
http://enews.pcmag.com/u.d?_4Gg6twmMAyrT78L_pQ-=140
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Tell Us About Your Security Nightmares
We're talking the tech variety, of course. For example, have
you had your laptop stolen? Been overrun by malware? Tell
us your security woes and, most importantly, if and how the
problem was solved. We'll be picking some of your stories to
run online. So, get detailed. Send your security nightmares
to pcmonline@ziffdavis.com. Use "My Security Nightmare" as
your Subject line. And please include the best way to
contact you.
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Facebook Hands Out $40,000 in Bug Bounties
Facebook on Monday said its bug bounty program has already
paid out more than $40,000 to those who have identified
vulnerabilities on the social-networking site. It also
offered clarification about how the program works.
http://enews.pcmag.com/u.d?44Gg6twmMAyrT78L_pQo=160
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Webroot Totally Revamps Product Line
The 2012 antivirus and security suite solutions from Webroot
have been rewritten from the ground up. For malware
protection they rely totally on the unique technology
Webroot obtained with its acquisition of Prevx last year.
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Hurricane Irene Scam Hits Facebook
Click on the wild video about the hurricane and you share
it with everyone. There are physical world scams too.
http://enews.pcmag.com/u.d?vYGg6twmMAyrT78L_pQi=180
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New Worm Targets Weak Remote Desktop Passwords
If your system is open to the Internet via remote desktop
and you have one of a group of weak passwords, this worm
could take your system over without any action on your part.
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