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What do Chet Sherer and George Best have in common? Most of us have heard of George, one of the greatest football (soccer) players to ever step on a field. George died after a long illness in 2005, probably due to years of what could be termed a self destructive lifestyle. He is famously quoted as saying: “In 1969 I gave up women and alcohol - it was the worst 20 minutes of my life,” and later “I've stopped drinking, but only while I'm asleep.” Chet was a colleague who lived a quiet life, did his job, and recently died suddenly from a burst aorta. Both are gone – the one after years of apparently not looking after his health, and the other through a sudden aortic aneurysm.

: MacLeod, EMEA Director, Venafi; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 11 July 2011 04:57

How to get your board to approve your Cloud plans

It seems that board-level executives are not as keen as their IT professionals on the adoption of Cloud computing according to no less than three new reports. The reports from heavyweights Dell, IBM and Symantec report varying levels of fear, uncertainty and doubt about Cloud adoption. This is a little surprising given the importance CEOs and boards always purport to give to efficiency and cost reductions – two of the undoubted benefits of Cloud computing.

: Constantine Galonis, CTO Cirrus Stratus; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 11 July 2011 04:16

Who are LulzSec? Part II

Lulzsec members are feeling the heat and are busy avoiding arrest. As predicted, the end of Lulzsec was inevitable. In recent time they have tried to cover their tracks in order to avoid arrest by: Regrouping with anonymous; creating the ‘antisec’ operation; falsely claiming the UK census was hacked as a red herring.”

: ROB RACHWALD, DIRECTOR OF SECURITY STRATEGY, IMPERVA; InfoSecurity; Posted On Monday, 11 July 2011 04:15

Hiloti trojan downloader infection rates triple in UK

Below is a media alert By Amit Klein, Trusteer's CTO on Hiloti trojan downloader infection rates which have recently tripled in UK, probably as a result of drive-by download infections. What is interesting is that the infection does not appear to be affecting the US and other international territories, suggesting that it is a carefully targeted attack on one of more UK banking portals.