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Advice and tools to counter the most dangerous attacks in Facebook and Twitter

Safer Internet Day: how users of social networks can protect themselves

Basingstoke: Yesterday was ‘Safer Internet Day’ and Barracuda Networks, a leading supplier of security solutions, offered some advice to users of social networks on how to protect themselves from attack on Facebook and Twitter. So-called “drive-by-downloads” are especially aggressive on these platforms. They can lead to a computer being compromised through a single thoughtless click. Users can protect themselves with Barracuda Network’s free tool ‘Profile Protector’, available at www.profileprotector.com

: ROSIE ANDERSON; InfoSecurity; Posted On Wednesday, 06 February 2013 15:10

Mining industry faces unprecedented threat landscape, more dynamic risk management needed, Says Willis

Report highlights key challenges facing the global mining industry in the year ahead

London, UK: Resource nationalism, poor infrastructure that impedes development and supply chain disruptions are some of the biggest risks facing the mining sector in the year ahead, according to this year’s Mining Market Review, from global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings.

: NATHAN SKINNER; Case Studies; Posted On Wednesday, 06 February 2013 15:02

Fear of governments snooping deters companies from using the cloud

Almost half of IT experts are deterred from keeping sensitive data in the cloud because of fear of government intervention and possible legal action, according to a new survey from Lieberman Software which was released today.

: YVONNE ESKENZI; Case Studies; Posted On Wednesday, 06 February 2013 14:58

Venafi: Kim Dotcom’s 10,000 Euro Mega cracker bounty will be paid out

London: Commenting on Kim Dotcom’s offer of a 10,000 euro bounty on the first person to crack his new Mega file storage and sharing service, Venafi says the bounty is likely to be collected, as the encryption keys are stored along with the users’ files on the system.