Gumblar malware's home domain is active again
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Software shields online banking on infected PCs

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Microsoft recovers most Sidekick data

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Business interruptus: Prep now to avoid H1N1 flu outages later
Even a mild H1N1 outbreak could disable IT departments on short notice. Are you ready to assist employees before, during and after the swine flu hits?

Cloud computing Part 2: Don't be blinded by the hype
Hype is a marketer's dream and IT's nightmare. While it helps the former generate excitement, it often obscures reality for the latter. Cloud computing is the latest case in point. The hype would have you believe the cloud is the entire answer when in reality it is just part of the solution.

The Struggle With DLP
Few security technologies have received as much attention over the past few years as Data Leakage Prevention (DLP) solutions have. The concept behind them is exciting, offering the ability to scan traffic on your network and in your systems, and assign rules-based protections to the data that you want to protect. Someone e-mailing out a copy of customer records with SSNs? The DLP system will block it or encrypt it on the fly. Someone trying to copy IP to a USB drive? Alert management and block the action. It can be a great way to protect your most critical information assets, but as many have found, it is not an end-all, be-all solution to your data leakage problems.

The Craziness Pandemic, Part I
Gibbs has spotted a new pandemic sweeping the globe and there's no swine or birds involved; this one is an outbreak of craziness and the Japanese airline ANA appears to have had a bad case of it …

Truck Drivers Told to Keep Computing, Despite Risks
In the name of supply chain efficiency, companies continue to ask truck drivers to respond to and enter more electronic data while driving. Now Congress is eyeing whether the in-the-cab-computers pose too much road risk to other motorists.

4 dangerous myths about data disposal, debunked
How often and how thoroughly do you take out the data garbage? Many "gotchas" surround data disposal. Here's advice from two experts on how to avoid some big traps.

Protect Your Legal Rights When Sharing IT Services
In a cross-organization IT shared services arrangement, two or more companies partner to provide the shared technology infrastructure or services. While there are several benefits to such agreements, there are risks that need to be understood and addressed. One of the most significant risks relates to the ownership and protection of intellectual property (IP).

Block data leaks at the endpoint
It almost goes without saying that the greatest threat to the security of an enterprise network often comes from within. Security professionals can shore up their borders, lock down their devices, and search bags on the way out, but there might never be a way to be 100% certain that an employee is not abusing access to sensitive data.

Storage Appliance Clickfree Traveler SSD
Available in 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB capacities, the credit-card-size Storage Appliance Clickfree Traveler solid-state drive ($70 for the 16GB drive, as of August 31, 2009) is a great backup device for mobile users. It's small and convenient, and it comes with easy-to-use software that helps keep the headaches away. (For a detailed discussion of different approaches to data and system backups, see "7 Backup Strategies for Your Data, Multimedia, and System Files.")

HP SimpleSave Portable 320GB Backup Drive
Models in HP's SimpleSave Portable series are external 2.5-inch hard drives (320GB for $120, 500GB for $150, as of August 31, 2009). Nonportable (3.5-inch) desktop models in the SimpleSave series come in 1TB and 2TB capacities. The lightweight SimpleSave Portables use built-in software that is streamlined, straightforward, and easy to navigate. Like the software in Storage Appliance's Clickfree products--the Clickfree Traveler (16GB) and the Clickfree Backup Drive 1TB--the SimpleSave's software helps automate the backup process, achieving mostly positive results; in fact, both product lines use the same ArcSoft-authored framework. The drives themselves are simple, angular, and pocket-size; the only notable feature on the dark gray case is the HP logo.

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