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Court dismisses most breach claims against Heartland by banks

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Posted in Network World on December 9th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

A U.S. district court in Texas has dismissed all but one of the claims by several banks against Heartland Payment Systems over a massive data breach the payment processor disclosed almost three years ago.

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Court dismisses most breach claims against Heartland by banks

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Posted in Network World on December 9th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

A U.S. district court in Texas has dismissed all but one of the claims by several banks against Heartland Payment Systems over a massive data breach the payment processor disclosed almost three years ago.

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Two zero-day vulnerabilities found in Flash Player

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Posted in Network World on December 9th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

Two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Adobe's Flash Player can be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely, according to advisories from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and various security research companies.

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Two zero-day vulnerabilities found in Flash Player

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Posted in Network World on December 9th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

Two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Adobe's Flash Player can be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely, according to advisories from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and various security research companies.

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UK police arrest six in student loan phishing scam

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Posted in Network World on December 9th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

U.K. police arrested six people on Thursday for allegedly running a phishing scam that stole an estimated £1.6 million (US$2.6 million) from victims who had taken out student loans.

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Private investment firm buys Blue Coat for $1.3B

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Posted in Network World on December 9th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

Blue Coat Systems has agreed to be bought by a private equity firm for about $1.3 billion, which will buy out shareholders for a 48% premium over what the company's stock sold for yesterday.

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Security roundup: Lockheed Martin sounds alarm on Adobe Reader zero-day; Microsoft patchfest coming

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Posted in Network World on December 9th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

When Adobe last week issued an advisory about a dangerous zero-day attack based on an unpatched Adobe Reader vulnerability that was being exploited in the wild to try and seize control of both PCs and Macs, it credited Lockheed Martin for sounding the alarm about it.

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Small company, big security challenges

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Posted in Network World on December 9th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

Small company, big ambitions. Sounds like the classic entrepreneurial dream--but what if it means you bear the burden of big-company regulatory or standards compliance?

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Google, Microsoft teams work to keep pace with privacy laws

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Posted in Network World on December 8th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

Executives from Microsoft and Google on Thursday gave a glimpse into the size of their privacy organizations, which are required for the companies to try to avoid running foul of complicated U.S. privacy regulations and prepare for changes coming to privacy laws around the globe.

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Google needs to be open about Google Wallet, analyst says

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Posted in Network World on December 8th, 2011 by NetworkWorld

Google launched its Android mobile operating system as an open platform, but the company is being closed in how it is working with Verizon Wireless on the Google Wallet mobile payment app on the Galaxy Nexus, an analyst said.

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