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Top-of-mind IT security problems are bad enough. Finding the right sources of information to help rectify them can be tougher.

So to make the busy IT security executive's job easier, we've aggregated all our feature and news articles into SC Magazine's Featured Sectors.

By conveniently divvying our objective editorial offerings into today's most pressing IT security-related matters, you can quickly peruse the most up-to-date news and in-depth features.

Financial Services

Newly discovered Zeus spinoff botnet has wide impact

Angela Moscaritolo February 18, 2010

The "Kneber" botnet is made up of 74,126 machines from nearly 2,500 organizations that were infected with a variant of Zeus, according to researchers at a network security firm.

13 years in prison cometh for the "Iceman" hacker

Dan Kaplan February 16, 2010

A San Francisco-based hacker accused of stealing and then selling hundreds of thousands of credit card numbers must spend 13 years behind bars, a federal judge has ruled.

Critical Infrastructure encounters the most web malware, report

Angela Moscaritolo February 11, 2010

Companies in the energy and oil sectors experienced a 356 percent higher rate of data-theft trojans in 2009 compared to other verticals, according to Scan Safe's newly released Global Threat Report.

RSA Conference: Health care information security pros discuss data security

Angela Moscaritolo March 03, 2010

Protecting health data becomes more difficult in a socially networked world, but blocking access to these popular sites is being met with dissent, a panel of health care CISOs said Wednesday at the RSA Conference.

Newly discovered Zeus spinoff botnet has wide impact

Angela Moscaritolo February 18, 2010

The "Kneber" botnet is made up of 74,126 machines from nearly 2,500 organizations that were infected with a variant of Zeus, according to researchers at a network security firm.

Connecticut attorney general sues over breach

Dan Kaplan January 14, 2010

The Connecticut attorney general, using new authority granted under the HITECH Act, is suing a managed health care provider over a data breach that potentially exposed the personal data of 446,000 state residents.

RSA Conference: Gonzalez may receive largest ever U.S. hacking sentence

Angela Moscaritolo March 05, 2010

Hacker Albert Gonzalez will likely receive a record-breaking prison term, law enforcement officials said Thursday at the RSA Conference.

Four charged with hacking ticket vendors

Greg Masters March 01, 2010

Four men were charged on Monday with using computer hacking to obtain tickets to major sporting events, theater productions and concerts.

Heartland settles with American Express over breach

Dan Kaplan December 18, 2009

Heartland Payment Systems has settled its first lawsuit with a card brand over the 2008 data breach.

New Hampshire legislature rejects biometrics bill

Angela Moscaritolo March 19, 2010

The New Hampshire House of Representatives on Wednesday rejected a controversial bill that would have banned the use of biometrics data in identification cards.

Faux Facebook emails use password reset ploy

Dan Kaplan March 18, 2010

Scammers are trying to infect the computers of Facebook users by claiming their password has been reset and that a replacement credential is contained in an attachment.

Revised draft of Cybersecurity Act introduced in Senate

Angela Moscaritolo March 18, 2010

Senate lawmakers on Wednesday introduced a revised draft of the Cybersecurity Act, striking out a controversial clause that would have given the president power to shut down the internet in the event of a digital emergency.

Security firm finds bug in Microsoft virtual program

Angela Moscaritolo March 17, 2010

Researchers say Microsoft's virtualization software suffers from a zero-day vulnerability, but the Redmond, Wash. software giant disagrees.

Gartner: Virtualization security will take time

Dan Kaplan March 16, 2010

In five years, virtualized systems likely will be more secure than their physical counterparts, but until then, it will be rough sledding for organizations transitioning to the new technology, according to a new report from Gartner.

Ransomware not considered threat for Mac OS X

Angela Moscaritolo March 16, 2010

Security researchers discovered proof-of-concept Mac OS X ransomware code, which does not pose a serious threat but could portend future problems.

Web fraud losses more than double in 2009, says report

Dan Kaplan March 15, 2010

Losses related to cybercrime more than doubled from 2008 to last year, according to a report from the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)

Apple issues Safari 4.0.5 to fix 16 vulnerabilities

Angela Moscaritolo March 12, 2010

Apple has pushed out the latest version of Safari -- its first update to the web browser since November -- to close 16 holes.

LifeLock settles with FTC over ID theft product claims

Dan Kaplan March 12, 2010

LifeLock will pay $11 million to the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and $1 million to a group of 35 state attorneys general to settle charges that the Tempe, Ariz.-based company made false claims that its product could prevent identity theft.

Troyak shutdown signals short-lived win against Zeus

Angela Moscaritolo March 11, 2010

The takedown of a rogue internet service provider known as "AS Troyak," which was linked to the prolific Zeus botnet, caused a massive but brief drop in the number of active Zeus command-and-control servers this week before attackers reconnected their criminal operations.

EMC buys Archer Technologies for GRC tools

Dan Kaplan January 04, 2010

EMC on Monday acquired arguably the most successful pure-play GRC provider, Archer Technologies.

Breached restaurateurs suing point-of-sale provider

Angela Moscaritolo December 02, 2009

The restaurants, located in Louisiana and Mississippi, are seeking millions of dollars in damages from Georgia-based point-of-sale vendor Radiant Systems and its distributor Computer World.