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With so much money being moved online these days, cyber criminals are getting greedy - and smarter. Mark Mayne asks the experts for advice. To many commentators, the case of the NatWest Three may not look like the outcome of a failed information security policy.

Unlike the data acquisition tools here, WinTasks is intended to give administrators a view of the running state of a system, helping to identify and track malicious activity.

The Coroner’s Toolkit, or TCT is an open-source set of forensic tools for performing post-mortem analysis on Unix systems. Written by Dan Farmer and Wietse Venema, both very well known in security circles for such programs as SATAN, TCT is not an easy product to use. A serious knowledge of Unix is a prerequisite for success, but if you can manage it, this is an extremely powerful set of tools. What do you like most about your job? The constant challenge and learning keeps me going. Every day I need to investigate a new threat, new product or evaluate a new process. I love that I'm never looking at the same thing, and that my challenges always change. A hacker on Wednesday hijacked a server on the Nebraska’s child support payment computer system, gaining access to the personal information of more than 300,000 individuals and employers who pay and receive child support, state Treasurer Ron Ross said today. The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced this week that the identities of about 26,000 employees and contractors may have been compromised by the illegal hijacking of the agency’s computer systems earlier this month. How did you get into security? In my case, the question could be phrased, "How did security get into you?" I am not an infosec professional in the usual sense, but rather a business manager with infosec responsibility. I manage business and product development and information security, which is a central thread that composes the fabric of our product offerings. Overall Category Winner and Winner for Best Event Management: ArcSight Enterprise Security Management 3.0 from ArcSight Two security firms have teamed up in a bid to create an anti-phishing task force of volunteers to help consumers and businesses combat phishing scams and online identity theft. Up to 145 of the 150 individuals identified following a recent U.K. court order for illegally sharing software over peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have been targeted in an anti-piracy initiative launched today by the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST). Winner: Barclays Capital Information Risk Management Team Winner: Thomas Dunbar, global CSO, XL Capital I went through my library and picked out a few of the books that I think are the most useful and important for the security professional with little time for reading. As part of the IT security industry's leading global awards program, the SC Magazine Awards US Gala was organized to honor the professionals, companies and products that help fend off the myriad security threats confronted in today's corporate world. Enterprise database infrastructures, which often contain the crown jewels of an organization, are subject to a wide range of attacks. The most critical of these are listed below, followed by recommendations for mitigating the risk of each. Send your comments, praise or criticisms to SCFeedbackUS@haymarketmedia.com. We reserve the right to edit letters. It’s 4am, cold, dark and I’m running as fast as I can, wearing only a dressing gown. What’s going on? And what has this to do with IT security? The U.K. High Court has ordered ten internet service providers to hand over the customer details of 150 individuals accused of illegally sharing software. Information security people are rising rapidly through the ranks as the profession matures and their role gains greater recognition outside the confines of the IT department.