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Two spammers who hijacked consumers’ computers and turned them into spam spewing zombies have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission (FTC) charges. The individuals admitted sending illegal emails hawking mortgage opportunities, a device for improving gas mileage, and other products and services. Two alleged Washington State spammers have settled charges of mass-spamming filed against them by the Federal Trade Commission. In the face of growing threats to its cyber assets, America requires a cohesive and comprehensive plan to protect its vital and most sensitive data. Here, one of the leading decision makers in the federal government IT arena coveys overarching priorities for securing the country's cyberspace. Microsoft has revamped its hosted security offerings with the launch of Exchange Hosted Services (EHS), formerly known as FrontBridge Technologies. Overall Category Winner and Winner for Best Anti-Spam: MailFrontier Gateway Compliance issues and identity theft incidents may have dominated 2005, but other problems will unfold over coming months. Microsoft today vowed to support Washington state's battle against malware after state Attorney General Rob McKenna filed the first legal action under the Washington Computer Spyware Act, enacted last year. The software giant also filed its own parallel lawsuit alleging violation of the same law. US ISP EarthLink's announced that its investigation of Peter Moshou, aka the "Timeshare Spammer," has led to Moshou being sentenced to serve one year in federal prison. He will also pay $120,000 in restitution stemming from his conviction in June on a federal charge of violating the CAN-SPAM Act. Global organizations are leaving themselves vulnerable to significant security risks because of widespread failure to take steps against internal threats, industry experts warned today. The Federal Trade Commission has charged two internet marketers with violating the U.S. CAN-SPAM Act. A Florida man known as the “Timeshare Spammer” has pleaded guilty to one count of violating federal anti-spam laws. Pleasing investors matters just as much as pleasing the board, says Richard Menta Health care organizations are waiting to see how this year’s big legal change is enforced. Marcia Savage takes the industry’s pulse on HIPAA Every financial institution today is at the mercy of constantly changing regulations. Each new mis-selling or market abuse scandal brings with it a tightening of the rules: whether it is a major shift like the introduction of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Basel II Accord, or the cumulative effect of successive administrations and regulatory regimes adding new sections and clauses to existing regulations. There is little doubt the enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) market is booming. Worldwide WLAN hardware revenue is expected to top $3.7bn USD in 2007 (Infonetics), with over 50% of enterprises deploying WLANs by 2006 (Meta Group). "It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to lose it," said Warren Buffett in 1930.The good reputation of a company or a brand is now seen as an essential element on the corporate balance sheet. It is a fragile asset that can be lost forever, unless all levels of the business safeguard it. Corporations responsible for complying with Sarbanes-Oxley, face great hurdles with a basic compliance objective: analysis of their (server and security device) event logs. Some do not for lack of awareness, and others because of the difficulty (and cost) of performing the analysis. Further, issuers erroneously place the cost burden of SOX compliance on the IT security department, when the costs should be borne by the CFO’s SOX compliance budget. There is little doubt the enterprise Wireless LAN (WLAN) market is booming. Worldwide WLAN hardware revenue is expected to top $3.7bn USD in 2007 (Infonetics), with over 50% of enterprises deploying WLANs by 2006 (Meta Group). PayPal, the e-payment company acquired by internet auctioneer eBay, is under investigation for possible violations of US consumer protection laws.