Cyberthieves loot SMBs, transfer millions to firms in China, FBI warns

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9216277/Cyberthieves_loot_SMBs_transfer_millions_to_firms_in_China_FBI_warns

WSJ: Apple, Google Collect User Data

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703983704576277101723453610.html?mod=WSJ_hp_MIDDLETopStories

This is disturbing.

Michigan: Police Search Cell Phones During Traffic Stops

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/34/3458.asp

Internet Sales Tax to be Introduced in US Senate

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/04/17/internet-sales-tax-introduced-senate/#ixzz1Jn7iTa1w

Facebook Now Lets You Turn Your Profile Into a Business Page

http://www.fastcompany.com/1743800/user-profiles-can-become-pages-on-facebook-here-come-your-business-fans

Fox 19 (WXIX) Interview on April 6, 2011: Episilon server breach / Phishing

I was interviewed by Kimberly Holmes for the Fox19 10 O’Clock news, we discussed the implications of the Epsilon server breach and the pleathora of Phishing attacks it has spawned. Educate and protect yourself!

You can read the story and watch the video at Fox 19.

You can also watch this interview and many others on my YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip8A-dlkw4g

I’d love to hear your feedback and suggestions for other topics!

If you’d like to have me speak to your group or do an inteview on any business/technology topic, you can reach me at Libertas Technologies.

I’m doing an information security seminar for the Cincinnati BBB on April 26, 2011

Every day there are new stories about companies whose databases have been breached and their web sites hacked, as well and businesses that have been defrauded by hackers and/or lost sensitive customer information. And in today’s information age, businesses of all sizes increasingly collect data about their customers, partners and vendors, making them a soft, ripe target for hackers, thieves and corporate spies. From SQL injection attacks that make your web site serve up viruses to your visitors, phishing e-mails that seek to capture account and password information, ransomware that locks your data and seeks to extract a ransom for access, and hackers attempting to breach your systems, you and your business are under constant attack.

Dave Hatter is founder of Libertas Technologies, LLC a software development and business process improvement company, and as a small business owner, he faces the same challenges that you do. Dave has nearly 20 year’s experience building secure business software solutions for nearly 100 clients and holds a Security+ certification from CompTIA as well as several other certifications and a degree in Information Systems from NKU. He will help you understand the myriad risks to you and your business, as well as to your customers in simple business language.

Topics covered in this in-depth 2 hour seminar will include:
• Physical Security
• Email / IM Security / Web Security
• Phishing
• Malware: Viruses / Spyware / Scareware
• Updates/Patches
• Social Media / Reputation Management
• Web site security
• Data Security /PCI
• Cloud
• Q&A

For more information, visit the Cincinnati Better Business Bureau.

To register, call Meghan O’Leary at 513.639.9126. BBB Accredited Businesses $29.00, Non Accredited Businesses $39.00.

I’m doing my Advanced LinkedIn seminar at the Cinci PMI Mega Event – 04/19/2011

More than 100,000,000 business professionals already use LinkedIn as a powerful platform to stay connected to the business community and to advance their business and their career.

This in-depth presentation is designed for those professionals who already use LinkedIn, but want to unlock and leverage its hidden power to take their professional networking to the next level.

Participants will learn how to:
• Prospect using LinkedIn
• Optimize your profile for best results
• Invitation etiquette
• Import and export contact information
• Research clients and competition to generate business
• Apply techniques to stay top of mind with your connections
• Build and enhance your personal and professional brand
• Share expertise, increase innovation and promote events through LinkedIn Groups
• Access the voice of your customer through LinkedIn Polls & Blogs
• Connect with regional and national leaders
• Reconnect with long lost friends, colleagues and classmates
• Find employees
• Understand how key account settings impact your usage of LinkedIn
• Get free business advice from other professionals
• Advocate for issues
• Promote events
• Find a job
• Follow companies
• Maintain proper LinkedIn etiquette
• Understand the importance of Reputation Management
• Use RSS feeds to harness and manage Network Updates to outsmart your competition and grow your network

I am not a social media “consultant”; I am a small business owner who is an avid and active LinkedIn user BECAUSE IT WORKS for my business!

I now have over 3,100 first degree connections, over 500,000 second degree connections and over 12,000,000 third degree connections. Additionally, I have created and manage groups on LinkedIn that now have 1,000’s of members. Bottom line: I am successfully using LinkedIn every day to improve my business results. I’ll show you how at this interactive seminar!

I have trained 1,000′s and have done this seminar many times to excellent reviews. You can see some of the testimonials here:

http://www.linkedin.com/in/davehatter

I promise you will leave this seminar with concrete tips and techniques that will make LinkedIn work better for you!

To register for this event, visit:
http://www.pmi-swohio-chapter.org/index.php/general/training/207-2011-pmi-mega-event.html

For more information, please visit:
For a list of my other upcoming seminars, please visit http://davehatter.wordpress.com/need-a-speaker/upcoming-speaking-events/

You can also contact me at: Libertas Technologies, LLC.

ComputerWorld: Millions of sites hit with mass-injection cyberattack

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9215428/Millions_of_sites_hit_with_mass_injection_cyberattack

Unfortunately, this type of SQL Injection attack is common because many web sites still allow SQL Injection. If you have a web site, you should check it to ensure that it is not infecting your visitors. Also, web sites can be hardened against this type of attack. Let me know if you have questions, we can help!