Security

Microsoft to release identity product

* Identity Lifecycle Manager "2" touts self-service tools and user-friendly XML structure

Take two: Nominum tries hosted DNS

Software maker announces division to provide cloud-based DNS services

Gaming mouse-maker Razer hit with infected firmware

Takes down support site after a Trojan is found in driver downloads

Scammers auto-generate Twitter accounts to spread scareware

They use bogus accounts, real tweets, to dupe people into installing fake antivirus software

Symform has an elegant cloud storage idea

Seagate ships self-encrypting drives for enterprises

The self-encrypting drives should be of interest to health care, financial services industries, which need to protect more customer data

Privacy advocates hail Facebook’s plan to shutter Beacon

The decision is long overdue, they say

Privacy researcher pans Netflix’s contest sequel

Meanwhile, AT&T, Yahoo researchers celebrate victory in initial contest to boost Netflix recommendation engine

7 Ways Security Pros DON’T Practice What They Preach

Bank sues Google for ID of Gmail user

Rocky Mountain Bank sent confidential account info to wrong e-mail address