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Zeus is no longer a god of malware; he’s been taken down by law enforcement agencies spanning six European nations. Five people were recently arrested—believed to have infected tens of thousands of computers across the globe. There have been 60 total arrests pertaining to this cybergang.

They also used malware called SpyEye, and that, along with Zeus, stole money from major banks. This was a clever operation that included ever-changing Trojans, and mule networks.

Another malware that was asphyxiat

A one-day session with a variety of interpretations is the spinning top.

This is a session with a relatively small real body of either color, showing up about mid-range in the session, and with both upper and lower shadows longer than the real body.

The signal can occur at the top or bottom of a trend, or even in the middle. It can also mean reversal or continuation. This depends on what other signals are found at the same approximate point in the chart. Reversal is most likely when it shows up at

When it comes to chart analysis, unusually large and small ranges have a lot of meaning. Measuring the distance between opening and closing price tells you a lot when trends develop or begin to lose momentum. Some specific patterns are excellent gauges of when reversal in the trend is likely to occur.

            First a few terms: The “real body” is the range between opening and closing price, shown as a rectangle in the candlestick, which is either white (prices moved up) or black (prices move

Our society runs on technology. We all rely on smart phones, laptops, and iPads and other tablets, all of which are linked to one another via the internet and a multiplicity of software programs. Technology is embedded in our credit cards, cars, and alarm systems. Our vendors are co-located in our work environments virtually and physically.

Increased technological capability brings increased technological vulnerability. Making technology secure is a continuous battle; some cyber threats are steal

In Japanese, "marubozu" means "with little hair." This is a reference to the expected small or non-existent upper or lower shadows on this candlestick.

The black marubozu is one variety of a long black candlestick and may have small upper and lower shadows. However, these will be quite small compared to the non-marubozu long black candlestick, which may have much longer upper or lower shadows. The appearance of the black marubozu is bearish because, like all black sessions, it opens at the top[ a

Ajay Kumar Jhingan, our member and International Speaker/Trainer in Corporate and Retail Banking, has just created a new course in Global Risk Academy - The Fundamentals of Credit analytics and we want to ask him more about his course and how it will benefit our members.

1.     Why have you decided to develop this course?

I have served banking industry in India for almost three decades. Credit department remained as one of my foremost choices. The main consideration, among other things, sti

UL in this case stands for Underwriters Laboratories. An article on darkreading.com notes that a UL official, Maarten Bron, says that they are taking part in the U.S. government’s plan to promote security certification standards.

The U.S. government is interested in developing a UL-type program directed at computers and smartphones. This initiative will encourage the private sector and the government to create the standards.

So that’s what we have thus far; this initiative is in its early childhoo

What is the hardest thing for a leader to do? Are you thinking fire people, remain calm, manage conflict, make the tough decisions?
 
I think it is something much more fundamental. It is communication. I truly believe communication is the single hardest challenge a leader faces. If you communicate well you will ensure the right people are hired and lead so no need to fire. Remaining calm will be much easier as you won’t need to be exasperated at the actions of others and conflict will be the dom

Cybersecurity professionals are always in demand^[i]. Threats to intellectual property and sensitive data constantly evolve with technology, which means a security professional’s job is never done. There’s always another security problem to solve.

Consider the recent proliferation of cyber attacks: it’s become easier and easier for a small group of people to compromise vast networks of corporate and government information. Worse still, cyber criminals are getting better at covering their tracks.

Ex

Maybe you don’t mind the ads for that bicycle rack following you around in cyberspace after you visited a site for all things bike, but browser trackers (“cookies”) also create a profile of you that gets sold to other advertisers and third parties.

Are you doomed to be stalked forever by bike ads? This is caused by third-party cookies. You can use third party software such as CCleaner, which can identify third-party cookies and clean out the cookies in your hard drive. It’s the third-party cookie

I am conducting a Risk Management Survey compiling best practices from organizations' Risk Management Programs.  If you would like to participate in this survey, please complete the questions below and submit to me no later than September 15th.  I will compile these results and send back to those who participated in this.

Below are the survey questions:

1)      Company Name:  ________________________________________________

2)      What industry is your organization classified in:

1. Financial Servi

The federal tax rules concerning options are among the most complex sections of the tax code. This has led to many misunderstandings. For example, many traders have heard that some covered calls are "unqualified." What does this mean?

It means that in some situations, a trader who has opened such a position will not be able to report gains as long-term gains if and when the call is exercised and the underlying called away. This applies only if you have held the underlying for less than one year w

The naked call is probably the highest-risk option strategy of all, right?

Not necessarily.

Most options traders associate risk with specific strategies. But you might want to question this assumption, based on a different definition of risks in trading: risk is not only determined by the attributes of a strategy, but more so by when and where the position is opened.

Even the notorious uncovered call may be less risky than most traders believe, based on a few important observations. These include:

1

When you subscribe to an online service, be careful of how much information you give out about yourself.

Most businesses in their terms and conditions, say they “respect your privacy.” But what if these companies go under or are sold? An article from the online New York Times explores this concept. Today’s market-data-hungry-businesses can gather lots of data about subscribers. This data can be transferred to third parties in the event the company is sold or goes belly up.

The New York Times recen

The Japanese word "doji" means "mistake" or "a foolish thing." This probably is due to the appearance of a doji session. Instead of a rectangle representing the difference between opening and closing price, the doji is a horizontal line, meaning open and close were the same price or very close.

The doji is not so much of a mistake, however, as a session in which buyers and sellers may be struggling with one another for control, and neither side is able to move the price off its mark.

But interpre

In the 1940s the average holding period for stocks was as high as 10 years. This is unheard of today. Now the average is down below one year and many active traders (day traders, swing traders) are looking at being in open positions for a matter of days, not even weeks or months.

With this new "normal" (created in part by access through the Internet, low trading costs, and markets characterized by high volatility), do options play a role?

In fact, they can. Options are flexible, much cheaper than

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Burglars get burgled, muggers get mugged, and hackers get hacked. This includes a sophisticated ring of hackers: Hacking Team, hailing from Italy, specializing in selling hacking software to major governments.

An article on wired.com describes how a “400 gigabyte trove” went online by anonymous hackers who gutted the Hacking Team, including source code. Even their Twitter feed was hacked, and the secret hackers tweeted HT’s cracked files.

One of the exposed files apparently was a list of HT’s cust

Traders, especially covered call writers, love the forward roll. It helps avoid or defer exercise, creates additional income, and helps keep ownership of stock that is on an uptrend.

But there are potential problems. Among these are the following four every covered call writer needs to remember:

1. Rolling keeps you exposed longer, tying up capital. As advantageous as it might look to roll forward, does it really make sense? When you roll, you buy to close the original position and replace it with

The attraction of the ratio write is the potential for higher premium income. Traders too often convince themselves that exercise is unlikely, and that time decay is likely to outpace intrinsic value as the stock goes higher, even if the calls go in the money.

Here's the thinking: You own shares of an underlying security. You sell to open ATM, OTM or slightly ITM (At, Out of or In The-Money) call positions with one to two months until expiration. A ratio write is defined as a strategy in which yo