Thursday, August 25, 2011

Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool

MIT researchers craft defense against wireless man-in-middle attacks | India exempts outsourcers from new privacy rules

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Apache warns Web server admins of DoS attack tool
Developers of the Apache open-source project warn users of the popular Web server software about a denial-of-service (DoS) tool that exploits a bug in the program. Read More


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Why Customers Love VIPRE Business
Selecting an antivirus solution for your organization is an important decision. VIPRE Antivirus Business is a high-performance solution that delivers fast, memory-efficient endpoint security with all the necessary functionality you need and nothing you don't — ensuring an optimal end user performance experience. Read now!

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Next-Generation Storage Virtual and Cloud Data Centers
By reducing or eliminating capital and operating expenses, and by enhancing, accelerating, and protecting application and service ROI, HP 3PAR Utility Storage, powered by Intel Xeon processors, improves the return on IT, and on information itself. Read now

MIT researchers craft defense against wireless man-in-middle attacks
A new technique crafted by MIT researches can detect tampering by man-in-the-middle attackers in wireless networks, making it possible to nip such attacks in the bud. Read More

India exempts outsourcers from new privacy rules
Companies that outsource the collection of personal data to firms in India won't be subject to new Indian rules that could have created compliance nightmares for foreign businesses that hire those firms. Read More


WHITE PAPER: GFI Software

Messaging and Web Security Best Practices for 2011
In this white paper, Osterman Research discusses how the daily occurrence of malware within organizations has become decidedly worse over the past several years. Read More

35 Innovators Under 35: Uncrashable software, secure cloud computing among areas of expertise
MIT's always interesting Technology Review 35 Innovators Under 35 list is out, including an Australian researcher who came up with an uncrashable operating system that's resilient to cyber attacks. Read More

Vertical Industry Information Security
Security needs of individual industries are diverging, making one-size-fits-all security products less attractive than ones that are customized for specific verticals. Read More


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Workload Automation Challenges and Opportunities
This Executive Brief discusses IDC's perspective on how enterprise workload management requirements are changing and highlights the ways that workload automation solutions can address these emerging requirements. Learn More!

myBART hack by Anonymous could have been worse
The disclosure of 2,000 usernames and passwords by the hacking collective Anonymous against a San Francisco transportation website could have been more damaging, according to a researcher at the University of Cambridge. Read More

Experts positive on Facebook's new privacy controls
Privacy advocates and security experts have given Facebook a preliminary thumbs-up on the upcoming changes designed to improve privacy controls on its site. Read More



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