Black Hat: Lots of hacks and a patriotic plea

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	Black Hat: Lots of hacks and a patriotic plea Black Hat hasn't disappointed this year, with research revealing a flaw that undercuts OSPF routing, two separate assertions that security for Apple products in the enterprise isn't that bad and a friendly hand being offered to hackers and crackers to join the U.S. fight against terrorists in cyberspace. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qwest Why IT Leaders Aren't Scared of Cloud Security Examine this CIO report in which your peers offer advice on cloud services and data protection. Learn 3 key tips for taking the right approach to securing a hybrid cloud infrastructure to dispel any data doubts. Read now! In this Issue Black Hat: Routers using OSPF open to attacks Critical fixes for Windows and IE coming in big Patch Tuesday Geomagnetic storm predicted for Earth in next 12 hours Strip club owner undressed for software-based tax scam RSA NetWitness Panorama Aligns Information with Analytics Researchers show off homemade spy drone at Black Hat NASA satellite may have found water on Mars Black Hat: Hackers and crackers needed to counter terrorists Researcher follows RSA hacking trail to China WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Leveraging Cloud Security to Weather Threatening Storms This paper assesses the current cyber threat environment and discusses the use of distributed cloud services as an effective means to protect against evolving, modern day IT threats. It takes a close look at DDoS defense in particular. Read now Black Hat: Routers using OSPF open to attacks A researcher at Black Hat has revealed a vulnerability in the most common corporate router protocol that puts networks using it at risk of attacks that compromise data streams, falsify network topography and create crippling router loops. Read More Critical fixes for Windows and IE coming in big Patch Tuesday In another big Patch Tuesday, Microsoft will release 13 patches next week covering 22 vulnerabilities, including two critical patches to prevent remote code execution attacks in Windows and Internet Explorer. Read More Geomagnetic storm predicted for Earth in next 12 hours The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Space Weather Prediction Center today issued a geomagnetic storm bulletin for the next 12 hours. Such storms can cause problems with Global Positioning Systems and power grids. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Exceptional Application Experience To improve and ensure the performance and availability of business-critical web applications, organizations need to be able to see and understand the actual user experience. This paper examines the five essentials of application performance monitoring. Learn More Strip club owner undressed for software-based tax scam A strip club owner who thought he'd use some fancy software to outwit the Internal Revenue Service was this week sentenced to a year in prison for the scam. Nicholas Faranso of Farmington Hills, Mich., was sentenced for conspiring to defraud the United States, the Department of Justice and IRS said. Faranso pleaded guilty on Jan. 12, 2011 to failing to report more than $500,000. Read More RSA NetWitness Panorama Aligns Information with Analytics Remember when commercial security incident and event management (SIEM) platforms came out in the early 2000s? At that time these systems were designed to take in firewall and IDS events, correlate and filter the data, and let you know whether you were under attack. Since then, SIEM platforms have gone in a multitude of directions like compliance, IT operations, and network performance management... Read More Researchers show off homemade spy drone at Black Hat A pair of security researchers Wednesday unveiled a remote controlled, unmanned aerial vehicle capable of cracking Wi-Fi passwords, exploiting weak wireless access points and mimicking a GSM tower to intercept cell phone conversations. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies Advanced Authentication Methods: Software vs Hardware Hardware tokens were a popular method of strong authentication in past years but the cumbersome provisioning and distribution tasks, high support requirements and replacement costs have limited their growth. Learn More NASA satellite may have found water on Mars Could some sort of briny water be flowing on Mars during its warm season? Seems that may be the case as NASA today said its red planet-orbiting satellite spotted possible flowing water, furthering the idea that Mars has or still does harbor life. Read More Black Hat: Hackers and crackers needed to counter terrorists Hackers and crackers heard a patriotic plea during a Black Hat keynote in which they were portrayed as potential heroes as terrorism shifts from acts of physical violence to cyberattacks that can also cause physical destruction. Read More Researcher follows RSA hacking trail to China Malware used in the attack against RSA Security earlier this year was controlled from China, a well-known botnet researcher said Wednesday. Read More
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