Defcon: VoIP makes a good platform for controlling botnets

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	Defcon: VoIP makes a good platform for controlling botnets Botnets and their masters can communicate with each other by calling into the same VoIP conference call and swapping data using touch tones, researchers demonstrated at Defcon. Read More WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies Ponemon: Security of Cloud Computing Providers This report offers the cloud providers beliefs on the state of cloud security. In addition, it compares the findings from both reports, determining similarities and discrepancies between cloud computing users and providers. Learn More In this Issue Microsoft patches 1990s-era 'Ping of Death' Guilty plea from one man identity theft operation that netted $770,000 Microsoft's BlueHat goal: Kill bugs dead USB devices: The big hole in network security Anonymous Allegedly Threatens to 'kill' Facebook China Hit By 480,000 Trojan Horse Attacks in 2010 Vulnerable Insulin Pumps Demostrate Pervasive Risks When a Cloud Service Vanishes: How to Protect Your Data Improve Your Security Leadership with One Lesson From Improv WHITE PAPER: F5 Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (vCMP) Virtual Clustered Multiprocessing (vCMP), the industry's first purpose-built hypervisor, completes this functionality by allowing administrators to completely segment those resources into independent, virtual ADCs. Read Now! Microsoft patches 1990s-era 'Ping of Death' Microsoft today issued 13 security updates that patched 22 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer, Windows, Office and other software, including one that harked back two decades to something dubbed "Ping of Death." Read More Guilty plea from one man identity theft operation that netted $770,000 The US Department of Justice said a man who rang up 4,400 fraudulent charges totaling $770,674 from 2,341 stolen credit pleaded guilty today in the District Court in Alexandria, Va. Read More Microsoft's BlueHat goal: Kill bugs dead Microsoft has eschewed paying for one-off bug bounties, switches focus to fixing entire classes of flaws instead. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Security: A Multilayered Approach The resources in this Security KnowledgeVault provide expert advice on everything from creating a multilayered security strategy and deploying a more proactive fight against cybercrime, to realizing when it's time to stop going it alone and seek outside, expert help. Learn more. USB devices: The big hole in network security USB devices may be important tools foir business but they have security issues Read More Anonymous Allegedly Threatens to 'kill' Facebook The hacking group Anonymous is allegedly threatening to "destroy" Facebook on Nov. 5, accusing the social networking site of spying on users, cooperating with authoritarian governments and abusing people's privacy. Read More China Hit By 480,000 Trojan Horse Attacks in 2010 China said it saw close to 480,000 Trojan horse attacks in 2010, with almost half originating from outside the country, according to a government security agency. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Technical Whitepaper: Open Cloud Access Learn how to provide single sign-on for ALL of your apps and users in your cloud environments. Free guide shows how OpenCloud Access, provided by Citrix NetScaler, turns identity management into a centrally-based network function that is simple, scalable, and cost-effective. Get your copy today -- compliments of Citrix. Read now! Vulnerable Insulin Pumps Demostrate Pervasive Risks I was catching up on the news from the DefCon security event in Las Vegas when one particular story caught my eye. A security researcher named Jay Radcliffe, a diabetic, discovered that he could hack his own Insulin pump and prompt the device to deliver either too much or too little Insulin. By exploiting this vulnerability, a hacker could literally use technologies like wireless networking to commit... Read More When a Cloud Service Vanishes: How to Protect Your Data More and more, we rely on Web services as a matter of course. The key word is rely: We assume that the data we upload to, say, a photo-hosting account or blog service today will still be there tomorrow. In large part, that's because we assume the services themselves will still be there tomorrow. Read More Improve Your Security Leadership with One Lesson From Improv "Your job is to make your partner look like a rock star." Read More
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