Windows XP is a Rootkit Spawning Pool

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	Windows XP is a Rootkit Spawning Pool If you're still dragging your feet on moving to Windows 7, consider this: a report from the Czeck antivirus firm Avast notes that three in four PCs infected with rootkits are running Windows XP, and it's not because so many people use aging operating system. Read More WEBCAST: CA Technologies Virtualization Done Right View this webcast to learn the best practices for post implementation of virtualized servers in your environment. Discover what challenges to look out for and how to prepare to avoid pitfalls ensuring total protection for your systems, applications and data. Learn More In this Issue Apple patches iOS security certificate flaw for iPhones, iPads Cloud Security Fears Exaggerated, Says Federal CIO Spaceflight contest blasts off Anonymous suspect 'Topiary' charged over DDOS attacks European security group issues warning on HTML5 Face recognition and social media meet in the shadows Black Hat roundup: Let the electric-shock craziness begin Who's stealing your data? EHRs are easy prey, but all is not lost WHITE PAPER: Splunk WhitePages Protects their Rich Database Read how Spunk enabled them to protect the site's content and the WhitePages brand by monitoring abusive site traffic and learn how Splunk's in-house search eliminated a data warehouse investment. Learn more. Apple patches iOS security certificate flaw for iPhones, iPads The latest iOS update corrects a security flaw in how Apple's mobile OS handled security certificates. Without it, hackers can create their own certifcates, opening iPhone and iPad sessions to capture and decryption. Read More Cloud Security Fears Exaggerated, Says Federal CIO Outgoing federal CIO Vivek Kundra believes that cloud security issues ave been used to discourage cloud adoption. That's not stopping the Department of Homeland Security. Read More Spaceflight contest blasts off The company behind Seattle's iconic Space Needle wants to send you into space. The company, Space Needle LLC has teamed with space tourist company Space Adventures to blast someone into suborbital space to celebrate the Seattle structure's 50th anniversary. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Case Study – Constangy Learn how to consolidate and virtualize many different servers, and eliminate the expense and difficulty of remotely managing the hardware and software. Read now! Anonymous suspect 'Topiary' charged over DDOS attacks The 18-year-old teenager identified by police as the spokesman for the hacking groups Anonymous and Lulz Security was charged on Sunday with five offenses and expected to appear Monday in a London court. Read More European security group issues warning on HTML5 The European Union's computer security agency is warning that standards under development as part of HTML5 are undergoing rewrites that may neglect important security issues. Read More Face recognition and social media meet in the shadows Facebook will reach likely reach one billion users this year or next. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Streamline Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Solutions To succeed and thrive, today's organizations must create network environments that enable them to continue operations or recover in the shortest possible time. This paper provides practical advice for maintaining a functional DR strategy, and for streamlining business continuity solutions. Read More Black Hat roundup: Let the electric-shock craziness begin Ready to power on next week, the annual Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas promises to be the high-voltage event it has been in the past where security experts tear apart any naïve hope that there's really anything secure at all that was ever made by the high-tech industry. Read More Who's stealing your data? In a number of recent newsletters we've looked at spear-phishing and how it can make your employees, customers, clients and users into unwitting dupes of the crackers and malfeasants who are trying to steal the "family jewels" of your organization. Just ask the folks at RSA (who insist that they are the "security division" of EMC). Read More EHRs are easy prey, but all is not lost Christopher Burgess on writing a new prescription for health data trust. Read More
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