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	With help from Intel, McAfee links security to the chip Nearly seven months after Intel shelled out US$7.68 billion for antivirus vendor McAfee, the two companies are offering a glimpse of their future. 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 In this Issue Security pros come clean at Summit on Advanced Persistent Threats Consumer devices create security, management headaches for IT The Game of Clue, Linux Edition: Who Hacked Linux.Com: SAP adds security, management for app stores US needs to kick network security intelligence up a notch SpyEye hacking kit adds Android infection to bag of tricks Facebook Pwn tool takes profile info, helps social engineers Vending machine company announces major data breach WHITE PAPER: VeriSign Approaches to DDoS Protection - A Cost Analysis All organizations with an online presence or dependence on Internet-based systems need to fortify their defenses against DDoS attacks. Read this paper to learn what an attack can cost an organization, how to develop a DDoS mitigation strategy, and how to get maximum protection from your investment. Read Now! Security pros come clean at Summit on Advanced Persistent Threats Put about 100 chief information security officers, CIOs and CEOs into a room and what they are willing share about cybersecurity just might surprise you. More information about just what they shared will be revealed soon in a report stemming from a closed-door Summit on Advanced Persistent Threats held in Washington, D.C., in July, where business and government security professionals acknowledged to each other that their organizations had either been hacked through stealthy infiltration to steal valuable sensitive information and intellectual property, or that they wouldn't know it if it had been. Read More Consumer devices create security, management headaches for IT It seems the debate about whether or not employees will be allowed to use personal devices for work purposes is over; the practice is already rampant, according to new research. In a survey of 741 IT professionals, 87% said the employees at their companies are using personal devices for work purposes. But that doesn't mean IT is happy about it. Among survey respondents, 82% said they're concerned about... Read More 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 The Game of Clue, Linux Edition: Who Hacked Linux.Com: By now you have probably heard that most of the Linux Foundation's websites including Linux.com and Linux.org are down, the victims of a hack. It seems that a breach of Kernel.org a few weeks ago may have given the hackers a way in. The folks at the Linux Foundation became aware of a potential security issue on September 8th. In fact if you try to reach the site you will see the following: Read... Read More SAP adds security, management for app stores SAP customers looking to open iTunes-like enterprise app stores through Apple's Volume Purchase Program (VPP) will soon have the ability to manage and deploy the software securely thanks to new VPP support in the Sybase Afaria platform, SAP said Tuesday at the Tech Ed conference in Las Vegas. Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Data Security via Desktop Virtualization By centralizing virtual desktops and data, companies can protect sensitive information while giving users more flexibility and choice. Read More US needs to kick network security intelligence up a notch There is an urgent need for businesses and our government to develop high-level cyber-intelligence as a way to combat the unacceptable levels of online security threats because the current "patch and pray" system won't cut it in the future. Read More SpyEye hacking kit adds Android infection to bag of tricks The SpyEye hacking toolkit has added an Android component that collects the text messages some banks use as an extra security precaution, a researcher said today. Read More Facebook Pwn tool takes profile info, helps social engineers A group of security researchers based in Egypt have created a tool that will make social engineering easier because it automates the collection of hidden Facebook profile data that is otherwise only accessible to friends in a user's network. Read More Vending machine company announces major data breach A company that supplies vending machines and games to entertainment venues has disclosed a data breach affecting about 40,000 people who visited waterpark resorts in Wisconsin and Tennessee between December 2008 and May 2011 Read More
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