Battling botnet blight: It's going to take a big village

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	Battling botnet blight: It's going to take a big village Botnets are indeed one of the scourges of the Internet and the government in conjunction with public and private companies want to work together to wipe them out. The US departments of Commerce and Homeland Security (DHS) today discussed with other federal agencies and information technology-based private-sector leaders the need to create what they called a "a voluntary industry code of conduct to... Read More WHITE PAPER: Hitachi Data Systems Storage Economics eGuide You'll learn about the benefits other customers have realized from using HDS storage solutions and Storage Economics methodology. Read more In this Issue In face of massive cybersecurity threat, government security dawdles Massive DDoS attacks a growing threat to VoIP services McAfee Acquires Nitro Security Malicious cybersecurity assaults increased 650% in past five years, Feds say iPad Data LP: Security Savior or Strong-Arm Tactic XSS web attacks could live forever, researcher warns U.S., Russia slowly improve cybersecurity cooperation 'Well organized, sophisticated, fast' cybercriminals scare US banks Symantec makes cloud-based security service available for corporate trials Webroot moves to cloud-based malware detection Fail a security audit already -- it's good for you WHITE PAPER: IBM B2B Automation Savings Calculator The B2B Automation Savings Calculator demonstrates potential savings associated with automating manual processes and is based on your inputs as well as industry averages compiled by analysts and Sterling Commerce, an IBM company. Click Here! In face of massive cybersecurity threat, government security dawdles At a time when the cyberthreat level is at its peak, many federal agencies continue to struggle with IT security. Read More Massive DDoS attacks a growing threat to VoIP services When the massive distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack in March brought down the voice-over-IP (VoIP) call processing supplied by TelePacific Communications to thousands of its customers, it marked a turning point for the local-exchange services provider in its thinking about security. Read More McAfee Acquires Nitro Security I heard through the security industry grapevine that McAfee was close to buying ArcSight a few years ago but the board was reluctant to do another multi-hundred million dollar acquisition so the company passed. Clearly, McAfee knew it needed security management to round out its portfolio so it was only a matter of time until it pulled the trigger. Fast forward to October 2011. At the start of National... Read More WEBCAST: VeriSign Webcast: 5 Best Practices for DDoS Mitigation Examine DDoS mitigation challenges, why traditional tactics aren't enough, and go inside the 5 keys you must implement in order to minimize the impact of an attack. View now! Malicious cybersecurity assaults increased 650% in past five years, Feds say Cybercriminals and other villains intent on stealing all manner of personal and government data are bombarding federal government agencies. Read More iPad Data LP: Security Savior or Strong-Arm Tactic Symantec unveiled its Data Loss Prevention for Tablets today, which forces Internet traffic on an iPad through a virtual private network and inspects outgoing traffic. It's good security, but does it defeat the purpose of owning an iPad to begin with? Read More XSS web attacks could live forever, researcher warns Websites that accidentally distribute rogue code could find it harder to undo the damage if attackers exploit widespread browser support for HTML5 local storage and an increasing tendency for heavy users of Web apps never to close their browser. Read More WHITE PAPER: Raritan Best Practices: KVM Smart Card Authentication Systems Selecting a smart card-enabled KVM system? Choose one that supports PKI authentication to multiple servers from a single location and makes the necessary KVM feature adjustments to enable seamless use of the reader. This White Paper examines best practices when evaluating a Smart Card solution. Learn More U.S., Russia slowly improve cybersecurity cooperation Lingering distrust between the U.S., Russia and China has hampered cooperation in the past on cyber security issues, but relations are taking a turn for the better, with increasing contact between experts. Read More 'Well organized, sophisticated, fast' cybercriminals scare US banks BITS, the U.S. financial industry's IT policy arm, has a new leader: Paul Smocer, an expert in email security and authentication. Read More Symantec makes cloud-based security service available for corporate trials Symantec today said its new cloud-based single sign-on (SSO) service called O3 is available to enterprise customers to test. Read More Webroot moves to cloud-based malware detection Webroot has revamped its antivirus product line, moving to a cloud-based system that it says is better suited to detect the deluge of malicious software circulating on the Internet. Read More Fail a security audit already -- it's good for you Failing an audit sounds like the last thing any company wants to happen. But that's because audits are seen by many as the goal of a security program. In reality, audits are only the means of testing whether enforcement of security matches the policies. In the broader context, though, an audit is a means to avoid a breach by learning the lesson in a "friendly" exercise rather than in the real world. If the audit is a stress-test of your environment that helps you find the weaknesses before a real attack, you should be failing audit every now and then. After all, if you're not failing any audits there are two possible explanations: Read More
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