Microsoft to fix 23 security holes in 8 patches on Tuesday

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	Microsoft to fix 23 security holes in 8 patches on Tuesday On Tuesday, Microsoft will release eight security bulletins, two rated critical and six rated important, to fix 23 vulnerabilities. These will fix holes in Internet Explorer, .NET Framework & Silverlight, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Forefront UAG, and Microsoft Host Integration Server. The critical patches affects all supported versions of Windows: XP, Vista and Windows 7, Windows Server 2033, 2008... 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 In this Issue Feds want uber cybersecurity compliance standard Oracle to pay US almost $200M to resolve false claims lawsuit Pirate Bay website circumvents Belgian blocking Which smartphone is the most secure? SpyEye steals banking codes by sending them to wrong phone US lawmakers question cloud security Android's big security flaw, and why only Google can fix it Facebook alliance with Websense not enough, experts say WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Read now HP's Converged Infrastructure incorporates tools that make remote support and management efficient and effective. HP Insight Control, for example, helps reduce server deployment time from four hours to just 20 minutes, a 12-fold decrease in deployment time. learn more Feds want uber cybersecurity compliance standard Tired of regulators from three or four federal agencies auditing your network security compliance every year? A congressional task force recommends a super-standard that would cut the number of annual audits back to just one. Read More Oracle to pay US almost $200M to resolve false claims lawsuit In what it says is the largest False Claims Act settlement it has ever collected, the US General Services Administration will get $199.5 million plus interest from Oracle for "failing to meet their contractual obligations." Read More WHITE PAPER: Quest Software New NetVault Backup Licensing Model Read a report from an industry-leading analyst to see why traditional backup and recovery licensing methods no longer make sense. You'll learn how you can dramatically cut costs with a different strategy that's more intuitive, reasonable, enduring, and flexible. Download the report today. Read Now! Pirate Bay website circumvents Belgian blocking Following a court ruling last week ordering two Belgian Internet service providers to block access to the Pirate Bay website, the organization has set up a new domain name to help users get around the blockade. Read More Which smartphone is the most secure? These days, it is almost impossible to meet someone who doesn't own a cell phone. More specifically, smart phones, whether it be the trendy iPhone, corporate favored Blackberry or modern Windows Mobile, almost everyone has joined the smart phone frenzy -- and with good reason. A smart phone offers more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary phone. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel Strategy Guide to Converged Infrastructure in Retail This strategy guide explains how, by using HP's Converged Infrastructure, you can upgrade technology, standardize equipment and improve IT practices, all of which can help reduce IT costs, cut network downtime, increase productivity and improve customer service. Read now SpyEye steals banking codes by sending them to wrong phone Researchers from browser security vendor Trusteer have identified a new variant of the SpyEye financial Trojan that tricks online banking users into changing the phone numbers associated with their accounts. Read More US lawmakers question cloud security A rush by President Barack Obama's administration to move U.S. government agencies to cloud computing services may lead to unintended security problems and other headaches, some lawmakers said Thursday. Read More Android's big security flaw, and why only Google can fix it Device makers and carriers let patches languish, so users may not ever get them -- a new approach is sorely needed Read More Facebook alliance with Websense not enough, experts say Facebook just got safer, according to a press release last week from the social networking giant and the Internet security firm Websense. Read More
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