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	Cool, weird and unusual security gear The unusual security stuff for sale at the recent GovSec Conference in Washington, D.C. Read More WHITE PAPER: NetIQ SANS Review of NetIQ Sentinel 7 A SIEM solution fully installed and capturing logs in under 15 minutes! Read how SANS analyst Jerry Schenk did it, and why he feels NetIQ Sentinel 7 is a great solution for the most pressing security problems facing enterprises today. Learn More! In this Issue IETF plays Hide-and-Go-Seek with April Fools privacy protocol 4 critical trends in IT business continuity Apple mobile website access criticism 'flawed' 10 fun (and safe) ways to pretend to be a hacker ACLU: Most US police don't seek warrants before tracking cell phones Global Payments says fewer than 1.5M cards affected in data theft New "bootkit" Android malware infects more than 50 apps, 1600 devices Do Insecure Open Source Components Threaten Your Apps? WHITE PAPER: IBM Web Application Security e-Kit IBM Rational® AppScan® can help you effectively design security into your products and services early in the lifecycle, in a way which is resilient to change. Download your complimentary e-Kit now to receive white papers, demos, podcasts and additional information. Read Now IETF plays Hide-and-Go-Seek with April Fools privacy protocol IETF pranksters this weekend revealed their latest April Fools' Day requests for comments, including one that outlines use of Hide-and-Go-Seek techniques to encourage network privacy. Read More 4 critical trends in IT business continuity In IT, failure is not an option. Not surprisingly, organizations have made it a high priority to develop and implement reliable business continuity plans to ensure that IT services are always available to internal users and outside customers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Sustainable Compliance for the Payment Card Industry This white paper explains the essentials of a PCI DSS compliance program, focusing on the critical but problematic areas that comprise much of the heart of the requirements. Learn More! Apple mobile website access criticism 'flawed' Research that criticised the accessibility of Apple's website for mobile users is flawed as it is based on 'inadequate' metrics, a customer experience agency has said. Read More 10 fun (and safe) ways to pretend to be a hacker Enjoy hacking, Hollywood-style, with these video games Read More WHITE PAPER: Sourcefire, Inc. The Sourcefire FireAMP Vision Still getting malware infections despite the time and money you've spent on security? Today's malware defenses have an inherent disadvantage in fighting today's threats. Designed for another time they are burdened with legacy constraints that hamper performance and protection. Learn More ACLU: Most US police don't seek warrants before tracking cell phones Many law enforcement agencies across the U.S. track mobile phones as part of investigations, but only a minority ask for court-ordered warrants, according to a new report released Monday by the American Civil Liberties Union. Read More Global Payments says fewer than 1.5M cards affected in data theft Payments processing services company, Global Payments said late Sunday that information on up to 1.5 million card numbers may have been "exported" as a result of an unauthorized access into its processing system. Read More New "bootkit" Android malware infects more than 50 apps, 1600 devices Another week, another story of potentially major Android malware out in the wild. The latest batch comes to us courtesy of Dr. Xuxian Jiang a professor at North Carolina State University and the chief scientist for NQ Mobile. The new malware strain is known as "DFKBootkit" and is described by Jiang as "the closest attempt by malware authors to create a full-fledged bootkit on Android." NQ says... Read More Do Insecure Open Source Components Threaten Your Apps? Open Source components are a boon to developers, allowing them to efficiently write code without reinventing the wheel. But since open source lacks the notification infrastructure of commercial software, organizations must maintain a running inventory of open source components and their dependencies in production applications or risk deploying apps with known vulnerabilities. Read More
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