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Thursday, June 07, 2012

Linked In Password Leak: A Cautionary Tale

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Linked In Password Leak: A Cautionary Tale
Today's news of over 6 million passwords to Linked In being potentially compromised has caused ripples through the security community. It is not just the access to Linked In accounts with the attendant chaos and spam that could lead to, that these compromised passwords represent. No the bigger danger is the fact that many people use the same passwords over and over again. Read More


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How aware are small businesses about cyber threats that impact them? Do they consider the right type of defense against hackers? Find out in the Small and Medium Business Threat Awareness Report. Read Now!

Dept. of Homeland Security to focus on cyber workforce development
Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano today said the agency will form a cybersecurity workforce task group that will consider strategies such as expanding DHS involvement in cyber competitions and university programs, enhancing public-private security partnerships and working with other government agencies to develop a more agile cyber workforce across the federal government. The new task... Read More

Feds investigate who leaked classified Stuxnet cyberattack details to NYT
It's not every day you "officially" learn that America and Israel not only created Stuxnet, but also ordered cyberattacks against Iran, so now it's being considered a "national security leak." It moved from conspiracy theory to a cybersecurity bombshell when the New York Times reported that the Bush administration authorized the c Read More


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LinkedIn privacy issues: Possible password breach; iOS app data leak
It appears that the developers at LinkedIn may not have had "encryption training" on their own resumes. Read More

Gartner: Cloud-based mobile device management (MDM) getting hot
To place management controls on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones used in business, the enterprise has showed preference for acquiring mobile device management (MDM) software where server and management console components are kept on premises. But that's changing, as companies are now buying cloud-based MDM, according to Gartner. Read More


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Google warns users of 'state-sponsored' hacks
Google began warning users today of its Gmail online email services when it suspects they may be targets of "state-sponsored" attacks. Read More

Yahoo implements latest antispam defense
Yahoo said it will roll out globally this week a new antispam specification intended to make it easier for service providers to confidently discard suspicious email messages. Read More

Egenera jumps into cloud management
Egenera is launching two cloud-management platforms that enable more efficient use of server infrastructure by provisioning resources through an abstraction layer regardless of who made the underlying infrastructure and whether it is physical, virtual or a mix. Read More

Gartner: Top 10 emerging infrastructure trends
Gartner kicked off its Infrastructure & Operations Management Summit here today with a "top 10" list of the most significant emerging trends that will impact data centers and information technology used by businesses and government from now into the next four or five years. Read More

 
 
 

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