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	Microsoft to repair Internet Explorer fault discovered at hacking contest Next week's Patch Tuesday will feature a fix for a vulnerability in Internet Explorer that came to light at the celebrated Pwn2Own hacking competition held earlier this year at CanSecWest. Read More WHITE PAPER: Teradata Cloud Computing Models for Data Warehousing Gain better business intelligence through private cloud self service capabilities. In this whitepaper, analyst Mark Madsen explores why private cloud computing is a better choice to meet your analytical needs as business conditions fluctuate and grow. Learn more. In this Issue Price tag for Microsoft piece of Flame malware $1M, researcher says INSIDER 6 secrets to a successful 802.1X rollout How to speak IT support's language California's budget crisis sparks controversial 'BYOD' plan to save money How Charles Dickens helped crack your LinkedIn password Mobile devices bring cloud storage -- and security risks -- to work Oracle to issue 14 patches for Java SE Flame's Windows Update hack required world-class cryptanalysis, researchers say Adobe patches critical Flash bugs, ships sandboxed plug-in for Firefox Dept. of Homeland Security to focus on cyber workforce development WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation Transforming Tier 1 Applications through Virtualization This Technology Spotlight will explore the benefits of virtualizing tier 1 applications and discuss the role that EMC Consulting plays in virtualizing top tier Microsoft applications (including Exchange, SharePoint and SQL) on the VMware platform. Learn More Price tag for Microsoft piece of Flame malware $1M, researcher says Back when the Microsoft Update piece of the Flame espionage-software package was still undetected it could have sold for $1 million on the malware black market, a security researcher says. Read More INSIDER 6 secrets to a successful 802.1X rollout Implementing and supporting 802.1X authentication on your network can be a challenge, but here are some tips that can help save you some time, money, and frustration. Read More How to speak IT support's language Support technicians work with some irate customers as well as customers with very complex issues. When the problem isn't a quick fix, we often end up communicating with the customer via email so they don't have to stay on the phone with us while we sort out the problem. This saves the customer time and gives us a chance to concentrate on the problem. When this happens, there are a whole new set... 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Cruz decided one way to hold down costs at DHCS, which was using BlackBerries, was to have agency employees use their own smartphones instead -- without any subsidy. Read More How Charles Dickens helped crack your LinkedIn password Kevin Young, a computer security expert who studies passwords, is nearly at a loss for words. Literally. Read More Mobile devices bring cloud storage -- and security risks -- to work As the bring-your-own-device trend accelerates, companies are struggling to deal with employees who now use cloud storage services while at work. Read More WHITE PAPER: Centage Corporation Centage/IOMA Budgeting Survey: Benchmarks & Issues How are other financial professionals dealing with the issues you face? This report offers you an inside peak into what the minds at over 200 financial executives are thinking and doing to impact their own bottom line. Learn more. Oracle to issue 14 patches for Java SE Oracle is planning to ship 14 patches related to Java SE on Tuesday, including a number with the highest level of severity under the CVSS (common vulnerability scoring system) framework, according to a pre-release announcement on the company's website. Read More Flame's Windows Update hack required world-class cryptanalysis, researchers say The Flame cyber-espionage malware makes use of a previously unknown cryptographic attack variant that required world-class cryptanalysis to develop, experts from the Dutch national research center for mathematics and computer science (CWI) said on Thursday. Read More Adobe patches critical Flash bugs, ships sandboxed plug-in for Firefox Adobe today patched seven critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player -- the fifth security update so far in 2012 -- and released a sandboxed plug-in for Mozilla's Firefox. Read More 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
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