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	Army special operations wants battlefield biometric tech | Trend Micro takes aim at targeted attacks with custom-designed security service
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	Microsoft: Users trying to get something for nothing wind up with malware People trying a certain method of getting software for free wind up with malware about three-quarters of the time, according to the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: LogMeIn Improve IT Productivity with LogMein Rescue LogMeIn Rescue lets you do more. With Rescue, IT can quickly access, diagnose and solve IT problems anywhere, worldwide. The result: Improved productivity for IT staff, improved customer satisfaction and more time for the important stuff. Stop letting cludgy remote support tools get in your way of delivering great IT support to PCs and Smartphones Do More. Try Rescue today In this Issue Army special operations wants battlefield biometric tech Trend Micro takes aim at targeted attacks with custom-designed security service Malware-infected computers being rented as proxy servers on the black market RSA's Coviello calls for privacy laws to be overhauled to improve security Windows 7 malware infection rate soars in 2012 Top 10 cloud jobs Huawei: House Intelligence Committee report is 'not fact-based' Career Watch: Noncertified skills pay still has edge over certs Samsung Galaxy Tab too insecure for business use, analysis finds Rapid7 acquires startup Mobilisafe WHITE PAPER: Blue Coat Systems Optimize and Secure Cloud, SaaS, BYOD, and Social Media Today's threat landscape has migrated to the web causing many security professionals to prevent direct Internet access at the branch. But with new cloud-based security solutions from Blue Coat you can re-architect your network to embrace the Internet – safely – and optimize application performance. Learn more. Army special operations wants battlefield biometric tech The US Army Special Operations group wants to find out what it takes to build rugged biometric tools it can use under battlefield conditions. Specifically the U.S. Special Operations Command issued a Request For Information from the biometric industry on how to best develop and measure the performance of rugged biometric devices it could use for a number of applications including bomb forensics and... Read More Trend Micro takes aim at targeted attacks with custom-designed security service Trend Micro has outlined a product-development strategy it calls "Custom Defense" intended to augment traditional signature-based anti-malware defense with custom-designed signatures to thwart stealthy, targeted attacks. Read More Malware-infected computers being rented as proxy servers on the black market Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell SonicWall Why Protection and Performance Matters Outdated firewalls can pose serious security risks and simply adding malware protection inhibits performance. Dell SonicWALL Next-Generation Firewalls overcome these limitations with multi-core architecture and Reassembly-Free Deep Packet Inspection for unrivaled protection and performance. Read Now! RSA's Coviello calls for privacy laws to be overhauled to improve security In order to keep hackers at bay there must be changes in security budgets and privacy regulations, RSA boss Art Coviello said on Tuesday. Read More Windows 7 malware infection rate soars in 2012 Windows 7's malware infection rate climbed by as much as 182% this year, Microsoft said today. Read More Top 10 cloud jobs Read More WHITE PAPER: Citrix Systems Consolidation Without Compromise Pay more to get less consolidation? The Iron Age is over. Shift to Citrix NetScaler. 2x consolidation. For less. Get Consolidation Without Compromise now. Learn More Huawei: House Intelligence Committee report is 'not fact-based' The United States is a country ruled by law, where all charges and allegations should be based on solid evidence and facts. The report conducted by the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence (the Committee), which took 11 months to complete, failed to provide clear information or evidence to substantiate the legitimacy of the Committee's concerns. Read More Career Watch: Noncertified skills pay still has edge over certs Latest report from Foote Partners shows the pay advantage has now been documented for six straight years. Read More Samsung Galaxy Tab too insecure for business use, analysis finds Samsung's much-vaunted Galaxy Tab has serious security failings that make it completely unsuitable for use by businesses, a technical analysis by consultancy Context Information Security has found. Read More Rapid7 acquires startup Mobilisafe Security firm Rapid7 today announced the acquisition of startup Mobilisafe, the Seattle-based provider of a mobile-risk management software and services. Read More
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