Microsoft moves to optional two-factor authentication

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	Microsoft moves to optional two-factor authentication Following similar initiatives by Apple, Google and Facebook, Microsoft is enabling two-factor authentication for its Microsoft Account service, the log-on service for many of its online and desktop products. Read More WEBCAST: Ipswitch FT Go beyond FTP with Secure Managed File Transfer Tony Perri, Solutions Architect for Ipswitch File Transfer, will show you the most common business and technical challenges organizations face around securely transferring files to get work done. Learn about managed file transfer and how it can help you and your organization Learn More In this Issue Apple keeps patching Java on OS X Snow Leopard after proposed drop-dead date IT supply-chain security standard aims to prevent counterfeits, tampering Kaspersky Lab launches world's first anti-malware product for UEFI IT pro has a hair-raising hobby: competitive bearding DDOS attacks have increased in number and size this year, report says 15 most innovative products at DEMO Mobile 2013 How QR codes can hack your phone Startup Armor5 debuts with cloud-based security for mobile devices AVG releases free 'TuneUp' application for Android devices WHITE PAPER: Trusteer Dealing with Advanced and Targeted Attacks This whitepaper explains how advanced malware challenges traditional defenses to take advantage of the increased exposure of employee endpoints. It reviews the evolution of advanced targeted attacks and the various approaches used to address them. Learn More. Apple keeps patching Java on OS X Snow Leopard after proposed drop-dead date Apple on Tuesday patched Java for the aged OS X Snow Leopard and tweaked Safari to give users more control over what websites they let run the vulnerability plagued Oracle software. Read More IT supply-chain security standard aims to prevent counterfeits, tampering The danger of counterfeit and tampered IT products is well known, and to fight it, the Open Group has published a technical security standard aimed at supply-chain safety. It's anticipated that by year-end there will also be an official process under way for accreditation so technology suppliers can prove adherence to the standard, according to some involved, which include IBM and Cisco. Read More Kaspersky Lab launches world's first anti-malware product for UEFI Microsoft Malware Protection Center recently discovered a sneaky Trojan that deletes its components to stop forensic investigators and researchers from analyzing it. The downloader was the payload. On the MMPC blog, Jonathan San Jose wrote about TrojanDownloader:Win32/Nemim.gen!A: Read More WHITE PAPER: Moovweb 3 Steps to a Cost-Effective Mobile Strategy In the new Moovweb white paper, "Creating the Right Mobile Strategy: What You Need to Know Before You Get Started", get the insight you need to make an educated decision on the move to mobile. Read Now! IT pro has a hair-raising hobby: competitive bearding By day Chad Roberts, 35, is a Windows Server & Exchange administrator for Berkshire Hathaway Media Group. For play he's an award-winning competitive beardsmith and founder of the RVA Beard League. At right is his Spiderman beard that won a competition in New Jersey last month. Read More DDOS attacks have increased in number and size this year, report says The volume, duration and frequency of distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attacks used to flood websites and other systems with junk traffic have significantly increased during the first three months of this year, according to a report released Wednesday by Florida-based DDOS mitigation provider Prolexic. Read More 15 most innovative products at DEMO Mobile 2013 The DEMO conference has a storied past, serving as a launching pad for businesses that would grow into industry powerhouses, such as VMware and Salesforce.com. With the DEMO Mobile conference set to kick off this week, here's a look at the most innovative mobile products that will see the stage. Read More WHITE PAPER: PhoneFactor Malware Threats Force Authentication to 'Step Out' Of Band Malware, like ZeuS and other real-time attacks, has rapidly outpaced all other banking security threats to defeat most security measures in place today. This whitepaper examines these current malware threats and today's best practices for mitigating them, such as out-of-band authentication and transaction-level verification. Learn More How QR codes can hack your phone By: Bhavesh Naik With the huge popularity in mobile devices like the smartphone and tablets, two-dimensional barcodes, also called QR codes, are beloved by marketers. QR codes, or Quick Response codes, were designed for the automotive industry in Japan. Now, QR codes have become popular outside the industry due to greater reliability and storage space. Originally designed for industrial application,... Read More Startup Armor5 debuts with cloud-based security for mobile devices Startup Armor5 makes its debut Wednesday with a cloud-based security and management service for mobile devices that works without needing client-based software. 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