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	Adobe warns customers of unpatched critical flaw in ColdFusion Adobe has warned users of its ColdFusion application server platform of a critical vulnerability that could give unauthorized users access to sensitive files stored on their servers. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Vital Security Strategies for Microsoft Exchange The demand for access to email anytime, anywhere, from any device makes it critical for IT to ensure Microsoft Exchange deployments are secure, fast, and available. Learn about vital security requirements every Exchange environment should have in place to improve security and availability for Exchange. Read Now. In this Issue Lesson from the Google office hack: Do not trust third-parties Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked Skylab: NASA's first space station marks 40 years Security practices wanting in virtual machine world, survey finds IDC: Cloud, mobility exposing limitations of existing networks Researchers find hundreds of insecure building control systems McAfee taps Intel to offer high-throughput intrusion-prevention system Hacking back: Digital revenge is sweet but risky Windows XP migration worries exaggerated by 'dead' applications NSA's secret manual on Google searching and more comes to light WHITE PAPER: Raritan Inc The Distributed Enterprise: Remote Access and IT Management For IT managers, remote offices can cause any number of headaches. Fortunately, Raritan offers solutions to help manage remote office control, security and budgetary issues. This white paper examines and analyzes the increases in uptime and security provided by out-of-band access and control tools. Learn more. Lesson from the Google office hack: Do not trust third-parties The recent hack of the building management system in a Google's Australian HQ demonstrates how organizations should not trust third-party installers to adequately secure the technology. Read More Nothing funny about how The Onion got hacked The technical team that runs The Onion's online operation has issued a detailed explanation of how the Syrian Electronic Army managed to gain control of the satirical website's Twitter account earlier this week by first coaxing Google Apps credentials out of a few employees. Read More Skylab: NASA's first space station marks 40 years NASA's first space station was a pacesetter for current International Space Station and a trendsetter for scientific experiments in space Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire SANS Secure Configuration Management Demystified Security experts and analysts agree that a systematic, enterprise-wide program of secure configuration management is one of the most beneficial security solutions you can implement. It provides an objective, concise measure of your overall security posture. Learn More Security practices wanting in virtual machine world, survey finds While organizations have been hot to virtualize their machine operations, that zeal hasn't been transferred to their adoption of good security practices, according to a survey released on Wednesday. Read More IDC: Cloud, mobility exposing limitations of existing networks The combination of highly virtualized environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the limitations of existing networks, and driving the need for a new era of dynamic and scalable networks of the future, IDC researchers said in a panel discussion at Interop this week. Read More Researchers find hundreds of insecure building control systems Intruders used to creep in through ventilation ducts. Now they break in using the software that controls the ventilation. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Scale Your DNS Infrastructure to Protect Your Business DNS continues to be a tempting target for attackers, and when they succeed in disrupting DNS, all external data center services are affected. This paper helps organizations confronting these growth and security challenges understand how a new, full-proxy architecture for DNS provides a complete solution for global, local, and cloud load balancing. Learn More. McAfee taps Intel to offer high-throughput intrusion-prevention system McAfee is taking advantage of its new owners by rolling out a high-throughput intrusion-prevention system (IPS) family built on Intel technology. Read More Hacking back: Digital revenge is sweet but risky Let's not mince words: Cyberattacks suck. Whether criminals are hacking our passwords, or Anonymous is simply making a statement, the disruptions and data breaches exact a heavy toll in terms of time, money, and security. For example, after the Associated Press Twitter account was hacked and bogus news was posted about an attack on the White House, the U.S. stock market took a nosedive. Read More Windows XP migration worries exaggerated by 'dead' applications Many organisations exaggerate the difficulties of migrating from Windows XP to Windows 7 by over-estimating the importance of little-used applications, a survey from consultancy Centrix Software has suggested. Read More NSA's secret manual on Google searching and more comes to light Thanks to a Freedom of Information Act request from MudRock, we can now feast our eyes upon a 643-page manual from the NSA titled, "Untangling the Web: A guide to Internet Research." As the name implies, the manual is a how-to with respect to conducting detailed online research. Wired pinpoints some particularly interesting factoids from the manual: Read More
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