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Friday, June 28, 2013

Cisco fixes serious vulnerabilities in email, Web and content security appliances

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Cisco fixes serious vulnerabilities in email, Web and content security appliances
Cisco Systems released security patches for its email, Web and content security appliances in order to address vulnerabilities that could allow attackers to execute commands on the underlying OS or disrupt critical processes. Read More


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The Benefits of Hybrid Cloud Sharing
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Choosing the Right Tech for Your Business Analytics Project
The size, speed and scalability of different business analytics technologies vary greatly. The advantages and disadvantages of RDBMS, In-Memory and In-Chip technologies are detailed in this report. Read Now!

How will cloud, virtualization and SDN complicate future firewall security?
The firewall in decades past was mainly the port-based guardian of the Internet. Now vendors are vying to build so-called "next-generation firewalls" that are "application-aware" because they can monitor and control access based on application use. Read More

Citadel malware variant uses content localization to target brands and users in different countries
A new variant of the Citadel financial malware uses in-browser injection techniques combined with extensive content localization to steal log-in credentials and credit card information from users in different countries, according to researchers from security vendor Trusteer. Read More

Researcher nets $20K for finding serious Facebook flaw
A U.K.-based researcher has netted US$20,000 for spotting a very serious flaw in Facebook that could have allowed an attacker to take over anyone's account with minimal effort. Read More


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Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization
In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now!

FTC wins monster $7.5 million penalty against "Do Not Call" list violator
The Federal Trade Commission today said it has won a $7.5 million civil penalty – the largest ever -- against Mortgage Investors Corporation, one of the nation's biggest refinancers of veterans' home loans for allegedly violating "Do Not Call" requirements. Read More

Cybercrime fueled by mature digital underground
Cybercrime is on the rise, spurred by a robust underground economy that's industrialized the making and delivery of tools for criminal behavior, says a report released Wednesday by a maker of device recognition and intelligence solutions. Read More

EFF sues FBI over facial-recognition records
The Electronic Frontier Foundation has filed a lawsuit to force the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to turn over records about a facial-recognition database it is building. Read More


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Stonesoft Firewall Appliances for Demanding Environments
To keep up with today's sophisticated threats and complex network traffic, a first generation firewall will not do. View now

Report: NSA collected US email records, Internet use for years
The U.S. National Security Agency collected the email and Internet use records of some U.S. residents for about a decade following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, according to documents published Thursday by the U.K. newspaper the Guardian. Read More

Opera says hackers pilfered expired code-signing certificate
Opera Software said Wednesday hackers pilfered from its internal systems at least one code-signing certificate that was used to sign malicious software. Read More

Why business is losing the war against cybercrime
The good guys are losing the cybercrime war. One major reason is that they don't understand their enemies, and therefore are not fighting back effectively. Another is that Edward Snowden, currently the world's most famous insider threat, apparently has a lot of company. Read More

 

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