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	Microsoft adds critical IE, XP fixes to Tuesday's patch slate Microsoft on Monday unexpectedly added two more critical security updates to the list it will deliver tomorrow, including one for all versions of Internet Explorer and another for the soon-to-be-retired Windows XP. Read More WHITE PAPER: 8x8, Inc Gartner's Unified Communications as a Service Report See what Gartner Inc., the world's leading information technology research and advisory firm, has to say about choosing the right Unified Communications solution for your business. Gartner's Magic Quadrant compares 16 of the leading UCaaS providers and names 8x8 a leader based on completeness of vision and ability to execute. Learn more >> In this Issue Elon Musk sidekick, ex-Juniper exec leads new batch of security startups 5-year cyberespionage op hit organizations in 30 countries Microsoft offers multifactor authentication to all Office 365 users Snapchat vulnerability can be exploited to crash iPhones, researcher says DARPA seeks the Holy Grail of search engines Good News and Bad News on Cybersecurity Priorities and Spending in 2014 Solving the Credit-Card Security Challenge INSIDER Ransomware like Cryptolocker uses Bitcoin, other virtual currencies for payment RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CSO40 Security Confab + Awards Conference Register now: CSO Magazine's CSO40 Security Confab On behalf of Bob Bragdon, Publisher of CSO magazine and CSOonline.com, CSO would like to invite you to register for CSO Magazine's spring 2014 conference – CSO40 Security Confab + Awards, being held March 31 – April 2, 2014 outside Atlanta, Georgia. For more information and to register, please visit: http://www.csoconfab.com/ Elon Musk sidekick, ex-Juniper exec leads new batch of security startups It's already been a prolific year for new IT security companies, and now Bitglass, Spikes Security and Cybereason are making their debuts this month. Read More 5-year cyberespionage op hit organizations in 30 countries A cyberespionage operation that used highly sophisticated multi-platform malware went undetected for more than five years and compromised computers belonging to hundreds of government and private organizations in more than 30 countries. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Streamline Data Protection with Storage Manager IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM) has been an industry-standard data protection solution for two decades. But, where most competitors focus exclusively on Backup and Restore, TSM is a far more comprehensive data-protection solution. Read Now Microsoft offers multifactor authentication to all Office 365 users Microsoft is offering multifactor authentication free as an option to all users of its Office 365 suite, a hosted set of Microsoft Office tools and applications. Read More Snapchat vulnerability can be exploited to crash iPhones, researcher says A vulnerability in Snapchat allows attackers to launch denial-of-service attacks against users of the popular photo messaging app, causing their phones to become unresponsive and even crash. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Pay-as-you-Grow Data Protection IBM Tivoli Storage Manager Suite for Unified Recovery gives small and medium businesses the opportunity to start out with only the individual solutions they need, and add new functionalities as they grow. Read Now DARPA seeks the Holy Grail of search engines The scientists at DARPA say the current methods of searching the Internet for all manner of information just won't cut it in the future. Today the agency announced a program that would aim to totally revamp Internet search and "revolutionize the discovery, organization and presentation of search results." Read More Good News and Bad News on Cybersecurity Priorities and Spending in 2014 With the Winter Olympics in full-swing, the cybersecurity community anxiously awaits another global event, the 2014 RSA Conference. Like Sochi, the RSA Conference comes with its own controversy, but I still anticipate that most of the global information security glitterati will be in San Francisco two weeks hence. Read More Solving the Credit-Card Security Challenge One of the key items on my 2014 prayer list is security. While I continue to believe that we really can address security to a very great (but, of course, not absolute) degree, we simply do not. Maybe it's the fact that the cost of a breach can be easily shifted to the victim, or laziness or ignorance on the part of system designers, engineering managers, developers, and marketers, to say nothing of... Read More INSIDER Ransomware like Cryptolocker uses Bitcoin, other virtual currencies for payment Attackers use malware to hold personal data hostage until victims shell out money to get it back. Here's how to prevent it from happening to you Read More
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