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	Mozilla patches 20 Firefox flaws, plugs Pwn2Own holes Mozilla on Tuesday patched five vulnerabilities exploited by researchers last week at the Pwn2Own hacking contest, where they were awarded $200,000 for their collective efforts. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fortinet Key Security Considerations for the Data Center Your Data Center firewall security will soon need to support throughput over 100Gbps. John Grady, in an IDC Analyst Connection answers key questions regarding protecting the heart of the Enterprise. Learn more >> In this Issue Researchers discover credential-stealing Unix-based server botnet While we celebrate Sunshine Week, U.S. is named Enemy of the Internet. Thanks NSA! "We need more scientific mavericks" Spam in the fridge may soon have second meaning Google Graveyard: Here's what Google has killed so far in 2014 Healthcare.gov: Proceed at your own risk Microsoft scrambles to simplify its licensing 12 hot security start-ups you need to know Cisco's 10 most opportunistic acquisitions WHITE PAPER: Fortinet Who does NSS Labs "Recommend" for NGFW? In 2012, NSS Labs found that most available NGFW solutions "fell short in performance and security effectiveness." In 2013 NSS Labs noted "marked improvement" and bestowed their "recommended" rating on 6 vendors. Click here to find out who they were. Learn more >> Researchers discover credential-stealing Unix-based server botnet Cybercriminals are using sophisticated malware in compromising thousands of Unix-based servers to spew spam and redirect a half million Web users to malicious content per day, a security firm reported. Read More While we celebrate Sunshine Week, U.S. is named Enemy of the Internet. Thanks NSA! I'm not sure if we should be celebrating or mourning Sunshine Week. The cartoons are always great and will hopefully cheer you up, but there's nothing cheerful about the facts. Thanks to NSA mass surveillance abuses, Reporters without Border even listed the United States as an enemy of the Internet. Read More "We need more scientific mavericks" Gotta love this letter published in the guardian.com this week. It comes from a number of scientists throughout the world who are obviously frustrated with the barriers being thrown up around them - financial, antiquated procedures and techniques to name a few - and would like to see changes. 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 Spam in the fridge may soon have second meaning When Derek Manky, my co-host on Security Threat Landscape, began mentioning the possibility of Internet of Things-connected devices like refrigerators becoming nodes for spambots in this month's episode, my brain started racing about possibilities for "Spam in the Fridge, Spam From the Fridge" types of puns. So I apologize if I look distracted during some of this discussion. Read More Google Graveyard: Here's what Google has killed so far in 2014 Google beats spring cleaning rush, nixes apps and services Read More Healthcare.gov: Proceed at your own risk Nearly six months after the Obamacare rollout, the agency in charge of its website, Healthcare.gov, says it is reasonably secure. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Next Generation SAM Managing software assets and licenses is a time-consuming job that can drain IT resources. When this is not done properly, a company might spend more on licenses than needed and could put the company at risk, exposing it to fines and other penalties. View Now Microsoft scrambles to simplify its licensing Microsoft is pledging dramatic improvements to its notoriously complex enterprise licensing, but experts are skeptical about the potential impact of the plan. Read More 12 hot security start-ups you need to know The willingness to invest in new security start-ups is continuing at such a breakneck pace that start-ups still in stealth mode are getting snapped up by more established players before they even publicly introduce their security products and services. Read More Cisco's 10 most opportunistic acquisitions These acquisitions helped Cisco jump on market trends early on, and take hold of them as they grow into money-makers. Read More
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