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	Cisco to acquire malware prevention company Cisco this week announced its intent to acquire ThreatGRID, a New York-based maker of malware analysis and threat intelligence technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: McAfee Streamlining Response and Reaction to Attacks This SANS white paper explores how to weave together and correlate information from disparately managed systems and bring visibility to their behavior with accurate, actionable reporting. View Now>> In this Issue Why companies should seek help in malware detection Public utility compromised after brute-force attack, DHS says FBI not changing the rules when hiring 2,000 hackers: Stoners need not apply Point-of-sale attacks accounted for a third of data breaches in 2013, report says Hackers hit eBay database containing personal info, users asked to change passwords 10 most powerful Internet of Things companies Blackshades: The script kiddies lament Five new threats to your mobile device security WEBCAST: Dell SecureWorks Counterstrategies for Combatting Social Engineering Social Engineering is proving costlier than ever, especially phishing and spear phishing. With recent breaches, the imperative to counter social engineering effectively takes on a whole new level of urgency. In this webcast, the CISO for Dell SecureWorks discusses the realities of social engineering and what your organization must do to counter it. Learn more Why companies should seek help in malware detection Companies have shortened the amount of time between malware infection and discovery, but too few organizations detect the breach on their own, a security report found. Read More Public utility compromised after brute-force attack, DHS says A public utility in the U.S. was compromised after attackers took advantage of a weak password security system, according to a U.S. Department of Homeland Security team that studies cyberattacks against critical infrastructure. Read More WEBCAST: Sourcefire, now part of Cisco Innovations that Protect Against Advanced Attackers This webinar will explore new technologies and process for protecting endpoints from advanced attackers and how innovations like continuous data collection combined with big data analytics are pushing the envelope for what security teams can do during and after an advanced attacker puts them in their sights. Learn more >> FBI not changing the rules when hiring 2,000 hackers: Stoners need not apply FBI Director James Comey needs to hire 2,000 agents to fight cybercrime, but the agency is having problems finding applicants who are not also potheads. The FBI employment drug policy says applicants can't have smoked pot in the last three years. Read More Point-of-sale attacks accounted for a third of data breaches in 2013, report says A third of data breaches investigated by security firm Trustwave last year involved compromises of point-of-sale (PoS) systems and over half of all intrusions targeted payment card data. Read More WHITE PAPER: Apperian Unlock the Value of Enterprise Mobility Download this guide and learn how to manage the secure deployment of enterprise mobile apps and data, while still encouraging the levels of employee adoption needed to drive the productivity and ROI gains that are possible. Learn More Hackers hit eBay database containing personal info, users asked to change passwords EBay is asking users to change their passwords after attackers gained unauthorized access to eBay's corporate network, compromising a database containing encrypted passwords and other personal data. Read More 10 most powerful Internet of Things companies Billions of connected devices means billions in revenue for these companies. Read More Blackshades: The script kiddies lament News broke this week that a massive global raid had taken place over two days which comprised of 359 coordinated searches in 16 countries and there were apparently 80+ arrests as a result. Why? Well apparently all of the aforementioned targets had a copy of the Blackshades remote access trojan or RAT. Read More Five new threats to your mobile device security Attacks that proved successful on PCs are now being tested on unwitting mobile device users to see what works -- and with the number of mobile devices with poor protection soaring, there are plenty of easy targets. "Attackers are definitely searching after the weakest point in the chain," and then honing in on the most successful scams, says Lior Kohavi, CTO at CYREN, a cloud-based security solutions provider in McLean, Va. Read More
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