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	Mobile app data collection poses risks for enterprises, Gartner says Consumer data collected through mobile devices should be considered a full 'citizen' of companies' data infrastructure Read More WEBCAST: Dell SecureWorks What Can Security Leaders Do to Combat Cyber Threats? Training employees to understand the risk they create for your organization when they don't consider security in their day-to-day activities is a challenge for most IT and IT security organizations. Changing behavior is always difficult, especially when security awareness programs lack a well-defined approach and dedicated resources. I Learn more In this Issue Behind the Great Firewall: What it's really like to log on from China Amazon AWS continues to use TrueCrypt despite project's demise RSS service Feedly vows to resist DDoS extortionists Zeus Trojan alternative created from scratch hits the underground market Why Mobile Strategies Are Stalling at Many Enterprises Most U.S. credit cards will have microchips by end of 2015 Coolest house in the world: A Boeing 727 WHITE PAPER: OPSWAT Advanced threat detection methods for securing remote users Remote users can introduce significant threats to your network. As employees and other business partners increasingly work from the road and remote offices, the risks have grown exponentially. To secure remote users, unique advanced threat detection solutions are needed. Learn more Behind the Great Firewall: What it's really like to log on from China Censorship in China affects many popular Internet services and websites, but there are ways to make do Read More Amazon AWS continues to use TrueCrypt despite project's demise Importing and exporting data from Amazon Simple Storage Service requires TrueCrypt Read More WHITE PAPER: Juniper Networks Security in the Next-Generation Data Center This white paper examines these trends, and it reveals the key capabilities that today's security teams require to effectively ensure that vital corporate assets remain secure, while at the same time optimizing access, cost, and administrative efficiency. View Now RSS service Feedly vows to resist DDoS extortionists RSS aggregator Feedly today vowed not to give in to an extortion demand backed by a distributed-denial-of service (DDoS) attack that knocked its site offline eary Wednesday. Service was briefly restored at approximately 11:15 a.m. ET (8:15 a.m. PT), only to evaporate moments later. DDoS attacks, often launched from botnets of previously-compromised PCs, swamp a website's servers with huge quantities of traffic. The result: The site either slows to a crawl or goes dark. "Criminals are attacking Feedly with a distributed denial of service attack. The attacker is trying to extort us money to make it stop. We refused to give in and are working with our network providers to mitigate the attack as best as we can," said Edwin Khodabakchian, Feedly CEO, in a statement at 5 a.m. ET (2 a.m. PT).To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Zeus Trojan alternative created from scratch hits the underground market A new Trojan program that can spy on victims, steal login credentials and interfere with browsing sessions is being sold on the underground market and might soon see wider distribution. The new threat is called Pandemiya and its features are similar to that of the infamous Zeus Trojan program that many cybercriminal gangs used for years to steal financial information from businesses and consumers. Zeus source code was leaked on underground forums in 2011, allowing other malware developers to create Trojan programs based on it, including threats like Citadel, Ice IX and Gameover Zeus, whose activity was recently disrupted by an international law enforcement effort.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Why you need a next-generation firewall This white paper explores the reasons for implementing NG firewalls and lays out a path to success for overburdened IT organizations. Learn More Why Mobile Strategies Are Stalling at Many Enterprises If your business hasn't heard about the mobile revolution by now, well, you might want to crawl out of your cave and enjoy the sunlight with everyone else. Mobility is what the business consultants call "transformative" technology that affects nearly every company in every industry.To be fair, the problem isn't that enterprises aren't aware of the impact of mobile technology. The problem is that many companies aren't doing mobility right. Only two out of five companies have made good progress in their mobility efforts, according to a recent Accenture survey of nearly 1,500 C-level executives. The rest, not so much.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Most U.S. credit cards will have microchips by end of 2015 The long expected migration of the U.S. payment system to the Europay MasterCard Visa (EMV) smartcard standard finally appears to be gathering steam.The Aite Group Tuesday issued a report projecting that 70% of all U.S. credit cards, and about 41% of debit cards -- 1.1 billion cards in total -- will be EMV-enabled by the end of 2015.Interviews with 18 of the top 40 credit and debit card issuers, including 7 of the top 10, show that banks are moving full speed ahead with EMV implementation plans, Aite Group research director Julie Conroy said today. "A majority of Americans will have EMV cards in their wallets by the end of 2015," she said.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Coolest house in the world: A Boeing 727 "Image by REUTERS/Steve DipaolaPerhaps it is just a nerd’s delight, but Bruce Campbell, a former electrical engineer has made a Boeing 727 airliner his home – well for six months out of the year anyway. He spent about $220,000 to get the airliner into the kind of shape he could live in. “When properly executed, the remarkable appeal of a retired jetliner as a home springs from the magnificent technology and beauty of the sculptured structure itself. Jetliners are masterful works of aerospace science, and their superlative engineering grace is unmatched by any other structures people can live within. They're incredibly strong, durable, and long lived. And they easily withstand any earthquake or storm,” Campbell wrote on his blog about the aircraft. 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