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	Microsoft rumored to be buying security firm that publicized Active Directory exploit Microsoft is thinking about buying an Israeli security company that yesterday posted instructions on how to change Active Directory passwords by exploiting a design flaw.Microsoft is talking to startup Aorato, according to a source quoted by The Wall Street Journal, with the possibility that a deal could be struck by the end of the summer. The buying price mentioned is $200 million.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Guidance Software The Impact of EnCase Cybersecurity for Incident Response. A global automobile manufacturer opened its doors to Forrester Consulting to conduct a detailed study of the benefits realized from the use of EnCase Cybersecurity. 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Learn More U.S. malware share rising, Amazon service No.1 in hosting it In its quarterly report on global malware distribution and threats, security firm Solutionary Tuesday said that 56% of the malware it captured via sensors and other means was hosted in the U.S.— a 12% increase from six months ago — and about half of the malware overall appeared to originate at 10 Internet service and hosting providers.This “Top 10” list includes Amazon Web Services, France’s OVH, Akamai, Google, Akrino, Hetzner Online, CloudFlare, CDN, GoDaddy and Website Welcome, according to Solutionary.In a comparison to what it found in the fourth quarter of 2013 through the same methodology, Solutionary reports that GoDaddy’s percentage of actively hosted malware dropped from 14% to 2%. But “on the other end of the spectrum, sites supported through Amazon services showed a massive increase moving from 16% to 41% of the identified malware hosts, retaining their top spot in the top 10.”To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Overreliance on the NSA led to weak crypto standard, NIST advisers find The National Institute of Standards and Technology needs to hire more cryptographers and improve its collaboration with the industry and academia, reducing its reliance on the U.S. National Security Agency for decisions around cryptographic standards.Lack of internal expertise in certain areas of cryptography and too much trust in the NSA led NIST to ignore security concerns about a pseudorandom number generator called Dual_EC_DRBG (Dual Elliptic Curve Deterministic Random Bit Generator) in 2006, technical experts who reviewed the organization’s standards development process said in a report released Monday.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More DARPA initiates reusable, aircraft-like spaceship development Looking to build a hypersonic transport would be the heart of less expensive satellite launch system, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said it awarded three contracts to being work on the spacecraft.DARPA said Boeing (working with Blue Origin) Masten Space Systems (working with XCOR Aerospace) and Northrop Grumman Corporation (working with Virgin Galactic) would begin phase 1 work on the agency’s Experimental Spaceplane (XS-1) program that aims to design, build, and demonstrate a reusable Mach 10 aircraft capable of carrying and deploying an upper stage that can place 3,000- 5,000 lb. satellite into low earth orbit (LEO) at a target cost of less than $5M per launch.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here Read More Feds declare big win over Cryptolocker ransomware 'Neutralized' the extortion software; but hacker gang is already spewing new malware, experts say Read More
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