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	Microsoft Update keeps Office secure, says researcher A Qualys researcher said that Microsoft's optional Update service has helped ensure that more users are keeping their Office applications up to date. Read More WHITE PAPER: Oracle Business Agility Strategies For Midsize Organizations Midsize businesses have enormous IT pressures: building an infrastructure that is flexible, designed to accommodate rapid growth and meets compliance challenges with resources nowhere near larger enterprises. This video whitepaper explains how Oracle is delivering applications specifically for midsize businesses. Learn More In this Issue Linux machines surprisingly linked to spam Senators call on Facebook to protect user privacy NASA expands lab role of International Space Station Cereal hacker on defacement rampage Businesses 'vastly overconfident' on security Social Networking Exposes Business Networks to Risk Toshiba laptop encryption drive aims at upgraders Canning the spammers: Operators' licenses? For computers?? The evil men (can) do with embedded systems WHITE PAPER: Sophos Best practices for implementing Windows 7 If you're planning to roll out Windows 7, now is the time to review your endpoint and data protection strategies to make sure that you're taking full advantage of the new security features as well as enhancing your overall security for enterprise deployments. Read Now. Linux machines surprisingly linked to spam Although Linux holds only a small market share, Linux computers appear to send a disproportionate amount of spam compared to other operating systems, according to new research from Symantec's MessageLabs messaging security division. Read More Senators call on Facebook to protect user privacy Three U.S. senators are attempting to push Facebook to change its privacy policy and better safeguard users' personal information. Read More NASA expands lab role of International Space Station NASA is looking for a few good experiments to run in space.  The space agency this week said it was seeking research ideas from private entities to want to do research on board the International Space Station. Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Overcome Two Key Challenges with Virtualization How do you accelerate virtualization for your enterprise - and take IT flexibility and cost savings to the next level? Start by downloading this whitepaper from Riverbed. WAN optimization is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to address the challenges of bandwidth limitations and latency over the WAN. Click here! Cereal hacker on defacement rampage The websites of Kellogg's, Nutri-Grain, Vogel's and Specialty Cereals were hit in a string of mass defacements on Sunday. Read More Businesses 'vastly overconfident' on security Businesses remain very overconfident about security, according to an extensive study on their practices. Read More Social Networking Exposes Business Networks to Risk Once upon a time, instant messaging was a consumer technology. That consumer toy worked its way into the corporate network and was eventually not just accepted, but embraced and leveraged as a valuable tool. Social networking is on that same path, but still has some security growing pains to go through on the way. Read More WEBCAST: ShoreTel A Lower Cost Approach to UC Learn about a switch-based architecture that provides the industry's lowest total cost of ownership while exploiting the full power of IP. See why this system beats the market leaders and has over 1 million users like Big Brothers/Big Sisters who candidly discuss their selection process, goals and ultimate success in moving to UC. Learn More! Toshiba laptop encryption drive aims at upgraders Toshiba is going after laptop users looking to retrofit a full disk encryption (FDE) drive to their portables, announcing the new Enigma SED drive. Read More Canning the spammers: Operators' licenses? For computers?? Can we do anything to fight the waves of unsolicited commercial e-mail (spam) flooding into our electronic mailboxes? In this third of a three-part series, I look at some unusual ideas for improving our defensive posture. Read More The evil men (can) do with embedded systems Embedded IT infrastructure is everywhere and full of holes evil-doers can use for world domination. How SecurityFAIL.com could stem the tide. Read More
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