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	Feds shred counterfeit Cisco trade With a new conviction today, the federal action known as Operation Network Raider has resulted in 30 felony convictions and more than 700 seizures of counterfeit Cisco network hardware with an estimated value of more than $143 million.  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 Microsoft goes small for next week's Patch Tuesday The DDoS attack survival guide Michael Dell calls for cybersecurity rethink China state news agency Web site hit with malware Security firm reveals Microsoft's 'silent' patches New Facebook Social Features Secretly Add Apps to Profile Hacker develops multi-platform rootkit for ATMs IPv6 tunnel basics Users are Their Own Worst Enemy for Online Privacy Real security breaches take time WHITE PAPER: Brocade Deployment Strategies for 802.11n Many organizations are looking to reap the benefits of the new 802.11n standard, but what is the best way to deploy wireless technology while minimizing costs? Learn why understanding the "Three Cs"-context, coverage, and capacity-is critical for choosing an optimal network implementation strategy. Read More! Microsoft goes small for next week's Patch Tuesday Microsoft today said it would patch two critical vulnerabilities with two updates to Windows and Office next week. Read More The DDoS attack survival guide How botnets and application vulnerabilities have made DDoS attacks more damaging than ever before, and what you can do to fight back. Read More Michael Dell calls for cybersecurity rethink Cybersecurity needs a global rethink, and fast, Dell's CEO Michael Dell and Services CTO, Jim Stikeleather, have warned experts at the EastWest Institute Worldwide Cybersecurity Summit in the US. Read More WHITE PAPER: Adobe Close the Web 2.0 Communications Gap Web 2.0 tools have yet to reach critical mass and broad user adoption. This Forrester report identifies the key Web 2.0 gaps and offers advice to: Build a framework that extends email, Upgrade document-based data collection, and Improve email and document exchange security. Read More China state news agency Web site hit with malware A section of the Web site for China's state-run Xinhua news agency was found to be distributing malware last month, according to a Google malware scanning service that is still labeling the site as potentially harmful. Read More Security firm reveals Microsoft's 'silent' patches Microsoft silently patched three vulnerabilities last month, two of them affecting enterprise mission-critical Exchange mail servers, without noting the bugs publicly, a security expert said today. Read More New Facebook Social Features Secretly Add Apps to Profile When a piece of software is automatically installed on your computer without your knowledge, it's called malware. But what do you call it when Facebook apps are added to your profile without your knowledge? We discovered Wednesday that this is actually happening, and stopping it isn't as easy as checking a box in your privacy settings. 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! Hacker develops multi-platform rootkit for ATMs One year after his Black Hat talk on Automated Teller Machine security vulnerabilities was yanked by his employer, security researcher Barnaby Jack plans to deliver the talk and disclose a new ATM rootkit at the computer security conference. Read More IPv6 tunnel basics More Internet traffic is expected to be carried via tunnels as the Internet infrastructure migrates from IPv4, the current version of the Internet protocol, to the long-anticipated upgrade known as IPv6. Read More Users are Their Own Worst Enemy for Online Privacy As much heat as Facebook has taken recently for its privacy policies and the freedom with which it shares data across the Web and around the world, Facebook is still not the biggest threat to online privacy--you are. A study by Consumer Reports illustrates that users are really their own worst enemy when it comes to online privacy. Read More Real security breaches take time In the movies, security breaches are binary affairs. One second the attacker is faced with insurmountable NSA grade encryption, the next they have complete control of everything. Of course, in real life, security breaches are much more boring. A real-life security breach, whether by an external attacker or a disgruntled insider unfolds gradually, over weeks, months or even years. Read More
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