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	Symantec's $1.28B VeriSign gambit draws mixed reviews Symantec's stunning decision to put $1.28 billion in cash on the table to buy most of the security services within VeriSign is a gambit that is drawing mixed reactions in the analyst community, but Symantec insists the VeriSign certificate and authentication services are key elements in what's shaping up to be one of the biggest self-transformations ever in the security industry. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: IBM Try Rational AppScan Download Today! IBM Rational® AppScan® Standard Edition is a Web application security testing tool that automates vulnerability assessments, significantly reduces costs associated with manual vulnerability testing and helps to protect against the threat of cyber-attack by automating security analysis to detect exploitable vulnerabilities. Click to continue In this Issue EFF: Forget cookies, your browser has fingerprints Our growing security quagmire Wal-Mart pushing for chip-and-pin payment cards in U.S. Cloud-based identity management gets a boost FTC targets privacy concerns related to copy machines Harnessing log data to meet PCI DSS requirements Managing the private encryption keys to the kingdom Rapid7 launches Metasploit Express Quantum key security hacked for first time Facebook considers changing privacy settings Test Your Facebook Privacy Settings: Here's How Facebook fixing embarrassing privacy bug LifeLock CEO said to be victim of identity theft 13 times Microsoft touts Hotmail security adds; users complain of account hacks Skype worm no cause for panic, says expert Google Wi-Fi Data Snooping: An FAQ WHITE PAPER: Oracle Oracle Accelerate - Not Just Smart But Timely This video highlights the Oracle Accelerate program - a group of pre-configured, tested solutions that combine Oracle enterprise applications and rapid implementation tools with industry-specific bundles. The program reduces the time, complexity and cost of deploying Oracle and is implemented by highly trained partners. Learn More. EFF: Forget cookies, your browser has fingerprints Even without cookies, popular browsers such as Internet Explorer and Firefox give Web sites enough information to get a unique picture of their visitors about 94 percent of the time, according to research compiled over the past few months by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Read More Our growing security quagmire Information security was always an esoteric field but with personal computing came personal security issues, culminating in the identity theft problem that concerns even the most techno-phobic of consumers. It's about to get much worse. Read More Wal-Mart pushing for chip-and-pin payment cards in U.S. Wal-Mart wants to see chip-and-pin payment cards adopted in the United States in effort to better secure financial transactions, according to a report from the Smart Card Alliance event this week in Scottsdale, Ariz. Read More Cloud-based identity management gets a boost Giving network managers a way to provide access, single sign-on and provisioning controls in cloud-computing environments got a boost today from both Novell and a much smaller competitor, start-up Symplified. Read More FTC targets privacy concerns related to copy machines The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has begun contacting copy machine makers, resellers and office-supply stores about privacy concerns over the thousands of images that can potentially be stored on the machines' hard drives. 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 Harnessing log data to meet PCI DSS requirements The good news is that Payment Card Industry compliance has been on the rise. As of October 2009, 97% of Level 1 merchants and 94% of Level 2 merchants were already compliant, according to Visa. Read More Managing the private encryption keys to the kingdom At its core the PCI Data Security Standard is nothing more than a series of guidelines that constitute security best practices. But companies that institute programs to better protect cardholder data can also leverage and extend these efforts throughout their business, ensuring that other sensitive customer, employee and partner data is better protected. Read More Rapid7 launches Metasploit Express Rapid7's integration of Metasploit takes a new turn this week, with the SOURCE Boston unveiling of a new pen-testing tool. Read More Quantum key security hacked for first time An important weakness has been discovered in the technology of quantum key distribution (QKD), which is increasingly being used by military and government to secure sensitive communications. Read More Facebook considers changing privacy settings Facebook is considering simplifying its privacy settings, following a backlash from users. Read More WHITE PAPER: Fluke Networks Troubleshooting Application Problems This comprehensive 94 page guide is a how-to resource handbook for network engineers. Learn the fundamentals of how applications work, how they flow, where applications fail and best practices and methodologies for troubleshooting network and application problems. Click here! Test Your Facebook Privacy Settings: Here's How We've been talking about Facebook's privacy mess for days now. We all know the story, right? Privacy controls are broken, everyone's getting irritated, Facebook's not too concerned, blah flippidy-freakin' blah. Read More Facebook fixing embarrassing privacy bug Facebook is fixing a Web programming bug that could have allowed hackers to alter profile pages or make restricted information public. Read More LifeLock CEO said to be victim of identity theft 13 times A CEO who publicly posted his Social Security number on billboards and TV commercials as part of a campaign to promote his company's credit monitoring services was the victim of identity theft at least 13 times, a news report says. Read More Microsoft touts Hotmail security adds; users complain of account hacks Microsoft will beef up security in the revamped Windows Live Hotmail, including tying a user's account to a specific PC, a company executive said today. Read More Skype worm no cause for panic, says expert Security research firm Bkis earlier this month warned of a vicious virus targeting both Skype and Yahoo! Messenger. BKIS said in a blog post the attack involved inserting malicious URLs into chat windows with sophisticated social engineering hooks. Read More Google Wi-Fi Data Snooping: An FAQ Google is cleaning up its mess after the company says it mistakenly collecting browsing data from unencrypted Wi-Fi networks as part of its Street View project. The search giant said on Monday that it had deleted all Wi-Fi data collected in Ireland at the request of the Irish Data Protection Authority. The destruction of incorrectly obtained data in Ireland was confirmed by iSec Patners Inc., an independent security consulting firm. Read More
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