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	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 WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs Ensure 360-Degree Border Security Managing the security and availability of Web, email, and IM is complex. This paper will discuss the modern threat of blended attacks from web, email and IM. and highlight how a comprehensive hosted solution by Symantec Hosted Services can secure your networks from these threat vectors. Read Now In this Issue Our growing security quagmire Symantec's $1.28B VeriSign gambit draws mixed reviews Quantum key security hacked for first time 'Generation standby' poses security risk to networks Apple flames, Facebook shame, and more delicious dish Intego reveals new look Mac security blog AusCert 2010: Microsoft to link critical security agencies Oracle to acquire database security firm Secerno Microsoft touts Hotmail security adds; users complain of account hacks 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! 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 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 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 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! 'Generation standby' poses security risk to networks A collision of recession and technology is creating a new breed of office worker who finds it hard to tell the difference between home and work, a survey has claimed. Read More Apple flames, Facebook shame, and more delicious dish I've been getting so much reader mail lately it's hard to keep up, so I thought for today's entree I'd serve up a little Cringe Smorgasbord, brought to you piping hot from my inbox. Today's sampler menu includes an Apple/Adobe cobbler, a Facebook filet, a soupcon of Steve Jobs, and more. Read More Intego reveals new look Mac security blog Intego has revealed a new look Mac-centric blog promising a simpler look and improved functionality, highlighting potential Mac-centric security threats. 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 AusCert 2010: Microsoft to link critical security agencies Microsoft has launched a world-first global government security network to share information on vulnerabilities and exploits that affect critical infrastructure. Read More Oracle to acquire database security firm Secerno Oracle will acquire Secerno, which makes firewall products for databases that protect against hackers and data breaches, the companies said Thursday. 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
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