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	Cisco responds to Black Hat's Million Router Hacker Cisco has posted a blog entry in response to the talk being delivered this week at Black Hat on hacking millions of consumer routers. We blogged on this talk two weeks ago. Read More WHITE PAPER: Cisco Security in the Cloud This technology dossier contains four papers that address security considerations in cloud computing. It includes IDG Research results on what IT managers have to say about cloud security, executive viewpoints on blending cloud solutions to optimize security, and a strategy paper that addresses protecting data. Read now! In this Issue Nearly half of Microsoft's 2010 security patches have known problems Apple patches Safari ahead of Black Hat talk, launches add-on gallery 900M financial records compromised in just six years New Zealand pizza lovers suffer information theft from Hell The Next Big Privacy Concern: RFID "Spychips" NASA identifies Top Ten space junk missions Peer-to-Peer Security This year's Defcon badge has a persistent display Google patches Chrome, sidesteps Windows kernel bug Massive check-fraud botnet operation tied to Russia Alleged Mariposa botnet hacker arrested in Slovenia DHS exec takes hard questions on cybersecurity Security suites: big protection, little fuss Adobe joins Microsoft's patch-reporting program REPORT: Radiant Logic, Inc Download Latest Gartner Report on IdM Today's centralized identity infrastructure can't keep up with tomorrow's increasingly federated demands, from user-centric identity, to Identity-as-a-Service, and the cloud. In "The Emerging Architecture of Identity Management," Gartner outlines a vision for tomorrow's identity landscape--one with virtualization at its core. Download the report--free! Nearly half of Microsoft's 2010 security patches have known problems Last month's fix of a broken Windows Server patch got me thinking -- just how often does Microsoft release a patch that it knows has problems? The answer: nearly half the time. How often are those problems so severe they fry your system? That's less clear, but it seems as if the answer is, "not all that often." Read More Apple patches Safari ahead of Black Hat talk, launches add-on gallery Barely 24 hours before a researcher was set to dive deeper into a Safari bug at the Black Hat security conference, Apple today fixed that flaw and 14 others. Read More 900M financial records compromised in just six years Ms Smith: According to the 2010 Verizon Data Breach Investigations Report (DBIR), data breaches declined in 2009. But that's not saying much. Over six years the report covers 900+ breaches involving more than 900M compromised records. Read More New Zealand pizza lovers suffer information theft from Hell Some 230,000 New Zealanders have been told that their personally identifiable information may have fallen into the hands of hackers who apparently compromised the network of a locally famous food chain, Hell Pizza. From a story in The New Zealand Herald: Read More WHITE PAPER: Tripwire Cyberwar Threats: New Security Strategies for Governments Threats posed by cyberwar cannot be defended using the traditional all-or-nothing security that's aimed solely at keeping attackers out of the government enterprise. Learn why Tripwire's solutions provide the real-time awareness necessary to fight cyberwar. Read More! The Next Big Privacy Concern: RFID "Spychips" Read More NASA identifies Top Ten space junk missions While the recently released US National Space Policy has given NASA and the Defense Dept., new impetus to work toward removing space debris, the space agency this month outlined the top 10 reasons so much junk is out there in the first place. Read More Peer-to-Peer Security Traditional security solutions are sort of like client/server computing. Security vendors take the role of the server, hosting the master software, adding new anti-malware signatures, and distributing them to all of the clients. This model was adequate in the past but it is no longer good enough. Why? Malware volume stresses the system and all too common zero-day attacks have free and clear access... Read More This year's Defcon badge has a persistent display It's one of the best things about the Defcon hacking conference, and one of its most closely guarded secrets: the programmable badge that's handed out to show attendees every year. Read More WHITE PAPER: Qualys 12-point checklist outlines key considerations Discover a 12-point checklist for choosing the best vulnerability management solution for your organization. Read now! Google patches Chrome, sidesteps Windows kernel bug Google this week issued patches for five vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including three rated 'high.' Read More Massive check-fraud botnet operation tied to Russia Check fraud is an old-fashioned kind of crime, but a criminal ring with ties to Russia is using modern cybercrime techniques, including botnets, online databases of financial information and check imaging archives, to run a highly automated, multi-million-dollar counterfeit-check operation. Read More Alleged Mariposa botnet hacker arrested in Slovenia Slovenian police will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss the arrest of three men in connection the massive Mariposa botnet that was disabled late last year. Read More DHS exec takes hard questions on cybersecurity The U.S. Department of Homeland Security sent its highest-ranking official ever to speak at the Black Hat conference this week, and its Deputy Secretary Jane Holl Lute ended up fielding a few tough questions from skeptical computer security professionals in attendance. Read More Security suites: big protection, little fuss Just a few short years ago, all a PC needed for protection was a basic antivirus program to guard against any malware that arrived via an e-mail attachment, embedded in a shareware application or piggy-backed on a floppy disk. Read More Adobe joins Microsoft's patch-reporting program Adobe and Microsoft are now working together to give security companies a direct line into their bug-fixing efforts. Read More
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