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	Legal wiretap mechanisms may be open to abuse within ISPs The built-in mechanism that lets many Internet providers tap communications for law enforcement agencies is susceptible to abuse by insiders who work for the ISPs, Black Hat 2010 was told. Read More   REPORT: Riverbed Gartner: Magic Quadrant Report Riverbed positioned in Leaders quadrant of 2009 Gartner Magic Quadrant for WAN Optimization Controllers. In this report, Gartner helps organizations interested in WAN Optimization Controller capabilities truly understand their options. Read now! In this Issue B is for Botnets Beauty Shots: Technology to Drool Over Microsoft to issue patch for dangerous USB rootkit hole AirTight defends Wi-Fi WPA2 'vulnerability' claim FBI rings organizers over Defcon contest How business is putting the iPad to work News podcast: Network World 360 Open source web apps often insecure, new tool discovers Security firm Sourcefire gaining financial strength Cisco Q4 looking good Facebook, nannying, and objectives Smartphones, tablets seen boosting mobile health WEBCAST: Accelops Why Private Clouds May Prevail Cloud computing's perceived challenges of security, visibility and management may give the upper hand to private clouds. Join Yankee Group for this Webcast that discusses how to ensure you deploy a cloud that meets your organization's security and compliance needs. View Now B is for Botnets Today Our Cool Tools Blogger Keith Shaw launched a new video series, "The ABCs of IT." It stars I.T. Jinglehopper (but Keith says you can call him Neal for short) and his sidekick/intern Jackson. The two will explain the alphabet of IT terms and hopefully provide some entertainment along the way. Read More   Beauty Shots: Technology to Drool Over Take a gander at some of the most gorgeous tech of the year from the 2010 Industrial Design Excellence Awards. Read More   Microsoft to issue patch for dangerous USB rootkit hole Microsoft on Tuesday will release a rare out-of-band patch to fix the highly dangerous zero-day vulnerability that has caused multiple researchers to issuing warnings earlier this month. The patch will be for all supported versions of Windows and will require a restart. Read More   AirTight defends Wi-Fi WPA2 'vulnerability' claim AirTight is defending its claim to have uncovered a vulnerability in the 802.11 specification, and to have mounted an undetectable insider attack based on it. Some have dismissed it as a "publicity stunt." 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! FBI rings organizers over Defcon contest A Defcon contest that invites contestants to trick employees at U.S. corporations into revealing not-so-sensitive data has rattled some nerves. Read More   How business is putting the iPad to work When Steve Jobs unveiled the iPad in January, he pitched it mostly as a consumer device--a relaxation tool people would use to read books, play games, watch video and peruse family photos. But Michael Kanzleiter and his colleagues at Mercedes-Benz Financial saw something else: A better way to sell cars. Read More   News podcast: Network World 360 Microsoft is in the process of tuning Windows 7 to work on slate PCs, according to to CEO Steve Ballmer. Also, Google's search engine in China appeared to have been blocked on Thursday night, but was up and running again by Friday morning local time. (2:25) Read More   Open source web apps often insecure, new tool discovers Security company Qualys has released a new open source tool, BlindElephant, which can accurately fingerprint web applications down to version level in order to better manage the security issues which now plague such software. Read More   Security firm Sourcefire gaining financial strength Sourcefire, a 10-year-old firm specializing in intrusion detection and prevention, Thursday announced increased year-over-year second quarter revenue and earnings and predicted an even better third quarter. Read More   Cisco Q4 looking good Cisco fourth quarter sales are ahead of expectations, according to investment firm Oppenheimer & Co. Read More   Facebook, nannying, and objectives Gibbs ponders the problems with employees and social networking and suggests that nannying won't cut it. Read More   Smartphones, tablets seen boosting mobile health Smartphones, tablet PCs and other wireless devices are poised to play a greater role in health care as doctors and patients embrace the mobile Internet, panelists at a mobile health technology conference in Boston said Thursday. Read More
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