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	What to watch at Black Hat and Defcon Trying to predict the big news at this week's Black Hat and Defcon conferences is extremely tricky, if not impossible. Usually the most interesting stories pop up at the very last minute -- hackers tend to hold off on disclosing the really big talks because they don't want jittery lawyers to shut them down. And even when you think you know what's going on, sometimes one of the shows steps forward to take center stage, as Defcon did three years ago when Dateline NBC reporter Michelle Madigan was run out of the conference for trying to secretly film show attendees. Read More WHITE PAPER: Palo Alto Networks Re-Inventing Network Security Enterprise networks and applications have evolved but security infrastructure has not. Learn why application visibility and control (regardless of port, protocol, or encryption) are critical for preventing increasingly sophisticated threats that target enterprise users and data. Read now! In this Issue Twitter encounters more digital certificate problems Do Not Call Registry hits 200M phone numbers NAC decisions you need to make now Black Hat may keep quiet about plans for controversial talks Black Hat: Most browsers can be made to give up personal data Founder: Black Hat reflects a changing industry Bug reporting could be a hot topic at Black Hat A striking disconnect between CSOs and hackers Enterprise UTM vs next-generation firewalls Citi confirms critical bug in iPhone mobile banking app Immediate IT security action needed: Cisco 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! Twitter encounters more digital certificate problems Twitter is having trouble again with a digital certificate that secures communications to its Web site, which has been causing trouble for third-party applications that integrate with it, but the problem may have been fixed. Read More Do Not Call Registry hits 200M phone numbers Stopping those unwanted telemarketing calls right as you sit down to dinner is proving to be quite popular. The Federal Trade Commission today said phone numbers in the Do Not Call Registry now exceed 200 million and since 2003, the agency h Read More NAC decisions you need to make now One important piece of a multilevel security defense for companies of almost any size is network access control (NAC), which lets you enforce policies for end-user machines. Read More E-GUIDE: Force10 Networks Inc. Examining Nuances of the Cloud Choosing the best cloud strategy means understanding the promises and pitfalls of each approach. This Network World eGuide provides expert articles on the nuances between different cloud strategies, best practices on building a hybrid cloud and making sure you have an exit strategy in case the cloud does not work out. Read More Now Black Hat may keep quiet about plans for controversial talks Black Hat organizers are looking to avoid pressure from outside groups to cancel important presentations by withholding details of selected talks at future events. Read More Black Hat: Most browsers can be made to give up personal data All the most commonly used Internet browsers are vulnerable to exploits that can force them to cough up users' personal information that can be used to hack into bank accounts or set them up for other attacks, the Black Hat 2010 conference will be told this week. Read More Founder: Black Hat reflects a changing industry In the 13 years since its inception, Black Hat has emerged as one of the premier conferences in the security industry. Each year, Black Hat attracts thousands of security researchers, security practitioners and government types to its annual events in Las Vegas, Tokyo, Amsterdam and Washington. On the eve of the annual conference in Vegas, Black Hat founder Jeff Moss talks about the show and how it has evolved. Read More WHITE PAPER: MessageLabs The Wild, Wild Web: How to 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 Bug reporting could be a hot topic at Black Hat How researchers report vulnerabilities -- and how companies react to those reports -- may be one of the briskest topics at this week's Black Hat security conference. Read More A striking disconnect between CSOs and hackers Though I've been writing about Internet security for six-plus years, there's an interesting problem in the industry that I've only noticed in the last couple years: Security executives and the hacking community tend to live in different worlds. Read More Enterprise UTM vs next-generation firewalls Today we have a thoughtful contribution from security expert Patrick Bedwell, vice president, product marketing at Fortinet, the well-known provider of unified threat management systems. Patrick challenges the view that next-generation firewalls are a new and superior technology to unified threat management systems (such as the ones manufactured by Fortinet). Everything that follows is Patrick's own work with minor edits. Read More Citi confirms critical bug in iPhone mobile banking app Citigroup has urged customers conducting mobile banking from their iPhones to immediately upgrade because a security flaw in the older app secreted account information on the smartphone. Read More Immediate IT security action needed: Cisco Enterprise IT professionals have been urged to "act immediately to put effective security practices into place" in order to protect their companies' reputation and maintain a competitive edge. Read More
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