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	Prepare for Record Onslaught of Patches from Microsoft Next Tuesday will be Microsoft's Patch Tuesday for the month of October. IT admins, consider this your advance notice to clear your calendar for next week and prepare to address a record-setting 16 security bulletins. Read More WHITE PAPER: Vyatta Vyatta Replacement Guide - Cisco Comparison guide highlighting the dramatic price/performance differential between Vyatta software and appliances and the Cisco ISR, ASA and ASR product families. Read now! In this Issue The technology pro's greatest enemies 1 in 4 babies on Internet before they're born Media sites target of politically motivated DDoS attacks Symantec Unveils Strategy to Protect Mobile Devices and Data SAS 70 replacement How to Keep Your Kids Safe on Facebook In Security Outsourcers We Trust Software security for developers Microsoft pitches PC isolation ward to defeat botnets McAfee introduces antivirus product for virtual environments Facebook takes on privacy with new tools Why a "Sandbox" Makes Adobe Reader More Secure Waging crypto wars 2.0 Fake browser warnings dupe users into downloading 'scareware' WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Are You Ready for Optimized Exchange Migration? Download this exclusive tech dossier from Iron Mountain to learn why on-premise archiving can be the right choice for your Microsoft Exchange-hosted e-mail environment. Read Now. The technology pro's greatest enemies How to spot -- and take down -- the six most nefarious adversaries of IT Read More 1 in 4 babies on Internet before they're born The average child has an online presence by the age of 6 months, thanks to their parents' Facebooking and other online activities, and nearly a quarter of kids make their Internet debut before they're even born. Read More Media sites target of politically motivated DDoS attacks A large Web hosting company in France is striving to protect the Web sites of its European media customers, which has meant fending off distributed denial-of-service attacks. The enduring pattern of these DDoS attacks suggests they are triggered by angry readers raging against political news that they don't like. Read More Symantec Unveils Strategy to Protect Mobile Devices and Data Recognizing that the technology landscape is shifting rapidly toward mobility, Symantec today unveiled new tools to help protect mobile devices, and the sensitive data they contain. The mobile security and management strategy from Symantec enables businesses, service providers, and users to manage and secure mobile devices no matter where they may roam. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Migrating to Exchange 2010 This white paper explores the issues that may arise when migrating to Exchange Server 2010 and how an email archiving solution can be an effective tool for making the move easier and more efficient. Read Now. SAS 70 replacement The often-misused SAS 70 auditing standard is set to be replaced next year by SSAE 16. Read More How to Keep Your Kids Safe on Facebook Boasting 500 million users worldwide and still growing, Facebook is now ubiquitous. Because of its popularity, minors have jumped onto the social media bandwagon, too, and they use networking the same way adults do--to share pictures, connect with friends, organize events, and play social games. And that can be a problem. Read More In Security Outsourcers We Trust The push to shrink security staff means more companies are outsourcing security functions to MSSPs, according to this year's Global Information Security Survey. Read More Software security for developers Secure software development means consideration in every phase. Here are 9 key software security principles plus practical advice from a developer's point of view. Read More WEBCAST: CA Managing Service Quality Across the Infrastructure With zero tolerance for latency of web applications and a near total dependence on technology in the workplace as the norm, an unpredictable and unreliable infrastructure is too big a risk for today's speed of business. View Now Microsoft pitches PC isolation ward to defeat botnets Microsoft's security chief pitched a plan that would block some botnet-infected computers from connecting to the Internet. Read More McAfee introduces antivirus product for virtual environments McAfee has introduced software to help companies moving to desktop virtualisation to remain secure Read More Facebook takes on privacy with new tools After taking a beating from users over privacy issues this year, Facebook got the message and gave users more control over their information. Read More Why a "Sandbox" Makes Adobe Reader More Secure Adobe released a major security update for Adobe Reader and Acrobat yesterday--a week ahead of the quarterly release scheduled for next Tuesday. At the same time, Adobe provided a glimpse at how "sandboxing" in the upcoming Adobe Reader Protected Mode will help prevent exploits even when vulnerabilities exist. Read More Waging crypto wars 2.0 I was drawn to security in the early 90s during the crypto battle against the U.S. government, which was trying to force companies to adopt broken encryption with built in backdoors, like the failed Clipper Chip. Fortunately, the crypto wars were won by the side of reason, not least because of activists hoarding crypto technology in offshore locations. Read More Fake browser warnings dupe users into downloading 'scareware' Scammers are spoofing the anti-malware warnings of popular browsers to dupe Windows users into downloading fake security software, according to Symantec. Read More
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