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	Sourcefire to crash next-generation firewall party Sourcefire Wednesday said it will enter the next-generation firewall market in mid-2011 with appliances that combine firewall/VPN functionality with intrusion prevention, Web URL and anti-virus filtering. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Skip the Disk ESG predicts 40% of companies will leverage cloud-based data protection by year's end. See if your organization is ready to take advantage of avoiding tape and secondary disk, shifting the burden of complex backup processes , increasing availability of existing servers, and more, Read now In this Issue The Firesheep firestorm Burning question: How can security risks be mitigated in virtualized systems? Juniper rolls out smartphone security suite Should teachers 'friend' students on Facebook? Upgraded retail security standard ignores mobile payments Stonesoft comes up with more ways to defeat intrusion prevention systems .Com deemed the riskiest top-level domain, wrests title from Cameroon SecTor 2010: Why security is the enemy of privacy Google Target of Misdirected Privacy Backlash Symantec writes off $10 million after faulty AV activation Fighting botnets: Service rates reputation of IP addresses Hackers exploit newest Flash zero-day bug E-voting: How secure is it? A real-world case study of SCADA security Microsoft quietly delivers Windows 7 SP1 release candidate Intego highlights iOS 4.1 iPhone security flaw Level of security a 'top priority' for smartphone users Google Android security improves, but trails iPhone and BlackBerry Fix a Windows Infection Using Linux WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Eliminate Tape Once and for All Like many small to mid-size businesses, a Boston-based Toyota dealer was faced with tape capacity constraints, a shortage of physical space and limited IT resources. Learn how automated cloud data protection reduced tape backup costs by 70% and reduced storage needs of PC backups by 90% while providing bullet-proof disaster recovery. Read Now The Firesheep firestorm Taking Web security for granted?The Firesheep exploit -- a Firefox browser extension that lets an attacker snoop on a Wi-Fi connection to collect Website usernames and session IDs -- raises some interesting issues for Web security. So far, most of the focus has been on how individual users can protect themselves. But Firesheep's creator is trying to draw attention to the limited or complete lack of encryption support on popular Web... Read More Burning question: How can security risks be mitigated in virtualized systems? Virtualization poses storage, VM sprawl and security challenges. Read More Juniper rolls out smartphone security suite Juniper this week unveiled software, based on its recent purchase of sMobile, to protect mobile devices from security threats. Read More Should teachers 'friend' students on Facebook? Can school teachers "friend" their students on Facebook or other social-networking sites? And can they talk critically or at all about their schools and students in public forums? Read More Upgraded retail security standard ignores mobile payments Version 2.0 of the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard is being released Thursday by the PCI Security Standards Council, which acknowledges that mobile payment technologies haven't been addressed yet. Read More Stonesoft comes up with more ways to defeat intrusion prevention systems Security vendor Stonesoft has come up with 26 more ways to beat most intrusion prevention systems without leaving a trace, making such advanced evasion techniques (AET) even more of a looming menace. Read More WHITE PAPER: Iron Mountain Online Backup and Recovery IT professionals are increasingly looking to online backup and recovery services for server data protection. This White Paper helps companies recognize the major categories of service providers offering online backup and recovery specifically for servers. Read Now .Com deemed the riskiest top-level domain, wrests title from Cameroon The .com domain is the riskiest in terms of containing code that can steal passwords or take advantage of browser vulnerabilities to distribute malware, according to security vendor McAfee. Read More SecTor 2010: Why security is the enemy of privacy Some might expect security to be the answer for privacy protection, but it's often part of the problem. Tracy Ann Kosa, a privacy impact assessment specialist with the government of Ontario, explains why at SecTor 2010. Read More Google Target of Misdirected Privacy Backlash Google is under fire again for privacy issues related to the data it collects. Around the world, governments, privacy advocates, and individuals are concerned that Google may know too much and can't be trusted to protect the sanctity of the data it has acquired. More attention should be devoted to why the data was available to Google, though, rather than what it might do with it or whether it can be trusted to protect it. Read More Symantec writes off $10 million after faulty AV activation Symantec has been forced to write off US$10 million in revenue after a glitch in its sales system prevented some consumers from activating their Norton antivirus software at the time they bought it. Read More Fighting botnets: Service rates reputation of IP addresses Startup service provider ipTrust today said it was offering a program that lets businesses avoid botnets and infected machines by letting them know whether IP addresses are linked to suspicious behavior. Read More Hackers exploit newest Flash zero-day bug Adobe today confirmed that hackers are exploiting a critical unpatched bug in Flash Player, and promised to patch the vulnerability in two weeks. Read More DOWNLOAD: BlackBerry Get BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express for Free BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express offers IT control and security features you can trust even for employees that choose to bring their own BlackBerry smartphones into your business. Download this free license to support up to 75 users on your existing Exchange Server. Learn More E-voting: How secure is it? Election fraud and vote tampering is as old as government. Before the American Revolution, most voting was done by voice. Voters would call out their pick for all to hear, which lead to intimidation and other nefarious tactics by those hoping to impact election results. The creation of the secret ballot was an improvement, but brought with it another host of possible modes of manipulation. In a quote that is now famous in American history, corrupt politician and Tammany Hall leader Boss Tweed often told constituents to 'vote early, and often.' Read More A real-world case study of SCADA security The clear message given in the report was that the water and power distribution networks owned and operated by this organization were vulnerable to serious service disruptions or degradations by moderately trained external personnel without access to internal networks or information. Read More Microsoft quietly delivers Windows 7 SP1 release candidate Microsoft has quietly released Windows 7 Service Pack 1 release candidate, slated to be the first and last RC version to be released before the final version ships early next year. Read More Intego highlights iOS 4.1 iPhone security flaw A new iOS 4.1 flaw has been spotted that could compromise Apple iPhone users. Read More Level of security a 'top priority' for smartphone users Four out of five people think 'level of security' is high priority when buying or using smartphones and tablet computers, according to a newly released global consumer study by Juniper Networks. Read More Google Android security improves, but trails iPhone and BlackBerry Android 2.2 improved security, but the iPhone and BlackBerry are still ahead of Google's smartphone OS. Read More Fix a Windows Infection Using Linux If you use Linux on your company's desktop or server computers, you're already familiar with many of the security advantages the open source operating system offers over its Windows and Mac rivals. What many people don't realize, however, is that Linux can also be used to rescue a computer that has been crippled by malware. Read More
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