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	Multiple vulnerabilities in Cisco videoconferencing gear Advisory notes holes in Linux- and VxWorks-based products Cisco issued a security advisory this week warning of multiple vulnerabilities in its videocoferencing products. The advisory can be found here. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: AccelOps How is your SIEM silo'd– what's missing? Inundated with logs, alert noise and admin tasks. Lack usability, coverage, context and results. AccelOps goes beyond SIEM for proactive monitoring, expedited incident analysis, report automation and compliance. Whether seeking or upgrading your SIEM, or exploring SOC/NOC convergence, experience AccelOps' difference with our 14-day trial download. Click to continue In this Issue Wiseguy scalpers bought tickets with CAPTCHA-busting botnet Does Microsoft's Lync hype match customer desires? 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Learn more Wiseguy scalpers bought tickets with CAPTCHA-busting botnet Three California men have pleaded guilty charges they built a network of CAPTCHA-solving computers that flooded online ticket vendors and snatched up the very best seats for Bruce Springsteen concerts, Broadway productions and even TV tapings of Dancing with the Stars. Read More Does Microsoft's Lync hype match customer desires? Customers eying Microsoft's Lync 2010 unified communications server need to take a step back and evaluate what's really new and whether they need it right now, down the road or not at all, experts say. Read More Cisco co-founder now talks, lives, breathes turkey Entrepreneur Sandy Lerner looks at world through her organic Ayrshire Farm No one would ever accuse Sandy Lerner of standing still too long and not trying new things. The co-founder of Cisco and founder of a major cosmetics company is now running a large organic turkey farm from her 3,000 acre spread in Virginia. 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Read More China telecom operator denies hijacking Internet traffic China's largest fixed-line phone carrier has denied it hijacked worldwide Internet traffic this past April following a U.S. government report that said the company had redirected network routes through Chinese servers. Read More WHITE PAPER: ArcSight Building a Successful Security Operations Center This paper outlines industry best practices for building and maturing a security operations center (SOC). For those organizations planning to build a SOC or those organizations hoping to improve their existing SOC this paper will outline the typical mission parameters, the business case, people considerations, processes and procedures, as well as, the technology involved. Building a Successful Security Operations Center Gartner: Security policy should factor in business risks Understanding the business risk posed due to security threats is crucial for IT managers and security officers, two analysts have claimed. Read More Some tech issues may move forward in split Congress Technology issues focused on growing the U.S. economy and creating jobs can move through a divided Congress next year, if lawmakers can set aside controversial issues such as network neutrality, some congressional observers said Thursday. Read More Expert rebuts Bit9's "Dirty Dozen" shot at Chrome The "Dirty Dozen" list most-vulnerable applications for 2010 from security vendor Bit9 this week puts the Google Chrome browser at the top. Now into the resultant debate steps Marc Maiffret, security expert  at eEye Digital Security, with a love song for Google Chrome. Read More McAfee CEO: Intel acquisition not about silicon In town for an executive summit event at the Steam Whistle Brewery, McAfee Corp. (NYSE: MFE ) CEO Dave DeWalt told customers and partners he believes Intel Corp. 's (NASDAQ: INTC ) blockbuster acquisition of the security vendor will create exciting possibilities. Read More
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