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	Google patches critical Chrome bugs Google on Tuesday patched several vulnerabilities in Chrome, including two a French security company said could be used to bypass the browser's anti-exploit technology. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Foundations of Security Information Management This guide examines the details of each of these processes and provides best practices to build a foundation for SIM. Learn more. In this Issue Aggressive spammers set up their own URL-shortening sites 5 ways to stay safe from fake anti-virus malware attack on Macintosh DARPA challenge offers public $100,000 for small unmanned aircraft Checking In On Check Point Department of Energy brings public electric car recharging stations online An EU firewall won't protect kids, says top legislator PlayStation Network and Cloud Security Münchhausen Syndrome by Internet: Deceiving the sympathetic Russian company cracks iOS 4 hardware encryption WHITE PAPER: Dell Converged Communications: People and Applications in Synch Most small and midsize organizations find implementing unified communications a daunting task, between lack of in-house expertise and complex integration issues, it's easy to back burner this project. Find out how to implement a communications strategy in this Collaboration KnowledgeVault. Learn more Aggressive spammers set up their own URL-shortening sites Spammers are experimenting with a new tactic to improve their success rate: setting up their own URL-shortening sites as a way to dodge anti-spam software and avoid protections put in place by legitimate URL-shortening sites. Read More 5 ways to stay safe from fake anti-virus malware attack on Macintosh Macintosh users are finding out the hard way what Microsoft Windows users have known for a long time: Criminals want to sell them fake anti-virus software by scaring them with lies that their computer is infected. Read More DARPA challenge offers public $100,000 for small unmanned aircraft If you think you can build the next generation of unmanned flying aircraft, the scientists at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) want to hear from you. DARPA and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center want "everyone from scientists, engineers, citizen scientists and dreamers" to collaborate and build a small unmanned aircraft for its $100,000 UAVForge Challenge. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Networks Manageable Application Security Investments in security solutions have to provide a clear value, which equals additional time spent collecting and documenting proof of this value. The latest version of F5 BIG-IP Application Security Manager(tm) (ASM), v10.1, addresses information overload and the need for agility in implementation. Learn more! Checking In On Check Point I attended the Check Point analyst event on Monday of this week in Chicago. It's been a while since Check Point got the analysts together so there was plenty of catching up to do. Read More Department of Energy brings public electric car recharging stations online The Oak Ridge National Laboratory today said it had completed the first 25 of 125 solar-assisted electric vehicle charging stations between Knoxville and Memphis, Tenn. Read More An EU firewall won't protect kids, says top legislator The European Union's top legislator on digital issues has said that education and awareness are the best way to protect children online, dealing a blow to plans for a so-called European Union firewall. Read More WHITE PAPER: IBM Discover the Mishaps of Digital Channels Digital has been widely embraced by consumers and by many parts of the enterprise. But the adoption of digital channels - Web sites, mobile apps, online sales and customer service, and other smart touches - has often occurred in a piecemeal way. Read More PlayStation Network and Cloud Security Pundits around the industry are using the repeated – and successful -- attacks on Sony's Playstation Network as proof clouds aren't secure.  But what's "cloudy" about PSN?  It is the antithesis of the cloud: a closed architecture, which happens to use the internet to connect locked-down clients (PS3s) to a closed, proprietary server (PSN). Read More Münchhausen Syndrome by Internet: Deceiving the sympathetic A recent development along these lines that may concern tech-savvy readers is a similar disorder that some specialists are calling "Münchhausen Syndrome by Internet." Some disturbed people have been found to lie about their real or even nonexistent illnesses, apparently to obtain attention and psychological support from well-meaning participants in mental-health or illness-related support groups online. Read More Russian company cracks iOS 4 hardware encryption Having cracked Apple iPhone backups last year, Russian security company ElcomSoft appears to have found a reliable way to beat the layered encryption system used to secure data held on the smartphone itself. Read More
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