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	New Windows worm spreads by attacking weak passwords A new Windows worm is working its way through company networks by taking advantage of weak passwords, security researchers said over the weekend. Read More WEBCAST: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Saving cloud computing users from evil doers This video panel discussion delves into IT's current and future security threats. Topics include web application security, vulnerabilities, threats and mitigation/defense strategies, and tactics with individual perspectives on the magnitude and direction of threats. Learn more In this Issue Browsing and Privacy: How to Not Get Tracked 5 misconceptions about file transfer security NASA, DARPA set aside $500,000 for private, long-distance space travel project Survey: IT pros split on allowing end users to download, install software In just three weeks, Facebook pays out $40K to hackers Scariest IPv6 attack scenarios Windows Servers & Workstations Vulnerable to Wicked Worm in the Wild WHITE PAPER: IBM Realize More Business Value Read the white paper and learn how IBM Tivoli® Security Management for z/OS® can safeguard your business—and deliver rapid ROI. Read Now Browsing and Privacy: How to Not Get Tracked All modern browsers have built-in tools and add-ons to protect users from having their Web behavior tracked. But regardless, some sites still find ways to track you. Here are tips for taking matters into your own hands. Read More 5 misconceptions about file transfer security The typical enterprise transfers thousands of files per day, making it one of the essential business productivity tools. But there are a number of file transfer security misconceptions floating around that give the technology a black eye. Here are the Top 5. Read More WEBCAST: BMC Simplify, Improve, and Save with Dynamic Workload Management Join us in our conversation with John McKenny, BMC vice president of Worldwide Marketing for Mainframe Service Management (MSM), as we uncover the advantages of dynamic workload management. Learn More! NASA, DARPA set aside $500,000 for private, long-distance space travel project On paper anyway the 100 Year Starship - now with its own acronym, 100YSS -- project could be one of the most ambitious space developments ever attempted. Read More Survey: IT pros split on allowing end users to download, install software In their efforts to keep malware off their networks, some IT and security pros restrict end users' rights to install apps on company machines, and the majority restrict the individual applications that are allowed on the network, a survey says. Read More WHITE PAPER: Akamai Technologies, Inc. Taming the Cloud This whitepaper explores the components of the cloud computing ecosystem, demonstrates how Akamai is delivering services for cloud optimization, and looks forward into the evolution of this dynamic and growing market. Read now In just three weeks, Facebook pays out $40K to hackers Three weeks after launching a bug bounty program that pays Web hackers cash for finding flaws with its website, Facebook said it has paid out more than US$40,000 in rewards. Read More Scariest IPv6 attack scenarios Experts are reporting a rise in the number of attacks that take advantage of known vulnerabilities of IPv6, a next-generation addressing scheme that is being adopted across the Internet. IPv6 replaces the Internet's main communications protocol, which is known as IPv4. Read More Windows Servers & Workstations Vulnerable to Wicked Worm in the Wild Like a blast from the past, there's a wicked worm spreading in the wild. Morto, the 'death' worm exploits weak passwords to hijack fully-patched Windows servers and workstations via Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) . Once Morto discovers a Remote Desktop connection, it tries a list of weak passwords to login as Administrator. Then it attempts to terminates anti-virus and popular security-related programs.... Read More
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