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	Forget new threats: It's the old-school attacks that keep getting you Everybody in IT knows it is a dangerous world out there, filled with an endless variety of cyber attacks aimed at compromising and taking advantage of security flaws. Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Cisco Systems Context-Aware Security for BYOD Trend Concerned about the "Bring Your Own Device" (BYOD) trend? Although an "Any Device" environment is becoming essential for today's workplace, new risks and problems may result if your infrastructure isn't ready. Join IDC's Chris Christiansen and Cisco Systems as they discuss security architecture and solutions to address challenges for BYOD. Register Now In this Issue Got cyber insurance? Obama Aims to Stop Federal Data Leaks Stupid hacker tricks: Exploits gone bad Widely used encryption standard is insecure, say experts Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2012 Security roundup for Oct. 21: Duqu for you; Google Apps in LA; researching smartphones NASA's 7 wicked cool crop-circle corn mazes Hard to fully assess Duqu threat yet, researchers say Fraudsters find creative ways to abuse e-commerce sites Researchers ID Skype users who also use BitTorrent WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel Xeon Processors Improving Power and Cooling Efficiency in the Datacenter Read this IDC technical brief to learn how HP Thermal Logic represents a step forward in thinking about and managing the energy consumption of today's datacenter. Read now Got cyber insurance? Heartland Payment Systems figured it was in pretty good shape when it took out a $30 million cyber insurance policy. Unfortunately, the credit card transaction processor was the victim of a massive data breach in early 2009 that resulted in losses estimated at $145 million. The insurance company did pay Heartland the $30 million, but the company was on the hook for the remaining $115 million. Read More Obama Aims to Stop Federal Data Leaks President Obama has issued an executive order that aims to reform rules for the sharing and securing of data by federal agencies. Read More Stupid hacker tricks: Exploits gone bad Taunting tweets, provocative pics, iPad-spam chats -- stupid slip-ups lead to high-profile hacker arrests Read More WHITE PAPER: Trend Micro Is Private Cloud Better for Compliance? Private clouds are capital intensive, but offer more control, visibility and security. Learn how to adopt security measures that take into account elasticity and a changing perimeter, ineffective device-specific controls, and increased data leak risks. Read Now Widely used encryption standard is insecure, say experts A weakness in XML Encryption can be exploited to decrypt sensitive information, researchers say. Read More Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2012 The technology that makes up many of the systems in the IT world today is at a critical juncture and in the next five years everything from mobile devices and applications to servers and social networking will impact IT in ways companies need to prepare for now, Gartner Vice President David Cearley says. Read More Security roundup for Oct. 21: Duqu for you; Google Apps in LA; researching smartphones Symantec last week was the first to get the word out about Duqu, the newly discovered network espionage malware designed to go after industrial control systems. It was quickly dubbed "Son of Stuxnet" by the media, and Symantec said 50% of the code base seems to be the same used in Stuxnet. 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 NASA's 7 wicked cool crop-circle corn mazes NASA, seven space farms team to build out-of-this world corn mazes Read More Hard to fully assess Duqu threat yet, researchers say As new information about the Duqu continues to come out, some experts are starting to question whether the danger from the trojan has been exaggerated. Read More Fraudsters find creative ways to abuse e-commerce sites Even if your company website is secured with the latest software patches and has been tested by ethical hackers, it doesn't mean the scammers will stay away. Read More Researchers ID Skype users who also use BitTorrent Entertainment companies seeking to trace people who are illegally file sharing may be interested in new research that could identify filesharers through their Skype accounts. A research team has figured out how to link online Skype users to their activity on peer-to-peer networks, a correlation that could represent a major threat to users' privacy. Read More
	SLIDESHOWS 2011 tech industry graveyard Fortunately for the tech industry, there's a lot more living than dying, with 2011 seeing the birth of everything from Apple's iPad 2 to the Google+ social network. But inevitably, 2011 has also seen its share of dead, killed, murdered, offed, obliterated companies, technologies and ideas as well. Here's your chance to pay last respects, and who knows, maybe a few of these will sprout back to life. GOODIES FROM MICROSOFT SUBNET We've got books on System Center and Microsoft training of the winner's choice from Webucator.. Enter here.Also: Please take our survey on certifications and your career MOST-READ STORIES iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 21 The Microsoft/Android war: Which patents are at stake? Cisco CEO's pay falls 32% Gartner: 10 key IT trends for 2012 Gartner: 16 long-held IT business practices you need to kill iPad 2 vs. business class tablets Cheap power: An overnight revolution Wi-Fi devices crowd 2.4GHz band; IT looks to 5GHz SQL injection attack has compromised nearly 200,000 ASP.Net sites Steve Jobs ranted, raged against Android as 'grand theft'
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