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	The future of malware Personal information belonging to a full third of Massachusetts residents has been compromised in one way or another, according to the state's attorney general, citing statistics gleaned from a tough new data breach reporting law. Read More WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Application Performance Management In this eGuide, Network World, with sister publication CIO, offer news on the latest trends, best practices, and straightforward advice on these solutions and the challenges of managing application performance. Learn More! In this Issue Biometrics scares most people BlackBerry Media Card Encryption a Security Risk? Are you an IT security leader - really? NASA, Google award $1.35M prize for ultra-cool, mega-efficient electric aircraft Facebook turns to Websense for malicious URL detection On the front line against the next Stuxnet Privacy Nightmare: Data Mine & Analyze all College Student's Online Activities WEBCAST: VeriSign Webcast: 5 Best Practices for DDoS Mitigation Examine DDoS mitigation challenges, why traditional tactics aren't enough, and go inside the 5 keys you must implement in order to minimize the impact of an attack. View now! Biometrics scares most people Biometrics — the security method for identifying an individual by making a match of fingerprints, iris, face, voice, DNA and other unique physical traits — scares people, an industry leader in the field acknowledged this week. But enterprise technology managers say there's no doubt biometrics is a boon to enterprise security. Read More BlackBerry Media Card Encryption a Security Risk? A Russian software vendor has released a product that it says can crack BlackBerry smartphone passwords, if the BlackBerry owner has enabled a media-card encryption security setting. Read More WHITE PAPER: VeriSign Approaches to DDoS Protection - A Cost Analysis All organizations with an online presence or dependence on Internet-based systems need to fortify their defenses against DDoS attacks. Read this paper to learn what an attack can cost an organization, how to develop a DDoS mitigation strategy, and how to get maximum protection from your investment. Read Now! Are you an IT security leader - really? A surprisingly high--unreasonably high, in fact--number of organizations think their security program is part of the vanguard of risk management. Read More NASA, Google award $1.35M prize for ultra-cool, mega-efficient electric aircraft NASA today awarded what it called the largest prize in aviation history to a company that flew their aircraft 200 miles in less than two hours on less than one gallon of fuel or electric equivalent. Read More WHITE PAPER: CenturyLink Business Manage Complexity, Cost and Compliance To outsource or not to outsource IT security—that is the question for enterprises as they face increasingly complex cyber threats. Managed security services can help organizations alleviate the cost and complexity of proactively securing the IT infrastructure. Read Now. Facebook turns to Websense for malicious URL detection Facebook has partnered with security vendor Websense to protect its users from third-party malicious URLs spammed on the social networking website, the companies said on Monday. Read More On the front line against the next Stuxnet Something has gone terribly wrong on the plant floor at ACME Specialty Chemical International Inc. Read More Privacy Nightmare: Data Mine & Analyze all College Student's Online Activities It is not uncommon for schools to be equipped with metal detectors, cameras for video surveillance, motion detectors, RFID badge tracking, computer programs to check school visitors against sex offender lists, and infrared systems to track body heat after school hours and potentially hunt down intruders. No parent ever wants any possibility of a school tragedy, so other biometric systems in the name... Read More
	SLIDESHOWS Geekiest cupcake designs From mainstream iPhone and Google icons to geeky Ubuntu and Big Blue logos, cupcake bakers have taken inspiration from technology for their complex fondant-and-frosting structures. Here are some of our photogenic favorites. 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 Microsoft kills Google Chrome with bad malware signature iPhone 5 rumor rollup for the week ending Sept. 30 Citigroup questions if U.S. spectrum shortage exists Cisco loses out as Brocade wins healthcare software company business Data mine & analyze all college students' online activities First look: Firefox 7 slashes memory usage Top 9 Firefox fixes Security roundup: Crazy Microsoft botnet takedown; hot biometrics IT inferno: The nine circles of IT hell Biometrics scares most people
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