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	Hackers target IPv6 If your IPv6 strategy is to delay implementation as long as you can, you still must address IPv6 security concerns right now. Read More WHITE PAPER: i365 Trusted Data Assurance in the Cloud Cloud-based services are here to stay. Cloud services are even more attractive for companies who are being hit with the high cost of meeting compliance requirements - especially for small and mid-size companies that have shrinking or no information security budget. Read now! In this Issue Largest DDoS attack so far this year peaked at 45 Gbps, says company 25 free open source projects IT pros will love AT&T hackers have terrorist connections, say Philippines police Unpatched Apache reverse proxy flaw allows access to internal network FBI, DHS say no evidence of a hack in an Illinois water district pump failure Cyberattacks a top national security concern, GOP candidates say Hungarian hacks Marriott's systems to blackmail for job 9 best practices for successful IT projects Google protects its current HTTPS traffic against future attacks RIPE questions registration freeze related to botnet bust RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: Palo Alto Networks 10 Things Your Next Firewall Must Do Choosing a next-generation firewall is more than a simple comparison of technical features. It's about balancing the needs of the business with the risks associated with modern applications. Gain access to valuable information in one location- read articles and watch videos that will empower you to make the right decision. Learn More! Largest DDoS attack so far this year peaked at 45 Gbps, says company A week-long DDoS attack that launched a flood of traffic at an Asian e-commerce company in early November was the biggest such incident so far this year, according to Prolexic, a company that defends websites against such attacks. Read More 25 free open source projects IT pros will love SourceForge expert points out 25 lesser-known projects for IT folks Read More AT&T hackers have terrorist connections, say Philippines police The Federal Bureau of Investigation and police in the Philippines have jointly busted a ring of four alleged hackers in Manila with connections to a terrorist group in Saudi Arabia, the Criminal Investigation and Detection Group of the Philippines police said last week. Read More WEBCAST: ForeScout Technologies CISO in the Know - Mitigating Modern Attacks This webcast examines sophisticated and targeted threats, security gaps, techniques and new technologies with regards to understanding and defending against zero-day threats, propagating worms, low-and-slow attacks and advanced persistent threats (APT). Learn more. Unpatched Apache reverse proxy flaw allows access to internal network A yet-to-be-patched flaw discovered in the Apache HTTP server allows attackers to access protected resources on the internal network if some rewrite rules are not defined properly. Read More FBI, DHS say no evidence of a hack in an Illinois water district pump failure The FBI and Department of Homeland Security say they can't find evidence to confirm any of the story that an Illinois water authority's SCADA network was hacked and that it resulted in burning out a pump in the system. Read More Cyberattacks a top national security concern, GOP candidates say Three Republican presidential candidates at Tuesday's CNN-sponsored GOP debate said that cyberattacks pose an emerging national security threat to the U.S. Read More WHITE PAPER: BMC Managing Cloud Services from Request to Retirement This lifecycle is tailored to the needs of the business, with both the flexibility to deliver the full required software stacks and the management rigor to ensure the operational integrity of the cloud. Learn More! Hungarian hacks Marriott's systems to blackmail for job A Hungarian citizen has pleaded guilty to stealing confidential information from the computers of Marriott International, and threatening to reveal the information if the hotel chain did not offer him a job maintaining the company's computers, the Department of Justice said on Wednesday. Read More 9 best practices for successful IT projects Most often when the watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office are called into to check out an agency, process or project they are looking for something that has gone wrong. This week, however the group took a look at some government IT projects that have gone right and came up with some best practices other government agencies or in public corporations could emulate to achieve success in their own IT projects. Read More Google protects its current HTTPS traffic against future attacks Google has modified the encryption method used by its HTTPS-enabled services including Gmail, Docs and Google+, in order to prevent current traffic from being decrypted in the future when technological advances make this possible. Read More RIPE questions registration freeze related to botnet bust A Dutch organization responsible for allocating IP addresses to network providers in Europe is questioning an order by police to not allow changes to the registrations of four blocks of addresses that were used until recently by a known criminal network. Read More
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