Security roundup: Lockheed Martin sounds alarm on Adobe Reader zero-day; Microsoft patchfest coming

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	Security roundup: Lockheed Martin sounds alarm on Adobe Reader zero-day; Microsoft patchfest coming When Adobe last week issued an advisory about a dangerous zero-day attack based on an unpatched Adobe Reader vulnerability that was being exploited in the wild to try and seize control of both PCs and Macs, it credited Lockheed Martin for sounding the alarm about it. Read More WHITE PAPER: FireEye Attacks get through 95% of networks Advanced Malware Exposed is a 20+ page ebook providing a broad overview on the major aspects of advanced malware, its underpinnings, its impact on modern business practices, and briefly suggests possible solutions. Read now! In this Issue Court dismisses most breach claims against Heartland by banks 43rd anniversary of the "mother of all demos," first mouse Anonymous attack on HBGary Federal didn't ruin us, says CEO Blog: Securing "the" directory Small company, big security challenges 4 Facebook Security Tips to Stay Safe in 2012 NASA iPhone, iPad app lets you watch, research meteors Google, Microsoft teams work to keep pace with privacy laws Two zero-day vulnerabilities found in Flash Player Google's Schmidt calls Carrier IQ software a keylogger 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! Court dismisses most breach claims against Heartland by banks A U.S. district court in Texas has dismissed all but one of the claims by several banks against Heartland Payment Systems over a massive data breach the payment processor disclosed almost three years ago. Read More 43rd anniversary of the "mother of all demos," first mouse It has been dubbed the "Mother of all demos" but it was way more than that. On December 9, 1968 Douglas Engelbart stepped to the podium at what was called the Fall Joint Computer Conference in San Francisco and showed off the world's first mouse, but also introduced hypertext links, on-screen text editing, video teleconferencing, windowing and a variety of other computing concepts years Read More Anonymous attack on HBGary Federal didn't ruin us, says CEO When HBGary Federal, had its website hacked and sensitive e-mail exposed by hacktivist group Anonymous last February, it became a question of how Sacramento, Calif.-based security firm HBGary could survive the damage to its reputation. 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! Blog: Securing "the" directory I use the quotation marks around "the" with respect to enterprise directory because there is almost never a single directory in the enterprise. Fifteen years after the first time I remember discussing consolidating onto a single directory (in an IT job where it was actually easy, given the scale of the organization I worked in), the drive to get to a "single source of truth" for identifying... Read More Small company, big security challenges Small company, big ambitions. Sounds like the classic entrepreneurial dream--but what if it means you bear the burden of big-company regulatory or standards compliance? Read More 4 Facebook Security Tips to Stay Safe in 2012 Once again, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was hacked. 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. NASA iPhone, iPad app lets you watch, research meteors NASA has released a new smartphone app that lets novices and experts alike track, count and record data about sporadic meteors and meteor showers anywhere in the world. Read More Google, Microsoft teams work to keep pace with privacy laws Executives from Microsoft and Google on Thursday gave a glimpse into the size of their privacy organizations, which are required for the companies to try to avoid running foul of complicated U.S. privacy regulations and prepare for changes coming to privacy laws around the globe. Read More Two zero-day vulnerabilities found in Flash Player Two newly discovered vulnerabilities in Adobe's Flash Player can be exploited to execute arbitrary code remotely, according to advisories from the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) and various security research companies. Read More Google's Schmidt calls Carrier IQ software a keylogger Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt today distanced his company from Carrier IQ's software, even as he described the technology as a keylogger. Schmidt's comments came at an Internet freedom conference in the Netherlands. Read More
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