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	Security soiree: Microsoft's BlueHat Prize contest Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Group recognizes securityresearchers for work on ROP Read More WHITE PAPER: EVault (formerly i365) The Dollars and Sense of Online Backup Read this paper to see how using online backup can answer these challenges by leveraging cloud-based technology to securely protect your company against data loss. Read Now! In this Issue Twitter's attempt to protect TV exec's privacy backfires Hands on with Google Handwrite The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2012 (so far!) Cuckoo Sandbox Keeps Open Source Malware Analysis Moving Advance Malware Protection: Network or Host? Netflix uncages Chaos Monkey disaster testing system Possible Anonymous network attack could target Olympics partners BT, GlaxoSmithKline Twitter suffers malware spam outbreak WHITE PAPER: McAfee Top 4 Security Surprises That Await Private Cloud Builders This report published by Gabriel Consulting Group discusses security risks that prospective private cloud builders might be overlooking. Learn more. Twitter's attempt to protect TV exec's privacy backfires Twitter's ill-advised attempt to enforce an apparently not applicable privacy policy, combined with the ever-formidable law of unintended consequences, has rendered the reported workplace email address of an NBC Sports executive about as private as 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Of course, that's only if you believe a workplace email address is private/personal in the first place ... a dubious proposition... Read More Hands on with Google Handwrite Macworld associate editor Serenity Caldwell takes Google Handwrite for a spin. The search company's new project lets you scribble words and letters directly on the search screen, rather than use a virtual keyboard. Read More WEBCAST: SAP Make Every Rep a Sales Hero with SAP Sales OnDemand: Webcast This Webcast introduces the business challenges facing sales today, and provides an overview and demonstration of how SAP Sales OnDemand can be used to address those challenges. Learn More The weirdest, wackiest and coolest sci/tech stories of 2012 (so far!) From Apple to NASA and Stuxnet to robots, it's been a busy year Read More Cuckoo Sandbox Keeps Open Source Malware Analysis Moving I am back from my annual pilgrimage to Vegas for Security Week. Between Black Hat, DefCon and BSides Las Vegas, a critical mass of the infosec universe is on hand and it always a great learning experience in addition to a great time. I wanted to highlight a few things you probably haven't read about yet that I learned in Vegas. Read More WEBCAST: Webroot SecureAnywhere Business Endpoint Protection Traditional solutions have been failing us since the 90s. See how Webroot is changing endpoint data protection with a new way of looking at security that is 30x faster than leading solutions at a fraction of the footprint. Download a free-trial in just six seconds. Learn More! Advance Malware Protection: Network or Host? Large organizations have legitimate cause for concern. Malware creation and proliferation is increasing rapidly as cybercriminals and state-sponsored organizations create the next round of APTs, botnets, Trojans, and rootkits. What's more, we've entered the era of micro attacks designed to compromise a targeted organization, business unit, or individual. Read More Netflix uncages Chaos Monkey disaster testing system Netflix has released Chaos Monkey, which it uses internally to test the resiliency of its Amazon Web Services cloud computing architecture, making available for free one of the tools the video streaming company uses to keep its massive cloud computing architecture running. Read More Possible Anonymous network attack could target Olympics partners BT, GlaxoSmithKline Security firm Radware claims to have spotted evidence online that suggests hactivist group Anonymous is gearing up to target denial-of-service attacks on the websites of British companies BT and GlaxoSmithKline during the Olympics, and maybe do much more. Read More Twitter suffers malware spam outbreak A widespread spam attack linking to malware has broken out on Twitter, according to the security firm Sophos. Read More
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