Microsoft downplays privacy risk from IE bug as Steal from IE Users game launches

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	Microsoft downplays privacy risk from IE bug as Steal from IE Users game launches Does tracking the position of your mouse cursor pose a privacy risk? A UK company said some advertisements are setup with JavaScript to determine the mouse position and thereby determine if an ad was displayed in the browser window. Advertising analytics company Spider.io claimed that two companies were exploiting this via a flaw in Microsoft IE 6 - 10. Microsoft said Spider.io has exaggerated the... Read More RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: SolarWinds, Inc. Detect & Respond to Network Security Attacks! Successful network, application, and system defense rests on the ability to identify and respond to threats immediately – before they become a problem. SolarWinds Log and Event Manager (LEM) gives you the firepower you need to defend your infrastructure! Experience it for yourself with our full-featured, 30-day free trial. Try it today! In this Issue Microsoft's antivirus is a starting point, not the final stop INSIDER Single sign-on moves to the cloud Trade group objects to proposed NIST mobile security guidelines IBM: In the next 5 years computers will learn, mimic the human senses Another data-wiping malware program found in Iran After Newtown tragedy, cops target social net pranksters NASA on full court press to deflate doomsday prophecies SSD prices continue to plunge Top tools for single sign-on 7 Tech Trends That Will Impact Your Business in 2013 BlackBerry blacklists the 'Pooh' gang WHITE PAPER: Quest Software The Right Way to Prove Identity and Establish Trust Right now, someone's logging into your network and accessing proprietary data. Do you know who it is? Ensuring the identity of the person(s) trying to access your network is harder than ever. This Quest technical brief explains why two-factor authentication is superior to password authentication. Read Now! Microsoft's antivirus is a starting point, not the final stop Last week's blog post from Alan Shimel that showed Microsoft's antivirus software, Security Essentials, is the most popular antivirus software product in the world came as no surprise. They give it away for free and push it on you if you go anywhere near Microsoft.com. Read More INSIDER Single sign-on moves to the cloud We are awash in passwords, and as the number of Web services increases, things are only going to get worse. Trying to manage all these individual passwords is a major problem for enterprise security. Many end users cope by re-using their passwords, which exposes all sorts of security holes. Read More Trade group objects to proposed NIST mobile security guidelines A mobile security technology proposal drafted by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is being soundly rejected by one of the main trade groups representing a broad cross-section of industry. Read More WEBCAST: PhoneFactor Strong Security for Remote Workers Is Just a Phone Call Away Join Steve Dispensa, PhoneFactor Chief Technology Officer, and Sarah Fender, PhoneFactor Vice President of Marketing & Product Management, to learn how phone-based authentication is helping companies tackle complex authentication challenges. Learn More IBM: In the next 5 years computers will learn, mimic the human senses IBM today issued its seventh annual look at what Big Blue researchers think will be the five biggest technologies for the next five years. In past prediction packages known as "IBM 5 in 5" the company has had some success in predicting the future of password protection, telemedicine and nanotechnology. Read More Another data-wiping malware program found in Iran A new piece of malware that deletes entire partitions and user files from infected computers has been found in Iran, according to an alert issued Sunday by Maher, Iran's Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (CERTCC). Read More After Newtown tragedy, cops target social net pranksters In the wake of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn, police warned that they will prosecute anyone purposefully posting false information related to the incident on social networks. Read More WEBCAST: CDW Corporation Unified Threat Management: A Better Approach to Security In this Webcast you will learn how Unified Threat Management (UTM) combines firewall, IPS, Web filtering, antivirus and more in a single box to combat a broad range of threats efficiently and economically. Learn More. NASA on full court press to deflate doomsday prophecies Insidious unknown planets lurking behind the sun ready to slam into Earth, supernova set to engulf the planet and giant, unseen asteroids screaming toward our globe are all theories espoused across the Internet as to how we will meet our demise next week on 12/21/2012. Read More SSD prices continue to plunge Solid-state drive pricing has dropped about 30% this year, reaching what researchers call the magic price point of $1-per-gigabyte of capacity, according to information from IHS iSupply and Dynamite Data Read More Top tools for single sign-on Okta, OneLogin score high in test of 8 solutions that beef up app security and cut help desk calls. Read More 7 Tech Trends That Will Impact Your Business in 2013 What's in store for 2013? IT professionals need to be prepared for a mix of old (biometrics), new (3-D printing), borrowed (apps for watching TV) and blue (unemployed skeuomorphic designers). Read More BlackBerry blacklists the 'Pooh' gang A report surfaced recently contending that BlackBerry OS 10 will include a list of 106 prohibited passwords designed to prevent the clueless from choosing the likes of 123456, blackberry, or the ever-popular "password" as their password. Read More
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