Meet Red October, the latest cyber-spy malware for digital espionage

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	Meet Red October, the latest cyber-spy malware for digital espionage In October 2012, Kaspersky Lab began looking into yet another digital espionage attack that has been ongoing since 2007. Yesterday the security firm said the "Red October" campaign targeted "diplomatic and governmental agencies of various countries across the world, in addition to research institutions, energy and nuclear groups, and trade and aerospace targets" for the last five years. However "Kaspersky... Read More WHITE PAPER: MegaPath Managing risk in the modern business world The ways in which technology penetrates corporations today have significantly changed. No longer is the IT department in control; business units are spending more of their own budgets on technology than ever before Read Now In this Issue Random security predictions for 2013 25 crazy and scary things the TSA has found on travelers RSA betting its future on big data INSIDER What to expect in the world of IT in 2013 Java security comes down to 'war of attrition' Dire warnings don't yield better critical infrastructure security Forrester survey tries to pinpoint hardest-working CISOs across the world Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers WHITE PAPER: Avaya Delivering game-changing productivity & dependability By creating one contiguous, end-to-end Fabric, Avaya is empowering businesses to achieve unprecedented levels of infrastructure productivity, service agility, and network dependability, the very essence of the fast, flexible, and secure design aspirations. Read Now Random security predictions for 2013 It's January 15 which means I probably should have posted a blog on my security predictions for 2013. Here is a somewhat random list of things I believe will happen this year: 1. Visible increase in hacktivism. Hacktivists have a lot to build upon in 2013 including the tragic death or Aaron Swartz, some notable 2012 successes by Anonymous (ex. OpVendetta), the trial of PFC Bradley Manning, etc.... Read More 25 crazy and scary things the TSA has found on travelers From snakes, chain saws, stun guns, grenades and cannonballs, the Transportation Security Administration has not seen it all yet Read More WHITE PAPER: Ixia Anue The Evolving Visibility Challenge Network monitoring has become more complex over the last few years, due in large part to virtualization and convergence. Learn how a state-of-the-art monitoring system that maximizes your existing monitoring tool investment can help you attain greater visibility into your network without adding complexity. Say goodbye to virtual blind spots. Learn More RSA betting its future on big data RSA, the security division of EMC, is looking to big data for the future of security, arguing that applying analytics to massive amounts of data related to users, their devices and network management will be increasingly important to detect fraud and cyberattacks. Read More INSIDER What to expect in the world of IT in 2013 The economic recovery is moving at an unsteady pace, but the emphasis on cost-cutting that dominated IT agendas in recent years is sharing the spotlight with a more interesting imperative: innovation. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP & Intel® Xeon® Processors Top 10 Benefits of Virtualization In this eGuide, Network World sister publications InfoWorld, and PC World examine some of the current uses of blade servers in today's data center, as well as how trends such as server virtualization are reshaping enterprise computing. Read Now! Java security comes down to 'war of attrition' Users and Oracle both need to do their part against a malware industrial complex that can quickly attack any security hole Read More Dire warnings don't yield better critical infrastructure security The warnings of possible catastrophic cyberattacks on critical infrastructure in the U.S. have been issued for more than a decade. They were frequent and insistent in 2012, from high-ranking government officials and others. Read More Forrester survey tries to pinpoint hardest-working CISOs across the world Do chief information security officers (CISOs) in North America work harder than their security counterparts in Europe? Read More Unlucky Las Vegas man besieged by lost-phone seekers Wayne Dobson has had all he can take of Sprint customers showing up at his Las Vegas home to demand that he hand over the cell phone of theirs that they are mistakenly certain Dobson possesses because a GPS-based tracking application has led them to his front door. Police corroborate Dobson's professions that he is no phone thief, in part because they, too, have mistakenly responded to the man's address.... Read More
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