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	Internet Explorer flaws fixed by Microsoft Patch Tuesday updates Microsoft says Internet Explorer versions 6 through 10 are subjects of two critical Patch Tuesday updates for February that could address recent Java woes. Read More WEBCAST: HP Determine Your Cloud Storage Readiness Cloud will impact your storage environment. Hear what a HP Storage expert has to say. View Now! In this Issue Google, Microsoft and others putting kibosh on phishing emails Banking malware returns to basics to evade detection, Trusteer says Fed stays secretive after Anonymous hack What can L2TP do for your network? Automate security orchestration across platforms, environments Bamital botnet take-down scores a first as Microsoft notifies infected victims Researchers devise new attack techniques against SSL Is Stolen IP Walking in the Door With New Employees? What Bush email hacker faces: The Palin Precedent ACLU takes wireless carriers to task for poor Android security Google Offers Security Tips for Safer Internet WHITE PAPER: Symantec Is Online Backup Right For Your Business? Read this whitepaper to find out how cloud-based hybrid backup offers significant cost savings, to small and medium-size businesses, as well as flexible options designed for agility, and a workforce that is free to focus on the company's core offering. Read Now! Google, Microsoft and others putting kibosh on phishing emails A year after Google, Microsoft and other email heavyweights launched the DMARC program to filter out spoofed email that attackers use for phishing, they say an estimated 60% of the world's email boxes are now safe. Read More Banking malware returns to basics to evade detection, Trusteer says Financial malware authors are trying to evade new online banking security systems by returning to more traditional phishing-like credential stealing techniques, according to researchers from security firm Trusteer. Read More Fed stays secretive after Anonymous hack U.S. government officials regularly claim they want voluntary, substantive sharing between the public and private sectors on cyberattacks, vulnerabilities and breaches. Given that, the Fed is not on message following a Super Bowl Sunday hack. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP Providing Security for Software Systems in the Cloud The software industry has learned that putting fancy boxes on the network doesn't fix bad software, cloud converts must focus on the risks they bring along with the software they deploy. This paper details risks to software deployed in the cloud and what steps to take to mitigate that risk. Learn more. What can L2TP do for your network? The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) is a standard protocol for tunneling L2 traffic over an IP network. Its ability to carry almost any L2 data format over IP or other L3 networks makes it particularly useful. But L2TP remains little-known outside of certain niches, perhaps because early versions of the specification were limited to carrying PPP -- a limitation that is now removed. Read More Automate security orchestration across platforms, environments IT security professionals sometimes have a tough choice: put reins on the business until all necessary security controls are in place, or let the business run at the pace it wants with security controls that may have weaknesses or gaps? A new security orchestration platform from NetCitadel aims to resolve that conflict by automating security changes across multiple platforms and within physical, virtual and cloud environments. Read More Bamital botnet take-down scores a first as Microsoft notifies infected victims For the first time, a major botnet take-down has included direct victim notification that warns users their PCs are infected and shows them how to scrub clean their machines. Read More WHITE PAPER: F5 Vital Security Strategies for Microsoft Exchange The demand for access to email anytime, anywhere, from any device makes it critical for IT to ensure Microsoft Exchange deployments are secure, fast, and available. Learn about vital security requirements every Exchange environment should have in place to improve security and availability for Exchange. Read Now. Researchers devise new attack techniques against SSL The developers of many SSL libraries are releasing patches for a vulnerability that could potentially be exploited to recover plaintext information, such as browser authentication cookies, from encrypted communications. Read More Is Stolen IP Walking in the Door With New Employees? Are your former employees walking out the door with your intellectual property? And worse, is your new hire putting your organization at risk by bringing in IP stolen from a former employer? A new global survey by Symantec and The Ponemon Institute finds that half of employees who left or lost their jobs in the past 12 months kept confidential corporate data, and 40 percent say they plan to use the data in their new jobs. Read More What Bush email hacker faces: The Palin Precedent A year behind bars: That's what David Kernell received for guessing his way into the private email account of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin in 2008. So that would certainly be the starting point for penalties due the perpetrator of this latest invasion of privacy against the politically powerful. Read More ACLU takes wireless carriers to task for poor Android security The American Civil Liberties Union has called on wireless carriers to either take responsibility for Android security on the mobile devices they sell or let Google handle updates to protect the millions of people using the operating system. Read More Google Offers Security Tips for Safer Internet Search giant joins groups to promote online safety to mark Safer Internet Day, the National Cyber Security Alliance's annual day of observance. Read More
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