New digitally signed Mac malware confuses users with right-to-left file name tricks

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	New digitally signed Mac malware confuses users with right-to-left file name tricks A new piece of digitally signed spyware for Mac OS X uses a special Unicode character in its file name to hide its real file extension from users and trick them into installing it. Read More WHITE PAPER: Sophos, Inc. Network protection and UTM Buyers Guide This buyers guide is designed to help you choose the right solution for your organization. It looks at the factors you should consider when evaluating solutions to ensure you have the protection and functionality you need, both now and as your business evolves. View Now In this Issue Can your IP address give away your identity to hackers, stalkers and cybercrooks? 3D modeling software helps design one-of-a-kind guitars What IT recruiters know about you -- whether you're looking or not How to Keep Terrorists, Hackers and Other Bad Guys From Stealing Your Data Start-up morphs open-source security system for research networks into commercial platform Small, electric-powered nano-lasers may help keep Moore's Law valid Open-source tool to ease security researchers' quest for secrecy INSIDER 5 security best practices for SMBs Petition calls for an end to passwords WHITE PAPER: McAfee Eight "Must-Have" Firewall Rules With the torrent of new threats resulting from Web 2.0, it's likely that your existing firewall is leaving you exposed. This checklist should help you understand the advanced features available in next generation firewalls and guide your evaluation process. Read Now Can your IP address give away your identity to hackers, stalkers and cybercrooks? In today's world of hackers, stalkers and cybercriminals, not to mention government spy programs and commercial sites that collect information about you for advertising purposes, is there a way to surf the Web and keep your privacy intact? Or does that mere fact that you have an IP address mean that your identity is out there for the taking? Read More 3D modeling software helps design one-of-a-kind guitars The design team at Redpoint Studios uses Autodesk's Fusion 360 to design custom wood guitars. Follow reporter Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb Read More What IT recruiters know about you -- whether you're looking or not What recruiters know about you is about to get a whole lot deeper than what you put on your resume. An emerging class of search engines is taking a big data approach to recruiting by crawling the Web for every bit of data about you, assembling it into a master profile, rating your knowledge, skill levels and interests, and serving it up to recruiters who can filter it by location, skill, the school you attended and a range of other criteria. Read More WHITE PAPER: Dell Inc. Current Cloud Adoption Trends No longer limited to early adopters in small organizations, cloud computing has become pervasive in midsize and large organizations. The survey results in this report highlight how strategic-minded IT decision makers in North America are overcoming security concerns and adopting private, public and hybrid clouds. Learn More How to Keep Terrorists, Hackers and Other Bad Guys From Stealing Your Data Public cloud providers offer inexpensive application hosting and data storage services. However, relying on a service provider to secure your data is risky business, so you need to take your own precautions. Here's what it takes to ensure security without breaking the bank. Read More Start-up morphs open-source security system for research networks into commercial platform A start-up named Broala has been formed to expand the open-source intrusion detection system known simply as Bro that has been used in high-speed research networks for about two decades. Read More Small, electric-powered nano-lasers may help keep Moore's Law valid Read More WHITE PAPER: EMC Corporation & WWT Kicking Off the Data Center Cloud Transformation with VSPEX In this Solution Guide, World Wide Technology (WWT) reveals its data center cloud model in-depth and presents solutions around cloud computing with a standardized product set and advancing to an integration stage Read Now Open-source tool to ease security researchers' quest for secrecy To be presented and released at Black Hat, CrowdStrike's Tortilla delivers to researchers much-needed anonymity on Windows machines Read More INSIDER 5 security best practices for SMBs If your small-to-midsized business is like most, you're playing a game of chicken with cyber-criminals. You probably know that your defenses probably aren't able to repel today's sophisticated, persistent attacks, yet you hope that you'll be overlooked. Read More Petition calls for an end to passwords Passwords are a thing of the past -- and they need to go, according to a group of Silicon Valley-based tech companies who are part of a public advocacy campaign called Petition Against Passwords. Read More
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