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	Black Hat shows its quirky side From an Edward Snowden cutout to panties with a message the premier security conference has it all Read More WHITE PAPER: CDW Secured Transactions: PCI Compliance Compliance is no simple task. It requires several steps across many systems with different guidelines for different organizations. Plus, it's a continual task. But compliance is mandatory. And you must overcome these challenges to avoid penalties. Read Now In this Issue Smartphones could evolve into password killers Start-up Defense.Net debuts with anti-DDoS service Twitter's latest login security feature may be too complex for most users Malware-as-a-service blossoms in Russia, vendor research finds Blogs, other content management sites targeted by password thieves Trend Micro: Hacker threats to water supplies are real If governments ban China-based Lenovo, should companies? Hands-on: Android device manager confirms that, yes, Google really is watching New security scheme whacks text spammers in hours 12 BYOD Disaster Scenarios Held for ransom! What to do if ransomware takes over a PC Decision to buy cyber insurance usually leaves CIO, CISO out of the loop: survey 6 Ways Employees Are Putting Your Company's Data at Risk Microsoft warns of Wi-Fi-related flaw that can expose Windows Phone credentials Black Hat: Elliptic curve cryptography coming as smarter algorithms threaten RSA WHITE PAPER: IBM Powerful Application Solutions for CRM & ERP This white paper examines how you can get the most from CRM and ERP, find the best system for your business and how IBM can help. Learn More. Smartphones could evolve into password killers But much depends on the development of highly reliable biometric technology Read More Start-up Defense.Net debuts with anti-DDoS service Start-up Defense.net makes its debut today with the aim of stopping distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks aimed by attackers against both enterprises and cloud service networks. Read More Twitter's latest login security feature may be too complex for most users Like Google and Facebook, Twitter is experimenting with multi-factor authentication Read More Malware-as-a-service blossoms in Russia, vendor research finds An investigation by mobile security vendor Lookout warns that malware is being transformed into a large-scale, sophisticated software business, complete with customer support. The main target: fraudulent SMS charges costing endusers and operators millions each year. Read More Blogs, other content management sites targeted by password thieves Brute force attacks aimed at snaring login credentials are on the upswing Read More WHITE PAPER: ExtraHop Networks Poster: Rx for Healthcare IT Operations ExtraHop enables healthcare IT organizations to harness the massive amounts of wire data flowing through their environments. See how ExtraHop can help to manage departmental and legacy applications while also supporting new initiatives such as meaningful use, compliance, VDI, EHR/EMR, and mobile applications. Learn More>> Trend Micro: Hacker threats to water supplies are real A decoy water control system disguised as belonging to a U.S. municipality, caught the attention of a hacking group tied to the Chinese military Read More If governments ban China-based Lenovo, should companies? U.S., several other countries have banned computers from Lenovo after finding backdoors in hardware in firmware, report says Read More Hands-on: Android device manager confirms that, yes, Google really is watching Google's Android Device Manager, a web service designed to help track lost or stolen phones and tablets, began rolling out Wednesday, using your Google account to keep an eye on you. Read More New security scheme whacks text spammers in hours A new way to track the source of spam text messages can detect culprits within two hours, helping reduce the illicit traffic that can clog cell towers and disconnect legitimate calls, researchers say. Read More 12 BYOD Disaster Scenarios Everyone seems to be jumping on the Bring Your Own Device bandwagon, but it's a bumpy ride. There are many ways to fall off and get a bloody nose (or worse). As the BYOD reality catches up to the hype, here are 12 very real disaster scenarios. Read More WEBCAST: IBM Content Analytics Explained Content Analytics Explained - Listen to Bob Foyle, Sr. Product Manager, IBM talk about Content Analytics and the Analytics Imperative. Learn More. Held for ransom! What to do if ransomware takes over a PC What would you do if a U.S. Federal government agency locked your PC until you paid a fine? While the PC may be locked and seemingly unusable, it's not the Department of Justice or FBI that has done this to you. Quite the contrary, the lock was placed by malware distributed by a cyber criminal that the FBI would like to catch. In effect, your PC has been hijacked and held for ransom. Read More Decision to buy cyber insurance usually leaves CIO, CISO out of the loop: survey A Ponemon survey out today shows about a third of business and public-sector organizations buy cyber insurance to help protect them financially against data breaches and other security exploits. But the survey of 638 U.S. organizations shows there's still a lot of skepticism about whether such insurance is worth the cost. Read More 6 Ways Employees Are Putting Your Company's Data at Risk IT walks a fine line between balancing security issues and giving people the tools they need to get the job done. Every day companies move sensitive data around and IT is in charge of securing that data, but what about the little things that tend to fall through the cracks? Read More Microsoft warns of Wi-Fi-related flaw that can expose Windows Phone credentials Microsoft warns of Wi-Fi vulnerability that can expose Windows Phone security credentials. Read More Black Hat: Elliptic curve cryptography coming as smarter algorithms threaten RSA Within five years the math for cracking encryption algorithms could become so efficient that it may render today's commonly used RSA public key cryptography algorithm obsolete, Black Hat attendees were told. Read More
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