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Cisco fixes serious security flaws in networking, communications products
Cisco Systems released software security updates Wednesday to address denial-of-service and arbitrary command execution vulnerabilities in several products, including a known flaw in the Apache Struts development framework used by some of them. Read More

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In this Issue

WHITE PAPER: Trusteer

Stepping Up the Battle Against Advanced Threats
The primary approaches used to fight advanced threats over the past several years simply aren't effective. Attackers continuously develop sophisticated tactics and evasion techniques to bypass the latest protection methods, requiring the security industry to find a different approach to malware protection. Learn More

Oversharing information can lead to disaster online
Criminals use a variety of tools and tactics when selecting victims and conducting attacks. But information is the key to any malicious campaign, and the more personal it is, the more value it holds. When one goes about their daily life online, how much information is too much, and what should be protected? Read More

It's criminal: Why data sharing lags among law enforcement agencies
In 2008 the FBI's Criminal Justice Information Services division (CJIS) embarked on an ambitious effort to enable information sharing among every federal, state, tribal and local law enforcement agency in the United States. It launched the National Data Exchange (N-DEx), an $85 million data warehouse project, and waited for the data to roll in. Kevin Reid, the program manager at that time, expected the majority of agencies to be voluntarily participating by 2009 -- two years ahead of plan. Read More

WEBCAST: ForeScout Technologies

Continuous Monitoring & Mitigation: the New InfoSec Frontier
Given network, device, access and threat dynamics, how can IT be more efficient and effective to identify and resolve exposures and attacks? This live broadcast brings together a panel of industry experts to discuss the advantages of leveraging controls and intelligence through a bi-directional integration. View now >>

Rise of humanoid robots
From the new Bionic Man to robotic bartenders, machines are looking and acting more human that ever. Read More

INSIDER

Computer Criminals Continue to Vex IT Groups
As security breaches rise, CIOs and CISOs aren't as good as they think they are at protecting corporate assets. Read More

WHITE PAPER: AT&T

How to navigate the ever-changing mobile device landscape
Smartphones, tablets, social networks, and cloud services are all popular, incredibly useful, and a security risk. These days, the security focus is on mobile devices, as they tend to be used a lot to work with corporate information. Learn More

NIST's latest cybersecurity framework reveals a lot of goodwill amidst continued criticism
After delays due to the government shutdown, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) released on October 22 its latest version of a comprehensive cybersecurity framework for critical infrastructure as mandated by President Obama's February cybersecurity executive order (EO). This preliminary framework is subject to a 45-day public comment period, after which NIST will make revisions and then produce a final framework for publication in February. Read More

Malcovery Security offers unique services to put a stop on phishing attacks
Startup Malcovery Security has a unique way of looking at phishing attacks. Through deep analysis of phishing spam, Malcovery can often identify the precise person behind waves of attacks. The idea is to take that person out of commission – preferably to put them behind bars – in order to eliminate the source rather than just the symptoms of phishing. Read More

Security tool delivers surprise insights to Domino's Pizza
Marketers at Domino's Pizza are gaining new and more immediate insights into online coupon usage from an unexpected source: a security management tool used by the national chain's IT department. Read More

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