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	Microsoft finally patches gaping IE exploit with Patch Tuesday update   For the last decade, admins have awaited Microsoft Patch Tuesday with dread - or perhaps delight, but that seems highly doubtful. There's no time to delay when it comes to patching this month, however, as Microsoft finally closed the gaping zero-day hole in IE that is being actively exploited in the wild by cyber crooks, nation-state hackers and pen testers. Read More   In this Issue INSIDER SDN: The security pros and cons of using it in your organization Gartner: The Top 10 IT altering predictions for 2014 Reflecting on 10 years of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday The toll of enterprise cybercrime: $11.8 million per year ; 122 attacks per week Three indicted in alleged source code theft from trading house Blackhole exploit kit author arrested in Russia Wireless carriers need to make changes to combat SIM-card fraud Symantec uses vulnerability to take out part of the ZeroAccess botnet RESOURCE COMPLIMENTS OF: CITE Conference Your pad or mine? BYOD is changing everything. Tablets and mobile devices are driving a BYOD revolution in the enterprise. Come to Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise One-Day Forum(CITE) November 5, 2013 in New York City and learn how top IT leaders have made it work for them…and how you can, too. Learn more   INSIDER SDN: The security pros and cons of using it in your organization SDN benefits include automating and easing network administration duties and improving application performance. But it also introduces a number of potential threat vectors into your environment. What should you know before you invest in SDN? Read More   Gartner: The Top 10 IT altering predictions for 2014 Gartner analysts today whipped out their always interesting and sometimes controversial look at what the consultancy thinks will impact the IT arena in the near future. 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 Reflecting on 10 years of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday Today marks the 10th anniversary of the debut of Microsoft's Patch Tuesday program, through which it would regularly issue fixes to its software on the second Tuesday of every month. It had been possible to check for updates via the Windows Update application in Windows XP, but now Microsoft was actually going to push out fixes. Read More   The toll of enterprise cybercrime: $11.8 million per year ; 122 attacks per week   A survey of 60 companies in the U.S. about the impact of cybercrime indicates that the annualized cost of dealing with cyberattacks of all kinds is now $11.6 million per year on average, up from $8.9 million last year. Read More   WHITE PAPER: New Relic Secure, Reliable & Proven APM for the Enterprise   Your organization depends on your web applications to do business -- from customer facing eCommerce,banking or travel applications, to mission-critical applications for your employees or partners. When it comes to performance, visitors' expectations for service and reliability are high. Read Now Three indicted in alleged source code theft from trading house   Two former traders and a third man have been indicted in New York State Supreme Court for allegedly stealing source code and trading strategy files from a brokerage company with headquarters in the Netherlands. Read More   Blackhole exploit kit author arrested in Russia Russian authorities have arrested the main developer of the notorious Blackhole exploit kit, one of the most popular attack tools used to infect Web users with malware. Read More   Wireless carriers need to make changes to combat SIM-card fraud   U.S. carriers will need to adjust security tactics soon to combat an emerging threat in which criminals hijack SIM cards used to authenticate mobile phone customers on wireless networks, experts say. Read More   Symantec uses vulnerability to take out part of the ZeroAccess botnet Symantec has announced that they've successfully taken down a significant part of the ZeroAccess botnet, by exploiting a weakness discovered in its code. Read More
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