12 privacy-destroying technologies that should scare you

	TrustyCon vs. RSA and NSA: New conference pushes trustworthy agenda | Start-up debuts 'shape-shifting' technology to protect web servers
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	12 privacy-destroying technologies that should scare you Technology is not evil, only its use or misuse. But in the case of this dirty dozen, the potential for abuse is frightening. Read More WHITE PAPER: HP and Intel® Xeon® processors Future-Proofing Your Data Center Storage Learn how investing in increased flexibility and automation can provide additional agility for businesses to respond to new opportunities quickly. Learn More In this Issue TrustyCon vs. RSA and NSA: New conference pushes trustworthy agenda Start-up debuts 'shape-shifting' technology to protect web servers The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned Firewall start-up Aorato sniffs out Active Directory anomalies Start-up takes on threat detection and intelligence-sharing for the enterprise How to securely get started using SDN Google dismisses eavesdropping threat in Chrome feature US federal watchdog calls for end to NSA phone records program Why I did it: Former hacker Mitchell Frost explains his motivation Some Tor exit nodes attempt to spy on encrypted traffic, researchers find 10 oddball real-world tech job interview questions WHITE PAPER: Mitel Networks The Business Case for Cloud-Based Unified Communications This detailed guide helps leaders develop a clear understanding of how to gain the full benefits of unified communications while minimizing all three of these investment parameters. Learn More TrustyCon vs. RSA and NSA: New conference pushes trustworthy agenda Who do you trust? That's a question asked increasingly by a security industry with a growing sense that the National Security Agency (NSA) has sought to weaken encryption or get backdoors into computers, based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden to the media. Now, trust is also the theme of a new conference called TrustyCon that will vie for attention on Feb. 27 in San Francisco while the big RSA Conference for security pros is also taking place in that city. Read More Start-up debuts 'shape-shifting' technology to protect web servers Backed by a lineup of elite investors, start-up Shape Security comes out of stealth mode today by announcing technology it calls Shapeshifter that is said to prevent cyber-criminals from successfully attacking and compromising websites. Read More The 25 worst passwords of 2013: 'password' gets dethroned "123456" is finally getting some time in the spotlight as the world's worst password, after spending years in the shadow of "password." Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology How WAN Optimization Can Drive Top-Line Revenue A convergence of trends is creating a perfect storm for IT professionals tasked with providing secure, reliable access to applications and other critical corporate information. These potentially conflicting trends are putting a strain on corporate networks as more users attempt to access desktop infrastructures. View Now Firewall start-up Aorato sniffs out Active Directory anomalies Start-up Aorato comes out of stealth mode today with what it calls a firewall designed to protect Microsoft Active Directory shops. Read More Start-up takes on threat detection and intelligence-sharing for the enterprise Start-up Confer recently debuted with software and services aimed at detecting stealthy malware and attackers targeting enterprise servers, laptops and mobile devices. Though market competition is fierce, Confer believes it can win through its application behavior-analysis approach and its cloud-managed threat-intelligence platform that makes use of the open protocol called STIX. Read More How to securely get started using SDN Though some might argue that it's inherently insecure, SDN has changed for the better in recent years, allowing it to be implemented securely Read More WHITE PAPER: Riverbed Technology Optimizing Mobile Client Performance As mobile devices continue to expand in business use, ensuring these devices have optimal performance is becoming an IT imperative. This EMA paper examines mobile client accelerators. It provides an overview of how the technology works, its business benefits and cites three examples of real-world use cases and their individual costs and ROI. Read More Google dismisses eavesdropping threat in Chrome feature Google said there's no threat from a speech recognition feature in its Chrome browser that a developer said could be used to listen in on users. Read More US federal watchdog calls for end to NSA phone records program In a report to be released Thursday, the U.S. Privacy and Civil Liberties board says the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone records is illegal and should stop, according to the New York Times and the Washington Post, which received advance copies of the document. Read More Why I did it: Former hacker Mitchell Frost explains his motivation In 2006, Mitchell Frost, then a 19-year-old college student at the University of Akron, used the school's computer network to control the botnets he had created. Authorities say between August 2006 and March 2007, Frost launched a series of denial of service (DDOS) attacks against several conservative web sites, including Billoreilly.com, Anncoulter.com and Rudy Giuliani's campaign site, Joinrudy2008.com. He is accused of taking down the O'Reilly site five times, as well as disrupting the University of Akron's network during a DDOS attack Frost allegedly launched on a gaming server hosted by the university. Read More Some Tor exit nodes attempt to spy on encrypted traffic, researchers find Computer scientists found almost 20 exit relays in the Tor anonymity network that attempted to spy on users' encrypted traffic using man-in-the-middle techniques. Read More 10 oddball real-world tech job interview questions You better know your pizza… Read More
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